Why don't buses have seat belts?

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money.

they're trying to fix that. they should.

Bob W

It is more dangerous and harder for rescue personnel to find, try to unbuckle so many passengers in a bus. I know that sounds backwards but it is true. Takes too much time

Ben Linus

School Buses: Seat belts in school buses are a problem because they transport children of all ages and sizes. 1 size or type of seat belt designed for an adult is not going to work for a 6-year old and vice versa. That's why people use car and booster seats in their personal vehicles.

Greyhounds - I would guess it's because statistically they don't get into many accidents, and if they do hit something (like a car or pickup/suv etc.,), the huge weight difference between the bus and the car makes the need for a seatbelt on the bus minimal.

cedrpnt

it would take too long for kids to get buckled up.
they might make drivers check to make sure everyone is buckled up.
do you really think people would actually wear them??

Sammi

my school bus has seat belts..but alls we do is whip each other with them XD

linz_b

my school buses had seat belts!!!

MichaelS

School buses having a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds are not required by federal law to have seat belts; those under 10,000 # DO have belts by federal law. Many states, including New York, California, and Florida, require them on all school buses. NHTSA is looking at over-the-road buses to see if belts would be beneficial.

As to WHY belts aren't required on large school buses, it involves the seat construction and spacing, referred to as compartmentalization. The result creates an invisible cocoon in which the passenger sits.

If you want to get bored out of your mind, Google (or Yahoo) 49 CFR 571.207, 208, 209, 210, and 222. These standards explain all of this.

Kapil P

there are many passanger getting on bus and getting off from the bus. it moves slow and will not have impack like car at the time of accident

m.a.d.e

they dont go fast to begin with

Jessica G

idk im glad they dont :D

bungee

I knew we couldn't get through a week without a bus seatbelt question.

Banana33

Because when a vehicle is over a certain size, it is not required to have seat belts. Just like on a large boat (cruize line, ferrys...) you dont need to wear a life jacket. It just depends on the size of the vehicle.

James H

There are plenty of valid reasons, btu the biggest, is,

Money.

Kids wouldnt use them. after they spent the thousands of dollars putting them in. so theyd have to hire a Monitor for EVERY bus to make sure all the kids wear them. and that isnt practical, what with all the stops they make.

liquidgiggles

Some motor coaches do have seatbelts in the first seat on each side but is very uncommon.
As to the school bus, I drive an 84 passenger "pusher" (rear-engine) school bus in Pensacola, Fla and my bus does have belts, 84 of them. I dont have a monitor on my bus so my only question is how am I, the only adult on the bus, supposed to make 84 kids wear a seat belt at the same time?
As far as i know, it cost around 9 thousand dollars for belts for my bus. Cost effective, I think not. Its a law created by people that have nothing else better to do with their time, have never driven a bus in their life, and probably couldnt drive one if they wanted to even if it was empty.
School buses are almost the safest vehicle on the road. Leave them alone. They didnt have belts for decades and if I could, Id cut every one of them out of my bus today.

joker83318

because they go slow and will never go fast enough to hit a car on impact that hard

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