The Hasidic community in South Williamsburg has been very vocal about scofflaw cyclists blowing by school buses picking up and discharging children, but a new video shows it's not just bike riders acting like jerks. The video, shot with a helmet camera, shows a Hasidic school bus driver nearly running a cyclist off the road, and when the cyclist confronts the driver, he's asked, "Do you stop for bus signs?" The cyclists says yes, at which point the driver apologizes. But hey—when in doubt, assume all cyclists are "jerks" and crush them like bugs, right? (We're guessing this driver's a Gothamist commenter in his spare time.)
The cyclist who sent us this video adds, "I bicycle through Williamsburg every morning with a camera mounted on my helmet. The Hasidics complain that cyclists are menaces; but I have footage showing the contrary. They overlook the fact that they blatantly disobey traffic laws and place the blame on others who share the road with them. Instead of blaming cyclists, the authorities should crack down on the poor driving habits of the hassidic [sic] community." We're sure they'll get right on that... after their pizza break.
