Should seat belts be on school buses ?

Darren J

Yes seat belts are safer... accoring to your friend maybe we should take off the restraints from roller coasters too.

butterflykisses05263

Yes, I do think that seat belts should be on school buses....
we need to keep our children SAFE

JaneB

I absolutely feel that school busses should have seat belts.

I too have heard the reasoning that the kids are safer without seatbelts in an accident because they can get out more quickly.

Rubbish!

The only reason there are no seatbelts is MONEY!

If there is a state law that requires kids in private vehicles to be belted, then the same law should apply to busses.

Scott P

Yes they should have seat belts on busses...i don't see any logic in not having them wear one...it should be a law 4 sure.

beaner

YES

becca j

no i would like to see harness on their little butts to keep them in one place..some with muzzles too..lol

*****

If you use your buddy's line of reasoning, there is NO reason why anyone should wear seat belts.

gonicki31

School Buses SHOULD have seat belts !!
I agree with you 100%.

benchasebrown

It wouldn't hurt, although I don't think that there would be much of an increase in safety. I think that it would complicate things in the event of a fire or other similar event when getting off the bus in a hurry is important. I think that kids are safe in a school bus with out seat belts because of the size of the vehicle and the extra safety and precaution that is exercised by bus drivers.

tmac

I just saw a report on the news about this. There were many studies that showed that the child suffered more damages to the neck and spine during crashes if they were buckled in. It was hard for me to believe but they showed the pictures of test crashes with dummies. They said that it is indeed more dangerous if you are in a seatbelt on a bus. They were showing that the damage was severe even with a shoulder seatbelt. That is a hard one for me. Hopefully they can come up with a safe way to keep them strapped in and change the outcome of the injuries.

^^u wish u knew me^^

i think that there should be seat belts and that they should be in forced but at the same time i don't think that if we did have them that bus drivers would enforce them-----just like were supposed to be sitting up straight and be looking forward all the time but when u look at the school buses the kids are running around and standing on the bus----and if it is safer to have the kids tumbling on top of each other then the buses should be changed to make them safer

tomkat1528

I had a 32 year old nephew that was driving his brand new pick up with two buddies.

He was ejected and the truck landed on top of him in a rollover. His buddies were dazed and didn't know where he was. They were wearing seat belts.

I flew out and helped officiate his funeral.

Sorry Brad, you are so very wrong.

Agent C

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.. okay then.

.. when there is an accident, with fuel everywhere, and a downed poweline .. which one of you is going to unstrap all the little brats, one at a time?

.. what they should do ..

.. is pad the ceiling, floor walls, and chairs. Maybe even improve those rear shocks a little. They should also have a strict training program for drivers (not anybody that answers a small classified ad).

.

Sarah 3

Yup. Those things aren't safe!

ray b

If the bus ever catches fire after the crash, it would be quite a job trying to enter the inferno to save the screaming children that are bein burned alive..Imagine 60 little kids burning and stapped to their chairs unable to help themselves and in a panic. Do we wear seatbelts on trains, greyhound, monorails, subways and skytrains.....

Jackie:D

I think that a harness system could work on a bus. If there is an emergency release on them, they would all lift up at once, just like on a roller coaster. The bus driver controls all the harnesses at once with a press of a button, and if there would be a roll over, a sensor would go off and when the bus comes to a complete stop (sensors would know), the harnesses would automatically release. (padding would have to be implimented if the bus is upside down so children would fall onto the padding.) It would save the trouble of trying to unlatch all the kids, and the harnesses would release at the touch of a button, and it prevents any fights with seatbelts and its completely safe! Just saying, that could totally work.

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