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Subscribe to RSSDubbed "The Punisher," Alexei Volkov takes a zero-tolerance approach to being cut off while driving his bus on Russia's roads.
Day or night, rain, snow or shine, whenever an errant driver gets in his way, Volkov rams his bus into the offending vehicle without apology -- and records it all on his dashboard camera.
The bus driver then documents the collisions by posting the video footage on YouTube.
In a recent interview which appeared on the Red Hot Russia website, Volkov claimed he's had more than 100 accidents.
"The situation is gradually improving ... due to my educational work," he said.
Volkov says his passengers have nothing to complain about because none have been injured.
And what does the bus company he works for in Zelenograd, Russia, think about his vigilante antics?
"If there is no fault of mine, the management doesn’t care," he said. "The bus usually gets only minor damage. If the damage is more serious, they just wait for the insurance payments and then repair [it]."
One of the reason there were so many images of the meteor that slammed into the Earth's atmosphere is because dashcams are so prevalent throughout Russia. Few drivers leave home without the small, inexpensive cameras because they offer proof of what actually happened after an accident. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.
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I would shake his hand and buy him a beer.
Ruuuuski's start your WEBCAMS!
You don't need to buy him a beer. It sounds like he's had a few before he starts driving!
Hey Dapper, Cleary somebody didn't read the entire article or watch the videos. To understand why he was recording the insane drivers he encountered daily ... If he was drinking before he started driving he would have lost his job. Dope!
I can't figure out how the one car in the video 2 stood up on end and rolled over backwards? Crazy stuff!
Hey Steamie. if he doesn't lose his job for ramming cars while he's driving a bus with passengers on board, what makes you think he'd lose it for drinking and driving! His company doesn't give a crap what he does. Actually, I was just being sarcastic. I don't think he was drinking. He's just a road rage idiot.
@G. Bud, it is very hard to see there, but I have seen that on YouTube before, and if you look closely, there is a downed wire across the road (from the wires overhead that power a trolley, it looks like) . He hits the wire, and up goes the car.
I'm just curious to know what each of those drivers SAID or DID after they pulled over and came back to the bus. Too bad the bus driver didn't get that on camera too. Here in "Gun-Toten-Texas", somebody would get blown away.........after being beat half to death and called everything but a child of God. That driver needs to eat some owl s*%t and wise up before it's too late.
Here in the US when someone cuts you off, you would slam on your brakes risking the person in back of YOU slamming into your rear end and causing a wreck, while the real cause would just drive on.
There have been many serious accidents, and deaths, caused because someone swerved to avoid colliding with a vehicle that cut them off or pulled out in front of them. And if he is driving a bus, it could prove fatal for him to try and slam on brakes to avoid hitting someone who cut in front of him; a top heavy bus could roll causing serious injury or death to passengers and other multiple vehicle accidents.
As long as his company is happy and the insurance company doesn't insist on his being fired....
What I find amusing is the fact NBC digs up 'viral vids' that are weeks old. This stuff was first posted on LiveLeak 3 weeks ago.
That's for sure! I love how they'll pull right in front of him, then get out of their vehicles with that "...you hit me, stupid!" attitude. Duh. That's what can happen when you pull right in front of someone! LOVE it!
Dapper, nearly every one of those crashes were forced by the lead car. In fact, the little black sedan, that was used twice. It even looked like it had been used on other incidents. Watch the videos and learn how not to drive. These guys were using the "You hit me in the back, therefore you pay for my damages" routine.
Want to know why these inexpensive video cams are not included as standard packaging in cars in America?
Because attorneys don't want them to be... it would cut into their profit margin too badly.
Russia, of all places, most drivers have these mini cams. And we have our cities and towns claiming they can't afford them for the law enforcement officers, school buses and classrooms because they are just too expensive for the budgets.
No one wants them here in the US because no one wants to be held accountable for what the cameras will show when all parties end up in front of a judge.
Is it possible that the people complaining about how the bus driver responds to the idiots on the road are in fact the same kind of idiots when they drive? We need guys like him over here, the BMWs, Audis and Escalades are the worst.
You noticed how a good majority of them hit their breaks right as they cut infront of him so closely? Russia is prevalent in the box in scam.. Car comes up on the left and the front car cuts over close and causes the accident.. The car on the left is to insure the actual victim can't swerve out of the way..
I laughed when I read the article because hell it was funny.. I hate bus drivers around here.. Oregon made buses implement a new system- now they all have yield signs on the back and you can't pass them when the yield is on.. A lot of the drivers use it correctly, other morons sit at a stop and hold the yield sign on while they let off 15 people at my college.. One I passed because the yield sign was on for two traffic lights causing me to sit in the damn intersection for a round of lights..
It will be a sad day when this bus driver kills an innocent passenger, especially if it's a child, in a vehicle he rams.
In many states in the U.S., the laws require all drivers to avoid a collision if possible. It's unreasonable to run into a vehicle just because they're driving unsafely. I guess they have no such laws in Russia.
Skyhammer1 - The guys who are cutting the bus driver off aren't blameless. They are bad drivers. The point of this article is that the bus driver is crashing into these cars on purpose to teach them a lesson. There's no place for that kind of mentality on the highways.
What is really strange is the mere fact some of you think the bus driver has road rage and are the same people that when someone cuts you off in traffic you hollar obsenities, flip the bird, and wish hateful sht on them. Basically, that makes you a hypocrit. The only difference between you and the bus driver is 8k lbs of steel and the balls to actually do something other than flap your face.
It is true, in our accept no responsiblity, no consequence, society we don't have dash cams, exactly for the reason stated in 1.12. NO ONE wants to be held accountable for what they do or don't do, and oftentimes the only real truth is who has the better lawyer. In this we should all be ashamed. We teach our kids not to lie, cheat, steal, do drugs, and to be responsible. But in this endeavor we are all hypocrits and actually have the nerve to get pissed when our kids engage in such behavior. Maybe it is about time we all took driving a lot more serious and realized operation of that vehicle is a responsibility. Perhaps if we stopped that texting while driving, stuffing our faces while driving, picking our noses while driving, and consuming booze and dope before and sometimes while we are driving, maybe there would be fewer accidents, fewer fatalities, and a lot more consideration of those we encounter in traffic. But alas no, this will never happen as we are all arrogant asses who believe the roads were made specifically for us and everyone else is a tresspasser on OUR highway. And with such mentality, people like this bus driver, acts as the hard dose of reality in our own little private Idahos, proving our hypocricy and our sheer arrogance.
If I did that as many times as I have wanted to do that my insurance would be as high as my mortgage right now.
We could use some one like that around here, can't even guess how many times I have been cut off by someone with head in a$$ disease, texting, putting on makeup, reading the paper and all sorts of idiotic things while completely oblivious of the traffic around them.
I LOVE THIS GUY !
The sad part about the poor driving habits in Russia is that they are being brought over here, we are being overrun with Russian truck drivers, and that is the way they drive. I had one cuss me out because I was in my lane and he wanted it he was also heading the opposite direction.
On my commute home from work every day, there was a intersection with a light. The right lane could only go straight or turn right, the left lane (my direction) could only turn left. Many times to get ahead of traffic, (very heavy at rush hour)a car in the right lane would suddenly make a left turn, cutting off the car having the right of way. I swore, if it happened to me, I would not be cut off, I would ram the car. I would just say to the police "I never even saw him, it happened so fast!" I'd let the a$$hole explain why he tried to turn left from a right turn lane.
Alas, the closest opportunity I almost had was one who cut off the guy in front of me. I cursed that driver for not ramming the jerk. And in all those years, I never even thought of installing a dash cam!
On another occasion, (before cell phones) I was driving behind a woman driving a Cadillac De Ville who was driving as though she owned the road. Ahead, coming in the opposite direction, a school bus had stopped, and was letting off kids, around second to fourth graders. It stopped long before we got there, and kids were already off. Three kids were crossing in front of the bus to cross the road. I stopped, but the Caddy didn't. Luckily, the girl who was the oldest (probably 9) realized the car wasn't going to stop, and grabbed the two littler ones who weren't paying attention and were stepping out into our lane. The broad never even slowed down. I could see that the female bus driver was furious. I got the bitch's plate number, and when I got home, I called the police to report her and volunteer to be a witness. I couldn't believe the cop told me there was nothing they could do if they don't actually see it happen. I said "If those kids were dead in the street, would you like me to report what I saw THEN?" He didn't appreciate my sarcasm.
Maybe we SHOULD have dashcams on every car, maybe then jerks like this woman would be forced to obey the traffic laws. And when they don't, the police would HAVE to find them and arrest them!
If you watch the second video all they are using are their cell phones with a suction cup mounting it to the windshield.
@hs321 "It will be a sad day when this bus driver kills an innocent passenger, especially if it's a child, in a vehicle he rams.
In many states in the U.S., the laws require all drivers to avoid a collision if possible. It's unreasonable to run into a vehicle just because they're driving unsafely. I guess they have no such laws in Russia."
Gee why do those laws not "work' or apply to the person THAT REALLY CAUSED THE ACCIDENT? You know the one that just swerved into your lane and slammed on their brakes. How many of those drivers could HAVE JUST DRIVEN PAST AND TURNED THE F*** AROUND, OR HAVE SLOWED DOWN? It must be some great crime to miss a turn and instead cause situations that DEMAND some other person do something to AVIOD hitting your dumb a$$es.
I know let me hold up this whole line of cars that wants to turn left since I am a dumba$$ that thought I was supposed to turn left here, but I was wrong. TURN LEFT LIKE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO MOTHERF***ER AND THEN TURN THE F*** AROUND. Do not make us all pay the price for your stupidity. IF YOU DO SOMETHING "STUPID" YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE TO PAY THE PRICE, NOT THE REST OF US.
People cause the very problems they complain about and expect others to care. How else do people learn not to cut off others and to cause dangerous situations for others if they do not suffer some consequences.
And you wonder why I cannot stand insurance companies. There could be no insurance fraud if there were no issurance companies in existence. More money would actually go to help people like it is intended instead of going into someone's pocket as profit. We lose so much money to profit it is not even funny. That money could have went to actually help someone, but instead we have to feed the leaches that do NOTHING and are wastes.
Not to mention most of those accidents were at slow speeds. Slamming on his brakes to avoid the accidents would have caused his passengers more of a G load. There are more passengers in the bus then in those cars more then likely. Therefore, it is better to subject those on the bus to the least amount of G's possible. It is the greater good and more people would benefit from the results. Of course those other drivers could have choosen not to change lanes and hit their brakes right in front of a large heavy bus, but that would require intelligence.
AVIOD should be avoid, my backwards a$$ missed it before I could edit it. Oh well it is one of your few chances to call me names :P.
I'm waiting for this guy to get his own video game now, at least that's how it seems to go here in the US.
Problem here in the US is that if you hit someone from that's in front of you usually the law says that person is at fault but I'd love to see how the video would change that possibly.
Maybe the company this guy works for should invest in push bumper for this guy? Maybe even a design where the bumper would be shaped like a "V" to really push the idiots out of the way in a grand fashion! Never know, funnier things have happened.
Everyone who pulled in front of him slammed the breaks, they're not just bad drivers, they're deliberately trying to cause a collision. There was a news article in the UK about this, 2 cars and a commercial vehicle are usually involved, 1st car appears to cut off 2nd car, causing the 2nd car to break suddenly and apparently legitimately, resulting in the commercial vehicle running into the 2nd car while the 1st drives off. It's a scam thought to involve doctors & lawyers as well as the bogus drivers. I had to laugh at the article I saw because all these years it's been perfectly acceptable to make the liability automatically that of the person who rear ends regardless of circumstances, but of course now big businesses are suffering rather than the little guy they're all whining about it! Change the rules then there will be no incentive to break suddenly in front of someone!
Alexi Volkov is a lovable rogue, but he's crazy! Just ask Chuck and Sarah.
Q.) Who has the right-of-way??
A.) The driver with the oldest vehicle.!!
Russia, dude. Think he would want vodka, instead.
he should drive in nascar.
Awesome!
The guy should be arrested.
In the U.S. they would call each of his acts of vengeance road rage incidents.
It just goes to show, that we really don't have it so bad here in the U.S.A.
Actually, the real road ragers are the self centered a-holes who cut him off with impunity. Obviously, given your attitude, you're one of those types. The US really isn't that different.
Agree,road rage should be punished
Yes, pray hard, we should follow the same methods here. If somebody cuts you off, or you think they have, ram them. If we're lucky no injuries will result, and the car rammed will not be driven by somebody with a concealed carry permit, who has other issues with social contract that extends beyond his driving excesses.
That makes about as much sense as mounting gun turrets on private automobiles.
When you drive a car you are operating heavy machinery at high speeds, among other heavy machinery operators. It is the most dangerous thing most of us do in our daily lives, and our lives are all in each others hands. Nobody likes being cut off. But when you react, try to cut off the offending driver, or worse ram them, it only increases the danger level on the nation's highways.
The last thing we need is people emulating this self-righteous cretin on our nation's highways. Luckily, in the U.S., he would be arrested.
Dman - I agree with you. This nut will eventually come across someone like himself, the incident will escalate, and someone will wind up dead.
So, you're okay with getting cut off? Never lived near a big city, have you?
Trekie, no one is ok with being cut off but you don't make things worse by ramming the offender and escalating the conflict.
Dman, Where once in any of the video was the guy driving at a high rate of speed? You are making assumptions. This guy is driving a bus full of people. I'm pretty sure that just like in this country. Some peolpe are smart enough to know when to draw the line.
The first thing any arrogant driver says after they cut someone off and gets dinged is: "didn't you see me?" or the more pissy person would says: "what the hell's your problem?"
Then when you go to court and this jackass is trying to take you to the cleaners. You pull out the video and the judge realizes the truth. That Mr. Arrogant is also a liar ... My company installed dash cams in all our trucks over 10 years ago just for this purpose.
I drive the capital beltway for a living with some of the most angry & pissed off drivers in America.
I agree with Pray Hard.
... and Dapper,
Road Rage people with guns don't cut you off they just shoot! What do you do ride a bike?
Ah... someone finally fulfilling my fantasies. I like this guy a lot.
No, I'm not ok with it, and no, I do live in a major metropolitan area. I've reacted with anger on occasion. It never did any good. It only endangered the lives of those around me and the person who cut me off.
It both surprises and alarms me that so many here support the actions of this Russian bus driver.
you are some kind of special stupid aren't you? every one of these drivers deserved to get hit. how big is a bus? do they have the stopping distance a car does? if a vehicle is twice as big as you doesn't it follow that they would need twice the distance to stop? every one of these idiots got in front of a bus with just feet to spare and then proceeded to put on their brakes. the one (van) that didn't have enough space to clear the bus tried to muscle in anyway. I agree that road rage needs to be punished but the people that CAUSE road rage need to be punished also! that is the reason I have installed a dash cam on my own vehicle so I can catch idiots like you who think they have special rights on the road.
Road rage people with guns are not a distinct ethnic or political group, and very few people begin a road rage incident with a gun; on thankfully rare occasions, they do end it with one.
If somebody cuts you off, and you cut him off, or throw something at his car, you have no way of knowing if this person his carrying a gun, or is unarmed, but possessed of a psychotic temper. He may react by ramming your car, or one or both of you may miscalculate, and end up running another car, with a mother and 3 children in it, off the road and into the trees.
It is stupid an inexcusable behavior, and if i were the judge and somebody was hauled into court for having rammed another a car in retaliation for being cut off, I'd throw his sorry ass in jail faster than he could say "road rage".
As for this Russian bus driver, his activities are perhaps a sad comment on how poorly traffic laws are enforced in his country. They are nothing to emulate.
Culheath - He's living out a lot of people's fantasies. That's why some of these responses are the way they are.
James Gareet - No, my moronic friend, I just do not believe we, as individuals, should be meting out justice according to our own judgement.
That is a concept as old as our nation, that we believe in the rule of law, not in private vengeance.
The videos make it plain that he intentionally rams these offending vehicles, in some cases accelerating his bus to do so. He should be arrested and prosecuted.
So Dman you'll never stand up for yourself cause you're afraid someone might have a gun.
We get it.
I doubt you get much of anything.
American police become angry when they have their photo taken. I wonder why.
He should also run over the people when they get out of their cars. They're most likely either really stupid and or are trying to get him to hit them for insurance purposes. This is also a big insurance scam in the US. We're not that different in the US and will probably be just as bad in the near future, given the rate we're turning into a third world country. I say, go Alexei!
Good one.
My hat is off to this bus driver. We should offer him the opportunity to become a legal immigrant to the U.S.
Best laugh of the day.
Well, he's saving on brake pads anyway. I don't blame him one bit, and if we could get away with it here, more people would think twice before they cut you off.
The number of drivers on the road that shouldn't even have a drivers licence is staggering.
For example, the left lane is for faster traffic and passing. It's a basic rule of the road that a monkey could learn in an hour, but how many people do you see everyday holding up traffic in the left lane? Those are the idiots that cause accidents, congestion, and road rage and if I were a cop I'd ticket every one of them.
well said mark...well said.
Mark, while I agree that the left lane is for passing of slower traffic, it's not the lane for "NASCAR Drafting"! If another driver comes up behind me while I am passing a slower driver, I'm not going to go any faster if that driver is riding 2 inches off my rear! In fact, I will do what any prudent driver would in a dangerous situation.....SLOW DOWN! So the next time you complain about slow drivers in the passing lane, make sure you are not the one causing it!!
No moto87, You don't slow down. You communicate with the driver 2 inches from your butt. You turn on your right turn signal to let him know you plan on getting the hell out of his way as soon as possible ... Slowing down usually causes the slowee to get rear ended.
Mark from Minnesota--absolutely agree. My MOM never drove above the speed limit, always signaled the right distance from a turn, etc, and she was a MENACE on the road, because she would get in the left lane and obliviously block traffic! When I got old enough, I refused to ride with her--if she wouldn't let ME drive her car, we went separately!
STEAMIE, if he's 2 inhes off my rear bumper, he not likely to see my turn signal, is he?!
Moto87, please, please try that in Germany when a car comes up behind you at high speed flashing his headlights at you. Now, what I want to know is what your strategy is going to be when he turns on the lights on his roof.
If someone comes up close behind you while you are in the passing lane, get out of their way. Slowing down just marks you as an obnoxious self-righteous jackass and in much of the world is illegal besides.
J.Clarke, re-read my posts! I'm not talking about "hanging out" in the passing lane! And this isn't Germany...idiot!!
The DMV in California instructs drivers to slow down if tailgated. That said, I try to get out of the way. Thing is, I'm getting out of the way of a guy who's doing 15-20 mph above the limit and being an aggressive POS. If, I'm in the left lane, I'm passing...fast. I don't like being bullied.
That's why I brake-check them first. :)
YAKFITGUY, there are many States that also say slow down in such circumstances. And your right! You should get out of the passing lane as soon as you can! My point was that I'm not going to break the law by going faster than the posted limit to get out of way of another driver behind me! However I won't "break check" either. That's different from slowing down gradually and more likely, as STEAMIE pointed out, to result in a collision!
@J.CLARKE, By the way, you really have never driven in Germany, have you? If you did you would know that the only thing the German police hate worse than "hanging out" in the passing lane is tailgating!! So, when that "RUF" modified turbo come up behind you while you are attempting to pass a slower vehicle and becomes impatient and gets right up on your bumper, he's the one that should looking for those police lights in his mirror! And guess what? Since his "Ruf" modified turbo doesn't come cheap, his fine is based on his financials!! But, you would know that if you've ever driven in Germany!!
I have something in my truck that allows me to turn on my brake lights without pressing the pedal. That is one brake check without the check.
Steamie, is you rear end someone cause you were tailgating then your 100 % at fault. Doesn't matter if the person in front of you jumped on the brakes for no apparent reasons.
You really have to be dumb and completely ignore the laws of physics to tailgate another vehicle.
Mark from Minnesota-----Yes, yes, yes, yes!! That is my pet peeve (besides idiot mothers with five kids in a van making a left turn with one hand & talking on a freaking cellphone!!!!) Try to pull out in traffic with every idiot hogging the left inside lane. Arggghhhh .
If I'm tailgated, I lay heavy on the windshield washers. Sometimes they figure out they need to leave a little extra space. My Jeep holds a full gallon so I can use it a lot if I have to, but I do NOT increase speed to accommodate someone who is breaking the law or creating an unsafe situation. I use the right turn signal to let them know I intend to pull into the right lane. If they don't like it...........TOO BAD.
I like your style Morgan. I'll be sure to use my wipers more often!
In Indonesia, I observed what I thought were the most reckless bus drivers around. The worst i ever saw them do when they were cut off was give the other driver the finger. This guy sure has them beat.
Notice how many times a driver cuts off the bus and then slows down. Are THEY trying to cause and accident for insurance money?? Just askin.............
I caught that one also, as soon as some of them cut him off Brake Lights even though there was "room" to safely merge.
I completely agree. This bus driver isn't "ramming" anybody. The move these morons are doing is commonly called the "duck and dive".
Tom in NH is right. Almost all of the people doing the cutting off had their brake lights on. They did it on purpose for a payday.
Is this the Mr. Obvious support group here? YA THINK?
The USSR was always the most evil empire. The video shows proof of that nothing has changed in Russia at all since their breakup! If anything there just worse than before.
The bus driver is "settting up" those passing cars up to rear end them. He pulls out and rapidly speeds up...if the buds times it just right if the unsuspecting car doesnt notice the unusual acceration an doesnt compensate. "Whamo!". Heroic indeed.
You have it backwards. This is a common insurance scam and is one of the reasons why a lot of Russian drivers have dash cams (remember all those meteor videos?).
@Ixor: It doesn't look to me like the bus driver speeds up, except MAYBE in shot #4. Even so, that doesn't have anything to do with the fact that those morons jumped lanes without a signal or even very good clearance. It's not illegal to speed up (as long as you don't exceed the speed limit, obviously), but it IS illegal to change lanes without signalling. You can NEVER KNOW when a driver in the other lane may decide to speed up...that's the whole purpose behind signalling in the first place; to let the other driver know what you want to do.
Maybe the vibe he's going for is not "hero", but "teacher". In that case, he's winning!
I just ride my horn every time I get cut off. Riding the horn in such a situation is a defensive move, not an act of road rage.
I don't care how angry the driver may get. We all have to follow the rules of the road. It's because of arrogant, selfish, careless drivers that the roads are so dangerous. You have to protect your space. The horn is there for a reason. Don't be afraid to use it.
I used to do that, but all that does is get you flipped off by the other driver. What I have found to be more effective is flashing my hi-beams several times. For the first few seconds the other driver instinctively thinks they're being pulled over. It serves as a friendlier reminder, and in almost all cases, the next move that driver makes, he/she uses a signal. I've seen it; it works.
I got a very loud P.A. (better than the cops!) installed in my car, wireless mike in the steering wheel, very nice! I describe the offending car and it's driver to all who will hear. I'm pretty damn good at doctoring my voice too. I also call out my piece of mind to those idiots too! If the idiot pops out of his car I pop the siren. That gets 'em back in the car even quicker!! Then everyone starts honking at the offending jackasses! The secret to using this gear is knowing when not to. What a blast!
This is fantastic. Oh how I wish I could get away with that in my car. There are so many morons on the road. It is staggering trying to figure out how they ever managed to get a license in the first place.
I couldn't agree more! People need to have their licenses pulled for 10 days at a time if they are observed driving like idiots. Repeat offenders should be fined.
I love it! Get a bus and a dash cam and document the idiots in your city, too!
We need somebody like that here in metro Detroit, where lawlessness on the roads prevail, and 90% of the drivers have road rage.
Ye Ha! He is my role model!
Before Putin, the emphasis was on avoiding collisions. Progress, or something.
You go, Alexei! Where can I get a bus?
Why is everyone in such a dang hurry?
I wonder the same thing. Wherever I have to be, I start the trip with plenty of time to get there so I don't have to be in such a rush that I become a rude idiot behind the wheel.
Yippie ki aye!!!
It's pretty much everywhere where you have a lot of people in a confined area and common sense and courtesy is just not there.
Road rage. Eventually somebody will put a bullet in his head or beat him to death. Just a matter of time.
Unlikely, but even if that were the case, until then a whole lot of idiots are getting educated'! LOL
Hey Dr,
How do you know that the bus driver is not packing heat and is ready for the event when a Jar head exits their car toting with intent the bus driver could easily cap the other driver before he becomes a secondary victim event. If I were the bus driver, I would pack heat along side of the dash cam. Simple logic. Don't let the idiot jar head cut you off, drive on through, and when they stop and exit the car, have your AK-47 at the ready, what will the jar head do at that point is still unpredictable, but the bus driver could be in the controlling position in most if not all situations.
I disagree, the driver of the bus is in control of the situation as far as I can tell.
I hope someone does. He's a menace to society.
How'd you like to be his insurance man? Geez!
He's driving a bus. His personal insurance wouldn't be affected; it would be on the bus company's insurance. Besides, failing to use a turn signal is a moving violation. If it leads to an accident, it would be the fault of the driver who failed to use the signal. That the other driver didn't use a signal would of course be difficult to prove...unless you had a dashboard camera.
Cut off a bus, get hit.
Seems pretty simple.
Bad drivers are one of the reasons there was so much footage of the meteorite strike. Everyone has dashboard cams on their cars to protect themselves from lawsuits in Russia.