Why aren school buses required to have seat belts?
Basically, the structural design and ‘compartmentalization’ of school buses (narrow seat spacing and energy absorbent high back seats) reduces the risk of injury from a crash. School buses must meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards more stringent than those of other passenger vehicles. Buses are larger and heavier than most other vehicles: 1) crash forces are distributed throughout the vehicle differently 2) Crash forces experienced by occupants are different Buses are also a lower-risk form of travel and are more conspicuous. Lastly, buses are inherently and statistically safer than riding in family passenger vehicles. In 2001, passenger cars were involved in 47 percent of all traffic crashes; whereas school buses were involved in only .02 percent of all fatal traffic crashes. Children are injured more OUTSIDE of the bus (getting on and off) than inside the bus. See the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s web site for a more detailed answer to this question: www.nht
See the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s web site for the answer to this question. If a person is sitting in a ferry line in their car waiting for a ferry will they be ticketed for not wearing a seat belt? No, they will not be ticketed. Other miscellaneous information: One person per belt.Keep lap belts low and snug across the thighs.Do not place the shoulder portion of the seat belt behind your back or under the arm. This prevents the seat belt from working properly.Always use a seat belt, even if you have an air bag. Always replace a child’s car seat if it has been involved in a collision.Child safety seats are found to reduce fatal injuries by 71% for infants (less than 1 year of age) and 54% for toddlers in passenger cars. Lap and shoulder belts, when used, reduce the risk of fatal injury to front seat passenger car occupants by 45% and the risk of moderate to critical injury by 50%. For more information about child safety restraints, child seat clinics, seat belts,
