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Title: VIDEO/ARTICLE: Standoff Between Man and Bus After Bus Does not Pick Him Up at Es
Post by: WMATAGMOAGH on March 06, 2010, 05:15:14 PM
The following comes from the Israeli newspaper Yedidot Achronot about how a man reacted to a bus not picking him up at an established stop.  I am quite familiar with the stop where the incident took place, there are 3 shelters close together and while a group of lines is assigned to each shelter, congestion caused by buses and other vehicles can often result in the buses not being able to stop at the correct location.

I can't embed the video so you need to pull up the following page to see it:  http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3856901,00.html.  Below is a translation of the article from Hebrew to English as provided by Google Translate.  It isn't perfect, but I don't want to take the time to do a perfect translation from Hebrew to English.

QuoteViewed: bus did not stop - the angry old man stood in front of him

4 bus did not stop the original station. 77-year-old blind and his wife, tried to reach him but the driver closed the doors and gone. Viewed extraordinary response of the elderly, who agreed to let the bus go

Roy Allman, Itamar Fleishman
Published: 04.03.10, 07:51

What makes a man stopped his bus at the station? Stood in front of the bus and let him pass. This case witnessed Tuesday early afternoon hundreds of civilians in downtown Jerusalem, who had difficulty believing what they saw: a grown man, age 77, stood in front of the bus long, clinging to him and prevented him from such forward in the middle of all this King George of the streets The most crowded central capital.



 
Jacob Saban - is the name of the star story along with his wife awaited the arrival of the blind line number 4 for about twenty minutes. When the bus reached the place, he stopped one station before the station is designed, causing the passengers waiting to run the original station. Saban and his wife tried to run but when they arrived, the driver closed the doors and started driving.



But Saban has decided not to give up, walked around the bus and stood in front of him. For long minutes, he blocked the trips in his body and in fact all the busy traffic.



Only when a policeman came to, after a series of submissive, Saban agreed to leave for the driver would wait so he could bring his wife and they will be able to board the bus. But did just the opposite: "The policeman told me to go get my wife I can get a bus so I did," says Sadan but argues that once he left and started walking toward his wife, the driver left.



Later came Saban console bundle 'salting to complain about the incident. But where he met the driver himself, which he claimed was not referred to in my business.



Egged response: "Preliminary investigation of the supervision committee of Egged Jerusalem found that this unfortunate incident in which his friend a few misunderstandings.

The driver is driving with seniority

33 years of impeccable personal file. When the driver reached the station, serves a number of different bus lines, it was occupied by another bus. The driver, who tried to come towards the passengers, the bus stopped in previous safety, and cleared space station, moved her to another stop. Due to circumstances, the driver could not see Mr. Saban and his wife. Only when the driver intended to track his journey he saw the couple, but before he could open the door of the bus passenger savagely knocked on the door and cursed the driver. The driver, who was not aware of the efforts of Mr. Saban and his wife, see this behavior a threat to peace and safety of passengers and therefore chose not to raise bus.



"When the bus stopped at a red light at the intersection a few meters far from the station, Mr. Saban came and stood in front of the bus was a danger to safety himself around and avoid the bus to continue his journey. I wish to emphasize the Ministry of Transportation prohibits the uploading passengers outside the station. Mr. Saban gave way only after the intervention of passing policeman. Mr. Saban came from the branch name was registered complaint. At no point was not created Sig conversation with the bus driver, who was there because he saw that agitated gentleman preferred to stay away. Egged Strait on the subject and asking apologize to Mr. Saban and his wife if they happen to feel damaged case Although we believe there was no failure in the driver's behavior is embarrassing.