My school buses actually did have seat belts starting in early 1990's.
It was up to the passenger to use them, and I don't recall anyone ever
putting them on.
The seats on newer buses had thick padding on front and back. I
remember on some of the very old buses the back of the seat in front of
you was just a sheet of steel.
If the driver had an indicator of which belts were clicked and had to
enforce it, then I imagine kids would just click the buckles together
without wearing the belt. It'll always be up to the kid, ultimately.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 1/28/2017 11:20:11 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - schoolbus fire in Utah ...
The main reason for a seat belt is to prevent you from being ejected.
Being ejected is what kills people. In my memory school bus seats were
not padded very well at all.
I am not suggesting a driver has to ensure the kids are buckled. They
can take that upon themselves or there could simply be a small array of
indicators showing who was clicked and who was not.
From:Andrew Haninger
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2017 9:15 AM
To:[email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - schoolbus fire in Utah ...
Simon on the Today I Found Out channel on YouTube goes into some of the
logic behind no seatbelts on school buses on an episode about why the
buses are yellow.
First, the seats are very well padded. Then it would take a lot of
extra time for the driver to ensure that the kids were buckled in
properly when he should be focusing more on driving safely. Lastly he
says that putting belts in the buses would be very expensive and likely
wouldn't improve injury and death rates in bus crashes.
Even most city buses don't have belts except for the driver.
On Jan 28, 2017 10:57, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:
There is a bill in the Utah legislature to add seat belts. I have
never understood why our most venerable transportation passengers are
not belted in.
From:Ken Hohhof
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2017 8:43 AM
To:[email protected]
Subject: [AFMUG] OT - schoolbus fire in Utah ...
… no students on bus, nobody injured … and the answer is seat belts?
Maybe DJT needs to send in the Feds, if Utah can’t fix its horrible
carnage. </sarcasm>
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/video/school-bus-catches-fire-in-utah/vi-AAmkRXd
<http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/video/school-bus-catches-fire-in-utah/vi-AAmkRXd>
