Not sure what there is to fix. One of my daughters is a Utah school teacher. Pay is low, but the quality of education is OK. My kids all got into the college of their choice. Yeah classes are large but it is a good deal for the taxpayer.
From: Jeremy Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2017 10:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - schoolbus fire in Utah ... I am all for seat belts on school buses here in Utah. However, perhaps we should focus on the fact that we have the lowest education spending per student in the entire nation first. I think before we spend a bunch of money getting our children to their overcrowded, underfunded schools, we should perhaps first fix the schools themselves. On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote: recently I shared pulling video of crash involving one of our buses with a car who got T-boned by crossing into bus path. We have 8 cameras onboard. The two inside driver and shotgun areas showed officers movement caused by impact and braking.... Speed was about 47MPH when hit occurred according to GPS log.... The driver head lurched forward hard but he never lost control and stayed in lane.... The shotgun driver is seated sideways and his body moved violently with seatbelt keeping him from going out front window... Driver was paralyzed for several days, shotgun driver broke ribs.... The car hit was driven by drunk lady.... She is still in ICU with head injury, 7 year old passed away two days after wreck, (no seat belt) and 3 year old survived.. Seat belt.. On Jan 28, 2017 9:20 AM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: 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
