Should all buses have seatbelts even if it costs us $1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000??

Question

to install them?? I think children safety is sooooooooooooooooo freaking important that we should increase taxes a billion fold to keep them safe.

LOL @ the persons that don't get the humor in this question!!!!!!! OMFG! You people blow my freaking mind!

Answer 1

the reason why is buses run only at 55 mph and its rare if a speeding train or truck was to hit it anyways. a tiny car cant hurt anyone.

Answer 2

I don't know about you but I pay enough taxes already. Maybe the taxes already paid should be put to better use. Anyway, yes, buses should have seatbelts if for no other reason than the fact that we get fined for not wearing a seatbelt but the state does not have to follow thier own rules. In fact, we are required to keep our kids in carseats until they are like 65 pounds. Well, some of these same kids are on buses without a seatbelt let alone a car set. If it is a law it needs to be a law in all vehicles. I hate doublestandards.

Answer 3

to equip the existing fleets would be a expense too great to justify however if the manufacturers of the buses would be required to equip all new buses with them or lose business i think they would jump through hoops to stay in business eventually the old buses will be retired from service and all the new seatbelt equipped ones would be in operation just a more logical solution the prices of cars didnt go up that much when seatbelts became mandatory so buses should be no different in older generations there seemed to be smarter better behaved children so they knew they had to stay seated and usually did but in todays era when playstations and tv's are raising so many kids things like seatbelts are more necessary and the problem is just getting worse

Answer 4

I think there should be seatbelts on busses there pretty big and it's easy to get even more hurt especially the little kids bc they don't know better and like to talk and stand up and the school is responsible for their children that come in so yes i think they should have seatbelts at least for the little kids the high school kinds might know better unless they are imature or something...the school said that they are good at safety so why don't they show us and protect our children in the world it would help lower the risk of hurt children!!!

Answer 5

All busses which carry children under ate 8 and under 80 lbs should Definately have seatbelts installed.

My daughter is 2 and goes on field trips with her daycare... and allthe busses we've been on have the seatbelts and we hook her carseat up into the bus.

When i was little i do not remember busses having seat belts and that is terrifying. Especially seeing how some of these bus drivers drive!

I'm with you on children safety!

Answer 6

Seat belts in school buses

Very few school buses have seat belts, a standard safety feature in cars and light duty passenger vehicles. In 1977, as provided in Standard 222, the federal government required passive restraint and structural integrity standards for school buses in lieu of requiring lap seat belts. In the 1980s, some districts in the US tried installing lap belts and then later removed them, claiming operational and passenger behavior problems. Whether lap belts should be required remains very controversial, although they are now required in at least 4 states (New York, New Jersey, California and Florida). However, only one state, New Jersey, requires seat belt usage.

Starting in late 2005, all school buses built new and operating in California are required to have "three-point" safety belts, similar to ones used in the average automobile. The "three-point" belts give greater protection to riders compared to the lap belts. However, the new belts diminish bus capacities, and will require more new buses to be purchased to offset the capacity loss.

Answer 7

No.

If you make one method of transport super safe but expensive, it forces people to take other methods - which may be more dangerous.

Countries (and families) have finite amounts of money, it needs to be spent where it is most effective.

Would it be worth it to install seatbelts on buses? Maybe. But not at any cost. That money could have been used to provide vaccinations to children, or hire more pediatricians, or provide nutritious meals to poor kids, or cover drug costs for kids who get sick. Where will it help the most?

Answer 8

No Because buses are too big and if they got into an accident most of the time the people inside will not get hurt and also you got to remember that buses don't go as fast as cars.

Answer 9

How many children have to die in tragic school bus accidents before they realize that safety belts are just that SAFETY belts!

You are right, you can't put money on our children's safety.

Answer 10

No. That would bankrupt America and allow Al Queda terrorists and our enemies to walk all over us.