Isn a van safer than a school bus since the van has seat belts and school buses do not?
No. In fact, comparable sized small school buses are required to have seat belts because they weigh less than 10,000 pounds. School buses, as indicated above, have markedly superior per road mile safety records than all other vehicles, regardless of the seat belt issue. In fact, school buses are designed with a “compartmentalization” concept, which keeps children within and near their seats by placing the seats forward to them very close and with significant interior padding and other safety features.
