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School buses with seat belts is a good idea. About time we focused on student rider safety.

I only wish there were a EDUCATION Category. I would put this article right there.

A school bus needs safety belts

I have seen reports online and on television news about overturned school buses and I simply gave it some thought: Why do they make school buses, and for that matter, all public buses without a safety belt or shoulder harness?

I found one article for you to look at.

Tell me what you think in the comments. It makes perfect sense to me, that after people realize that an accident involving a collision of a bus, especially a school bus running off a bridge that the results are devastating.

The article is of course the result of a simple Google search, but it is an article that is relevant to this subject. Below is that article, from PBS

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VinceSummers wrote on March 20, 2019, 9:15 PM

You'd think it would be the case, wouldn't you? Is it due to additional cost being prohibitive? I can't fathom that, but who am I? Or is there a better chance for children in a wreck without seat belts?

MegL wrote on March 21, 2019, 1:58 PM

Most new buses in this country now have seat belts. It may be that in the USA, drivers are less likely to wear seat belts. I understand they are more likely to rely on airbags to keep them out of danger in a crash. But of course, you don;t have airbags on a bus. I agree, seat belts should be fitted and it should be mandatory to wear them.