A frightening incident was caught on a school bus dashcam.
Video shows the school bus driving on Hope Chapel Road at approximately 9:08 AM on Wednesday when a car can be seen attempting to cut on front of the school bus to make a left turn. The bus, full of children at the time, had no way of stopping in time to prevent the accident.
No injuries were reported.
Reckless endangerment
Son of a gun
The bus is NOT AT FAULT I
HOPE!
if you notice the car in front of the one who made the accident was going straight in a left turn light.
Look closer. He was just entering the intersection to wait for it to be clear to make a left.
More like what happened here the car attempted to cut off a turning vehicle and collided with a bus…
You are correct!
The opposing light at this intersection is very hard to see the closer you get to it. It’s posssible the driver thought the light was yellow (or at least not red and not green) and that the bus had stopped. It’s a stretch but possible.
(I wrote about this to the mayor a few years ago and nothing has been done. I am not saying this was the cause, only that it’s possible.)
you’re an idiot. wait for on coming traffic to stop.
I feel very strongly that any motor vehicle violations involving a school bus, in which the other (non-school bus) driver is at fault, should include a mandatory license suspension and community service for the first offense, and jail time for subsequent offenses. Playing games with a school bus endangers the life of vulnerable school children. For reckless or impulsive drivers who cannot be bothered to remember that, a ticket, even with a court appearance, large fine and points, is not a big enough deterrent.
He cut off the car ahead of him awaiting the left turn as well. Can we stop calling these incidents accidents, they’re clearly not. They’re a result of reckless drivers.
Nope. That car drove straight.
Actually.. it’s hard to say.. the guy could have been inching up to wait to turn..
No RebRambo! That car was in left only lane and was turning left!
I happen to know the driver as I se him on the roads every morning. He drives recklessly all the time with total disregard to other people.
You must be referring to lotsa folks.
It seems like the plates are NY.
I wonder if the uptick of crazy driving in town and the number of people who moved in from Brooklyn in the past several years are related…
nope its new jersey plates
Welcome to ocean County where people driving like they own the road and make up their own rules
BMW. B etraying M y W isdom
its unfortunate but i already had an encounter with the driver of that car a number of weeks ago and I was appalled by his wreckless driving. Makes Israeli taxi drivers look safe.
beware this guy comes down Sunset Rd a little after 9 each morning, I just get out of his way and say a little prayer as he speeds by. He’s straight out of the video games. I pity the child in that car. If he would drive a camry he would probably be less famous.
I’ve seen this car again and again driving recklessly especially by four corner
Always cutting people going straight from the left lane.
wow, that’s the ugliest beamer ever!I was always repulsed when i saw this car (dangerously) driving around town . for 2 reasons: ugly car and violent wacky driver.
shame that the NJ State Police never seem to actually nab the real bad apples.
when the governor said “knuckleheads”, he was referring to drivers like these. Car insurance premiums keep on rising thanks to these knuckleheads!
from just reading the comments it seems that this driver was a well known reckless driver in the area. We need to fund the (local) police so that they can get rid of such drivers before they do their damage! Notice how this driver used the left turning lane intended for turning onto NORTH Lake drive and continued going straight into the left turning lane for South LAke drive!
the car shadchan should have gotten this guy a tesla!
That driver should have no car. The bus driver should not be charged.
no one had a hava amina to charge the bus driver.
Why cover the plate? In another article everyone is talking about taking photos in public places is acceptable so why is this different. Obvisouly, as stated, this guy is a “knucklehead” and has been around for sometime being such so make it public. Of course based on the accident it looks like it will be in the shop for some time.
it was only a a matter of time that this would happen. It always seemed that this car had no brakes.
היה רק ענין של זמן, לא בכל שעתא ושעתא מיתרחש ניסא
I must admit that some of his stunts in the past were quite impressive! Is Nascar hiring? I’m really surprised the cops didn’t nab him until now, we all witnessed it every day.
First of all, there really are crashes that are accidents. (weather, blind spots, sun glare, a different driver’s action etc) Even if not so in this incident. What if it’s the school bus driver’s fault? Same consequences? By the way, the school bus statute, NJSA 39:4-128.1 already includes an option of up to 15 days in jail or community service, as well as the possibility of revoked or suspended license, in addition to 5 points. When appropriate, a judge should penalize to the maximum. Everyone, at least the safe drivers, should have a dual lens dash cam, not just for one’s own benefit, but to assist others.
He turned PRIOR to the intersection