Speaking with Kol Chareidi, Ariel explains that his life was spared by mere moments, explaining he left his vehicle on Rabbi Akiva Street in Betar Illit. The incident occurred today, Wednesday, at about 2:30pm. He explains in an emotional tone that if he remained for just a few additional minutes, he would no longer be among the living, explaining “today is my new birthday!”
A short time after Ariel parked his vehicle; a bus that was parked nearby lost its brakes and rolled down the street, literally running over the car, leaving an unrecognizable scrap heap of twisted metal.
Betar residents are also thanking Hashem, pointing out the bus was used to transport school children, demanding an explanation how a vehicle with faulty brakes can be used for school children.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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Israeli school buses (especially the chareidi ones) are the most dangerous vehicles on the road. They are (as one can see and hear) the most neglected, dirty and unsafe vehicles one will find, with usually old men driving them, who are not always the best drivers.
They also think they have the absolute right, given to them by Hashem apparently, to stop wherever they like (in the middle of an intersection, in the middle of a pedestrian crossing, at a bus stop, etc) and to use bus lanes (which are only for line buses) as they see fit.
Stopping at a pedestrian crossing, as obligated by law? Forget it.
One time last year, when such a school bus didn’t stop for me at a pedestrian crossing, I used an object in my hand to give such a beating to that bus that it must have cost them a few thousand dollars to repair the scratches. And I’d do it again.