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Last Updated: Monday, 16 July 2007, 17:41 GMT 18:41 UK
Bus row over 'distracting' bust
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A bus passenger in southern Germany has complained after being told by the driver that her cleavage was distracting him.

The 23-year-old sales assistant from Lindau am Bodensee said she had been sitting at the front wearing a low-cut T-shirt, when the driver stopped.

He reportedly shouted: "Your cleavage is distracting me every time I look in my mirror and I can't concentrate."

The woman, Deborah Moscone, complained but the company defended the driver.

Ms Moscone said she was asked to change seats or leave.

But a spokesman for the firm was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying: "A bus driver cannot be distracted because it's a danger to the safety of all the passengers."






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