Vito is angry when the school bus driver blames him for misbehaving, when it actually was the child behind him who had been acting up. As he gets off the bus, he kicks the bus tire. Freud would say that Vito is unconsciously using the defence mechanism of:

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Vito is redirecting his anger towards the bus tire, which is an example of displacement. He is displacing his anger away from the actual source (the child behind him) onto an object that was not involved in the situation.

Vito Is Angry When the School Bus Driver Blames Him