Why No Seatbelts In School Bus?

Just out of curiosity.. we have seat belts in pretty much everything i can think of.... even changing tables but we dont seem to have seat belts in school busess?

i mean i would thing there would be someone enforcing this. Not like it will be hard to put seatbelts in school bus all they have to do is buy the belts and bolt them on probably wont cost 5,000 per bus.

how many more accidents have to pass before they enforce this? kids flying off their seats? what are people waiting for?

The Terribly Plain Princess

On the one hand I agree with you. On the other, I remember school trips with hired coaches that had belts - and the kids didn't wear them anyway. People don't like spending money, also. I think to gain change in something like this, it would be better to raise awareness, sign petitions and even raise money within the local area or school, and you might see results, because if people think it will make a difference to *their* kids, they will put in for it.

John Paul

millions and millions of miles of School Buss travel and no serious injury's and deaths. Mostly do to how high the chassis is in the buss and the low speeds traveled. In a crash most cars get lodged under the frame of the buss and impact does not transfer to stop/change the buss motion. So go ahead add belts three across seating each side would be replaced with two each side and why not shoulder harnesses and padded seat backs or protective air bags. Costs quickly escalate into the billions to retrofit and legislate the safety. Next thing have you ever seen anything government do that turned out as planned?

faewhisper

They don't have seat belts when you use public transportation.

MTGunNut

Its government funded, what would you expect?

schurz04

Im not going to restate what todvango said, as hes dead on. Id like to add one more thing, there are only no seatbelts on the large school busses. The smaller van sized school busses have seatbelts, because they arent large enough that serious injuries would be miminized.

bungee

I was wondering if we were going to maby get through a week without a seat belt on busses question. buses are kinda big with lots of flashing lights and special laws just for them. do accidents happen, sure and while there may be minor injuries, rarely is anyone killed. the cost has to be born by someone and it would be very expensive. plus each bus would have to have a seat belt cop on board.m be careful what you wish for

Rizz

What state are you in? I am in NY and all school busses MUST have seat belts, it's the law. BUT the drivers can't make the kids wear them. So the kids trip on them and get hurt or worse yet they hit each other with them, that buckle hurts!

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