Arab News - Canada : Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has admitted to reading papers while driving on the Gardiner Expressway.
 

Ford was answering questions Tuesday morning while at a news conference about a business mission he’s leading in Chicago, when a reporter asked him about a Twitter picture posted that showed him reading papers while driving near Jameson Avenue.
Rob Ford admitted to doing so.
"Yeah, probably," he said. "I’m busy. I’m trying to catch up on my work and keep my eyes on the road. I’m a busy man. I don’t know what that has to do with the trade mission, but anyways. Ridiculous questions sometimes."
His brother Councillor Doug Ford, frustrated by the question, said it's time his brother got a driver.
On the Toronto Police Services Facebook page, Sgt. Tim Burrows had a similar message for the mayor.
"Finally, on behalf of all the citizens of Toronto that value road safety, Mr Mayor... please get a driver," he wrote.
Toronto police say the mayor did not break the distracted driving law, since the distracted driving legislation applies only to electronic devices.
Police say that since the mayor was not driving erratically he will not be charged with careless driving. However, last week a woman reading a novel while driving on Highway 401 near Woodstock was charged with careless driving.
The person who tweeted the original picture has since taken it down along with all comments connected to it. The account has since been removed.
This is not the first time Mayor Ford's driving has put him in hot water.
In June, Ford got into a spat with a TTC operator who claimed the mayor drove past the open doors of a streetcar on Dundas Street West. Ford said he passed the closed rear doors, but stopped behind the front ones, which were still open.
It’s illegal to drive past open streetcar doors.
In addition, last year, two people said they saw Ford using his cellphone while he was driving downtown on separate occasions.
The mayor’s press secretary at the time would only confirm one of the allegations, but added he has been diligent about using the hands-free system in his car.
A police investigation was conducted but the mayor was never charged.
Those who use hand-held mobile devices while behind the wheel can be fined $155 under Ontario's distracted driving law.