Do Escambia school buses have seat belts?
School bus transportation is the safest mode of ground transportation in the United States. It is 172 times safer to be in a school bus than it is in a private vehicle. The issue of seat belts on school buses is an important question for parents and riders. This is a brief summary of the Escambia County School District’s guidelines regarding seat belts on its school buses. The majority of our school buses do not have seat belts. Providing school buses with seat belts is not federally or state mandated. Escambia County School District buses meet or exceed the standards for protecting riders in the event of an accident. School buses use “compartment” structuring in the passenger area, which includes very high seat backs and extra thick padding. This construction results in less injury since the whole body would move forward into the padded seat back. Neck and head injuries may occur if the students were using a lap belt in a school bus since the seats on a bus are closer than a conventio
