Seat Belts On School Buses

[dixiepeach]

I drove by the accidient yesterday in from of Dean Lumber and saw the damage done to the school bus. Thank God there were no children on the bus.
WHY DON"T SCHOOL BUSES HAVE SEAT BELTS? I think we should do whatever is needed to make Annapolis require children to be as safe in a school bus and they are in their family van.

[AK-74me]

Maybe a good idea.

How many kids would actually stay in them though?

[desertrat (Premo)]

Originally Posted by AK-74me

Maybe a good idea.

How many kids would actually stay in them though?

Seat belts, air bags, fire suppresion and full roll cages.

[kom526]

Originally Posted by dixiepeach

WHY DON"T SCHOOL BUSES HAVE SEAT BELTS? I think we should do whatever is needed to make Annapolis require children to be as safe in a school bus and they are in their family van.

Where pray tell, is this money going to come from? To retrofit the seats with seatbelts is going to cost according to some estimates, between $1000-$7000 per bus. Then you are going to need a monitor (more money) to make sure that the kids are buckled in and to help buckle them in.

Seat belts, air bags, fire suppresion and full roll cages.

Just bubble wrap them and send them on their way.

[rockymavia]

Originally Posted by kom526

Where pray tell, is this money going to come from? To retrofit the seats with seatbelts is going to cost according to some estimates, between $1000-$7000 per bus. Then you are going to need a monitor (more money) to make sure that the kids are buckled in and to help buckle them in.





Just bubble wrap them and send them on their way.

One of the biggest issues is, how is the bus driver going to ensure each child is in their selt belt, the drivers line of responsibilities is a long one already.

[sunman1_67]

How about safer bus drivers?

[PsyOps]

Originally Posted by rockymavia

One of the biggest issues is, how is the bus driver going to ensure each child is in their selt belt, the drivers line of responsibilities is a long one already.

Actually that's not really the issue about seatbeats on school busses. The issue is, when there's an accident and 30 kids are trapped in their seatbeats and can't get out of a flaming bus. Who's going to get all of them out? The belts can also become choking hazzards.

[kom526]

Originally Posted by rockymavia

One of the biggest issues is, how is the bus driver going to ensure each child is in their selt belt, the drivers line of responsibilities is a long one already.

That is what the "monitor" would be doing.

[czygvtwkr]

Cause the kids will probably end up choking each other with them. One size really doesn't fit all from the little ones to the highschool kids either.

[rockymavia]

Originally Posted by kom526

That is what the "monitor" would be doing.

How would the monitor get the kids back in their seat belts?