Detroit bus drivers report being bitten by hitchhiking bed bugs...

[Zacha341]

Oh, uh another reason to stay off DDOT buses if at all possible! Is DDOT now going to have to take the buses off for fumigation or inspection? But then again DDOT's CEO says it's not a big 'widespread problem'? What? I guess you best hope you 'sit' in the right seat or ride the right line?

DETROIT [[WXYZ) - They are "notorious little buggers" says Brian Miller, Vice President of the Detroit bus drivers' union. Miller talked with 7 Action News about the bed bugs that he says have boarded some city buses and bitten about a dozen drivers in the past six months.

The heads of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26 AFL-CIO are hoping Detroit City Council and health officials will join them in urging DDOT management to be more proactive in tackling the bed bug issue.

Ron Freeland, CEO of Detroit Department of Transit [[DDOT), says while they have detected bed bugs, "We don't consider it to be a widespread problem. If it becomes a widespread problem, we will deal with it on that basis."

Read more: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/...#ixzz1zHRT39JD