Video shows driver using sidewalk to pass Brooklyn school buses 

Yes! Take it away.

SOUR SIXTEEN agreed

I guess that driver didn't care about a child safety i care about child safety

@devesh bhattacharya really, bad drivers don't stop. I have a friend, he is an alcoholic, he use to drive drunk ALOT, he got like 7 dui's till he lost his license. That stopped him from getting dui's now.

I would ban that person from driving in Canada for life

Since he did not actually hit anyone he will of course not spend much time if any in jail. Perhaps just pay a fine which I hope it is hefty. Yes school buses set you back 30 minutes but then there are tons of streets that detour around the school with perhaps only a ten minute delay where you can drive also. Or simply wake up earlier next time so as not to be caught during morning school bus drop offs. No excuse to do what this idiot did period!

Crkheds

@reallyitsme1980 you don't know much about kids do you? I work for a local school district and I've seen kids run away from the school bus after being dropped off. They run away from the school and for obvious reasons this usually means crossing the street opposite the school. Now if any person would want an extra lane just so they can pass buses well this situation I've seen can make it complicated. Also nobody's life is more important than any one else's. This means that regardless of the emergency a person thinks they might have there is absolutely NO reason to endanger other lives specially kids to take someone to a hospital like you mentioned. Go around the school if you have to or simply wait for an ambulance. They might have permissions to go around school buses. Simply don't ever drive on a sidewalk full of children exiting school buses.

@reallyitsme1980Yes stop all traffic because kids are getting off a school bus. That is why school buses have stop signals and it is against the law in most states to disobey this signal. Now what I meant by kids running away is not skipping school or truancy cas you called it. I mean kids and specially the younger ones sometimes feel the need to run away for the moment or get scared and run away for whatever reasons and run opposite the schools. Now you may think adults lives of schedules are worth more than kids but you are wrong. Kids and schools are here to stay and adults have to deal with this. Not nagg and cry like babies simply because they don't want to wake up early or go around the schools where kids are being dropped off End of discussion.

Trust me they would not be in jail the rest of there life it's sad but that how it is

“Uh, buddy, I know for sure I was taught sidewalks are for people. Tf?”

No need to capitalize child there. Thanks- Rick

Black, or a woman!!or Jewish

@@lioneffect9372 Keep Yourself Safe

@@lioneffect9372 It was a Jewish man. Mike Itzkowitz.

@James Sure how exactly can you be punished if not caught? come on, dont be an idiot.

@James Sure a lot of busses have cameras just like this school does...

@@jamessure8258 and when he said automatic he didn’t mean that as soon as you do it your license gets suspended automatically, he means that if your caught doing it there’s no points on your license or slap on the wrist, it jumps automatically to license suspension.

@@jamessure8258 I just have basic 8th grade reading comprehension skills. I was trying to help you out so you’d know, if you don’t like it then feel free not to bother responding.

It could be anyone driving that car.

It’s really not that simple. Even after they get his address, they have to find out who exactly in the household was driving that morning. Especially when people wanna lie & not say who it was. They have to prove who it is first, not just find their address.

They could maybe have impounded the car? Make the owner pay all fines for illegal driving. Let’s see how fast the owner gives up the driver.

They have his license plate number, not him. Those things can take time.

@@kimberlysevastyanenko3798 He turned himself in.

Yes but he needs to be proactive. Why didnt he record his license plate and stop the line of kids moving. He just stands there looking all dumb found. You have to be proactive in theses situations.

@@Itsnotavailable ikr! dude just stared and did nothing lol

@@ladymire He didn't notice the car until the last kid got off, but by that time he didn't have any time to record the license plate. Unless he got a picture perfect memory.

@@Itsnotavailable I'm willing to bet if you were in the same situation you'd be in shock and wouldn't even think about recording it until afterward. Hindsight is 2020 lol

@@Itsnotavailable The frick could he do about a CAR?

Teach your brat how to cross the streets! 🙄

No. That isn't the problem. I'd say threaten jail time for stuff like this.

Thank you.

Thanks. Hes so young. I hope he also knows how lucky he is not to have injured someone and have to spend time in prison and permanently damage his career.

Thank you. They should have also added attempted murder considering he knew children were walking in the sidewalk.

Thank you!

@@BellaKarim23 there is no attempted murder you idiot. Nobody was injured.

Forreal

He didnt hit any of them did he?

@@BillGates-bg1wz are you blind he was literally inches away from hitting three

@@chengbros6101 the amount of stupidity your reply just emitted took out more than 50% of my braincells

@@BillGates-bg1wz You were probably the driver bum he was so close to hitting them

Is there a video of his arrest ? I wanna see what this idiot looks like

@@Janveryown "Samuel Itzkowitz, 23, of Brooklyn, turned himself into police with an attorney Wednesday morning, police said." Well I guess there's CCTV but its nothing special or public.

Come across Brooklyn everyday, drivers are impatient on red lights. Sean like dozens of them running on red light in a week

If that’s me I would break his windows

I had idiots do that at my school bus stop back in 6 grade and my driver was pissed that he yelled at him to stop same as the other students like we all told him to stop

Amen!

Amen

No es una persona es una bestia. Not is a person is a beast

And given the death penalty to make an example out of him

@@mydude8731 have you even thought of why they must have done this. Think before speaking

Lol! Great ideal.

I know a thick pole: Ignatz Kakowski. Spends all day eating and weighs in at 350 lbs. He'd be the perfect thick pole for that school.

Agreed. 👍

@@gavin1301 people spend way to much time not paying attention to what's going on around them because their face is buried in their phones. Running into a pole might help them rethink being so aloof to their surroundings.

Or blind

Tru

That’s what I was thinking, not to mention school buses usually arrive/depart at the same time each day. If you know you might get stuck in school traffic before you leave, leave earlier?

Or the school busses could park and make sure there is room for vehicles to pass. Clearly one bus was on the opposite side of the street. Unless kids were running across the street made no sense for that bus to be there.

For real

@@jonathanmiller4184 buses have the priorities tho. That's the law. Who cares if no one likes it. A little inconvenience isn't gonna be the death of you sweetie

He's so tiny I'm infuriated

He's not a baby

@@randygross1050 True... A child? Lol. Human... Not an adult.... not a teenager... Not a baby.

@@randygross1050 That is a baby

@@barrycuda6866 "Baby" is a synonymous term for an infant

thats actually what he got! Samuel Itzkowitz is his name

4 counts of reckless driving

Endangering a minor times four too.

A charge for every child also still on the buses!!!

Cross carefully

You are 1000% correct! It's such a shame that your generation and the ones that will follow, have to think (even for a minute, a second!!!) about protecting their lives, way above the level of simple common sense. When I went to school my biggest worry was 'looking both ways & again before crossing a street. (An example of simple common sense.) Nowadays, kids, have it rougher in regards to crazy idiots like this driver, school shooters, etc While yall have it easier in other ways, I'm sure the tradeoff is unfair. Be safe out there! Always!

My sister was hit in the parking lot because someone was driving too fast. She should have sued them because she was limping when she came home.

Lmao

Lochi, if you've "almost [been] hit by drivers getting off the school bus more times than [you] can count, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM lol

To be fair the buses sometimes take like 5-10 minutes on a one way street😅

@@All_Glory so that’s no time. You can wait

@@airsickspace9272 people have things to do and places to be

Even if I really hate what he/she did and I would never do something like that But let's be real it ain't 2 mins they take as long as possible because they know they have the law with them and its fkn annoying lol

@@twistedbliss58 bro its 5 minutes

So is voting.

Heh. Say that to women in Arabia.

@@justarandomsovietofficerwi2023 In the U S it's a privilege. We have to pass a couple of test and pay for it.

Quite an overreaction

@@tronicol235 so far, 72 people disagree with you.

@@sandyfyffe6849 yr comment is a year old and his is 19 hours old, what do you expect?

I think a huge fine and maybe a little prison time would be appropriate, he was only 23 I think he deserves a second chance.

​@@tronicol235 You are probably the driver.

New Yorkers vote for Hochul. She rewards criminals

That probably would have made things worse as this dude would probably ram a school bus than get the beat down he deserves

@@bijuutamer729 you just stay in front of them until they get out. Or let them try to hit you and take a hood ride 😂

This will also be the type who will not think twice to hurt you so think about that. Its not all flowers to be a hero.

@@remingtonrojas And if they try and do that, mag dump them.

@@supergoodadvice853 💯💯

Yeah I just pointed out a moron who was trying to do the same. These people are just morons who have no personal accountability

Also, driving accidents are the leading cause of death for young adults and teens in the U.S.

How do the two things relate at all? Or are you just assuming it was a young person driving?

Was it a young adult driving?

Wow, assuming it was a young driver? I bet it wasn’t.

@@n.w.414 The driver is 23 yo, so he is a young driver.

Impatient *

Impatient and could HAVE killed... Grammar...

@@susanjones2276 this ain’t a spelling bee

The driver was stopping when the kids were walking though. The reporter made it worse for him by saying "he almost mowed them down". I understand it's wrong and dangerous for a car to be on the sidewalk especially if there are children but I don't think it's right to exaggerate the danger he posed.

@@jvjv8093 there was no exaggeration here. Driving on the sidewalk is not okay, and there is a reason it's a crime.

Nah if the man was capable of putting kids lives endanger what makes you think he cares about yours. I would have just stopped the kids and let the car pass. Not worth putting the kids life endanger.

@@thomasross7376 Yes, stopping the kids from crossing would be the best idea.

And he would of drove off with u

That person is driving like a maniac he might hurt someone, I better stop him by jumping on his car... really? smh

@@corypierce8663 that looked a nice car so if he didn't want it damaged he'd stop. I'd give my life to save a kids

Not in Florida ..its legal

@@blackfacehardon5163 Well, Florida is a special place unto itself lol!

@@DarlingNikki2 LMAO Ya your tellin me Try dealing with these idiots everyday I dont like leaving my house 😥

@@blackfacehardon5163 man, then try to avoid Cali or N.Texas. some of the crazy smucks to ever exist that make you question your own sanity sometimes. I feel for you man

Really?

whatever it was a coward. it should have jumped in front of car or smashed its window it just watched

@@imaninternettroll1660 you look away from the kids to grab something to smash and now boom he's run over a kid

Honestly it's pretty obvious that a car can fit there

The camera WOULD have caught him if it wasn't.... 🤦🏻

The side walk looked big enough for a car tbh

@@mhgesreva9681 Reread my comment, see that I alluded to the car being on the sidewalk as not being normal, and then kick rocks.

I thought the same thing! Especially after he looked directly at the car & still let a child get off the bus. Like really?!

But shocked he just didn't want to die himself

I agree! He definitely should’ve done that!

Right!!!!! He should of just let the car go. Letting them cross was pretty stupid and not worth the risk. No one would of known about this, if the guy just let him go. So dumb on BOTH parts

I just came from a safety class at my School Bus job, and they showed this video, YES, that person was caught, inmates will eat him for lunch.

@@62202ify Is it normal in America that when you commit a crime and go to jail, that all your inmates are informed of your actions ? i often see these type of comments, and i wonder how much merrit goes to it. does it mean when you go to jail in America all your privacy is lost and inmates can look up the crimes of their fellow inmates, or is it just all heresay ?

@@skapunker1986 they read newspapers, and they have t.v.

@@skapunker1986 word probably gets around

@@skapunker1986 no they have paper work and they ask what are you in for if they don't believe thell go to your cell and get your paper work

jail time for what? he didn't kill no one.... any evil person would just run over those kids without caring but he DIDN'T....he was just in a rush....prob had an emergency?? one of his family member died ? we don't know the reason why he did it

There will never be hope for humanity the fact that this incident makes you realize it means your oblivious

His name was Samuel Ittzowitz age 23 he got arrested with a desk appreciation. Charge for four misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment and driving and failure to stop for a bus

@@yazminecaraballo8863 are you f****** stupid he drove on a sidewalk drove past a bus wrist children's alive and you're saying he harmed no one he could have and it's dangerous he's not even supposed to be allowed to drive on the sidewalk it's really unbelievable that you don't know it's illegal to simply not drive on a sidewalk or pass a school bus with children getting off

@@yazminecaraballo8863 no excuse

I agree!

@@tardis3962 antisemitic nonsense

@@babecat2000 most school in new york are Jewish school how is that racist

Did he know how to spell his rate?

Sounds like smthng my dad, his dad would have done. Beat the living daylights out of the fool in a car, on the sidewalk.

@@SaltiDawg2008 what is that supposed to mean??

No judgement. He was probably too shocked or too trusting of the guy. Should have stood in front of it until all the kids walked across, but it was very quick.

@jbom26 quick in a sense that decision making isn’t always at peak performance. How often do we make eye contact as a pedestrian to a driver and trust that they’ll stay where they are? That said, they need to train the adults for more scenarios such as put yourself immediately between the students and a car.

@jbom26 well next time you jump in front of a car that's willing to drive on a sidewalk. See how far you get, idiot

@jbom26 correct. Yet it happens all the time sadly. Especially in cases where you can't afforded or not willing to pay for maximum safety. For example, this man might be a volunteer parent. Can't fire a volunteer. You can send angry parents and RU-vid's to them, but I doubt they'll get real punishment. That's not the priority anyway. It should be ensuring the future safety of the children. More training? Block the sidewalk? Better drop off system? I'm not saying there shouldn't be justice. But let's not lose sight about safety and prevention.

@@thelostsoul77777 no one asking him to jump Infront of the car idiot. Just stop the kids from walking n let the car pass first

Thanks for sharing. Glad tbey got him.

Thank you for taking the time to look for the information and posting it here! It's always nice to know when they catch the idiots! 😏

I very much appreciate you posting this follow up.

Thank you. You are a credit to the empire

@Cyndi Rothrock use your aggressive feelings!

Honestly I live in this area they need to fix how the busses stop this causes traffic everyday they need to add stops where busses can stand and drop off kids for safety

Moe moe - Buses stopping every other block, etc. to pick up or drop off cause traffic everywhere, not just where you live. It can get annoying / frustrating, yes, but in the big picture, it’s an extremely temporary inconvenience. As adults, we should be able to handle it. People who endanger kids simply because they don’t have the maturity or patience to wait, deserve jail time. Simple as that.

@@mena94x3 actually these buses take it super far... they cut across the entire street and drop off kids literally on the same block... so you stop 2 to 3 times on the same block... not all bus drivers do that. The car on the side walk was 100% wrong, I am not justifying his behavior just pointing out that those buses seriously are inconvenient and it's a lot longer than you think... a lot longer seriously 😐

A Gravery - That’s only assuming I’ve never experienced the infuriating experience of getting stuck behind school busses that make multiple stops on the same block. It’s not a localized phenomenon.

No lie also some bus drivers hit red lights and also try to race u and also blocks u off trust me some of these drivers take it to the heart

Expect it and use another street. Twice a day the school busses are in front of schools. Where do you expect them to be?

It's not your "turn" to walk at any time, ever. It's your *responsibility,* to cross the road, SAFELY. And not have expectations of other road users.

@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479oh yeah, cuz ppl are supposed to run red lights all the time 🙄🙄🙄

They also act like it. Shame they can't just be. Instead us poor Americans have to claim them

@@angel-nv7jk That's what makes this country so great though, the City especially. It's a giant melting pot. That said, I think I know where you're coming from. Certain groups don't assimilate into the whole or even make an effort to coexist with their neighbors in a healthy, respectful, and holistically beneficial way.

@@spicysalad4140 omg I thought you were being sarcastic, but you weren't 😬

no he needs to be in jail or prison