Idiotic new 'bus surfing' craze hits New York as brazen roof riders film themselves cruising around Big Apple

Daring New Yorkers have begun filming themselves surfing on MTA buses - months after the authority cracked down on subway surfing after the death of a teenager. 

Videos circulating on social media show people sitting and at times, jumping on top of buses as the heavy-duty vehicles travel across the city. 

In one Instagram video shared by a page named @_thisisnyc_, a man wearing Nike shoes can be seen sitting on the roof of an M15 articulated bus as the vehicle barrels down Second Avenue in Manhattan's Murray Hill neighborhood. 

At one point in the video, the daredevil stands up to show viewers the other vehicles around him as the bus continues to travel speedily. 

A man wearing Nike shoes can be seen sitting on the roof of an M15 articulated bus as the vehicle barrels down Second Avenue in Manhattan's Murray Hill neighborhood

At one point in the video, the daredevil stands up to show viewers the other vehicles around him as the bus continues to travel speedily

But while the man tried to gain popularity with his risky behavior, viewers have instead criticized his actions. 

One Instagram user frustratingly wrote: 'Can we stop encouraging bus/train surfing?? 

Another demanded a collective change and said: 'We gotta stop reposting these videos cause it encourages this stupidity to continue for clout.'

One user also requested that the page stop encouraging people by posting such videos. 

The wrote: 'don't encourage this... it's really dangerous and too many people don't take things like this seriously.'

Another user also asked who would be blamed if something happened to the risk-taker. 

'extra dumb now something happens to him. It’s the drivers fault?,' the concerned user wrote. 

One of the men was seen in a jumping stance and leaping on the roof of the bus while another recorded him as the bus rode

The video was originally posted on an unidentified person's Instagram story and was later re-shared on X by a man named Jonathan Eli

But he isn't the only reckless New Yorker to undertake this stunt. Two other city-dwellers were seen standing and jumping on another MTA bus. 

One of the men was seen leaping on the roof of the bus while another recorded him as the bus drove. 

The video was originally posted on an unidentified person's Instagram story and was later re-shared on X by a man named Jonathan Eli. 

Cases of bus surfing have emerged two months after a 15-year-old teen's mother launched a lawsuit against the city's subway network, along with TikTok and Meta. 

Norma Nazario's son Zackery Nazario died while subway surfing on a Brooklyn-bound J train over the Williamsburg Bridge on February 20, 2023.  

A low beam struck the teenager in the head, causing him to fall between the subway cars and before he could get away, a train ran over him. 

Norma Nazario's son Zackery Nazario died while subway surfing on a Brooklyn-bound J train over the Williamsburg Bridge on February 20, 2023

A year after his death, Norma has filed a lawsuit against the MTA and the social media platforms claiming that the apps 'goaded' her child into the deadly stunt by recommending similar videos

Furthermore, Norma is suing the public transportation company for not locking the subway doors

In February 2024, Norma filed a lawsuit against the MTA and the social media platforms, claiming that the apps 'goaded' her child into the deadly stunt by recommending similar videos. 

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from TikTok, Meta and the MTA. 

According to Norma, she had found multiple videos of people subway surfing after she started checking his social media accounts. 

The distressed mother also claims that Zackery had received an advert for a ski mask, which is commonly used by surfers to hide their identities.

Apart from damages, the lawsuit also demands that tech companies 'change their dangerous recommendations technology,' saying that it provokes others to join in on such life-threatening trends. 

Furthermore, Norma is suing the public transportation company for not locking the subway doors.

The MTA has not yet commented on the new bus surfing trend.