should public transport have seatbelts as standard so parents can use thier own booster seats for child safety

Question

ok planes have waist only belts, but buses and coaches often don't have seatbelts to give parents the option of using them if they want to

ok for school buses they could have child sized seats and seat belts as well as adult seats for 12+ children

some comments, bus drivers may be well trained but they can be the victim of other drivers negligence, UK School Buses are normal buses not the chunky yellow things you get in the states, 1 child 1 seat they can carry it themselves to whatever transport they use plane, train,bus, coach, taxi or personal car if they are too small to carry thier own car seat to the vehicle you should be carrying them in a baby seat anyway

Answer 1

they should...but they wont until there exist an accident where a person sues the **** out of the transportation company for the death of a kid and then it'd be required.

Answer 2

Sure. Public transportation should have seat belts. I am a teacher and a lot of the new school buses have seat belts for the children as well as the driver of the bus. On handicapped buses all have seat belts!

Public transit expects you to take car of your small chldren when riding the bus. But if the bus rolls over because of an accident....people will have trouble saving themselves yet alone their young children. There should be a law against it. There are laws for eveything. How about making a sensible law for once?

Answer 3

Preschool and kindergarden buses in Oregon DO have seatbelts, but the other buses do NOT. I don't understand why ALL of them don't have them! So many children have been killed in buses because of no seatbelts in them!

As for public transportation, yes they do need them. It's a matter of the parents actually using them, and people actually letting the people with car seats/booster seats sitting in the proper seats so they can actually use them.

As for the older kids having to use booster seats and being teased: they wouldn't be teased if ALL of them were using them as it would be the same for all of them, not just for a few. Maybe the city should provide booster seats on buses for those transporting those under 8 years old (the age required for kids to be using booster seats here in Oregon), along with seatbelts to put around them--shoulder/lap belts. They are easily installed so it shouldn't be that hard. They say that they are all about the children's safety, but they won't put in seatbelts for the kids to keep them safe! Does that make sense?

Answer 4

Just out of curiosity - how are the parents supposed to carry the booster seats around with them once their journey finishes?

If you had two or three children to provide booster seats, that would be a bit of a nightmare.

I think seatbelts on buses, coaches, etc is a good idea, but I also think there should be some booster seats available on buses etc, just like restaurants have high chairs.

Answer 5

Interesting question. I used to work in this field (child passenger safety) and have fielded this one before. I also work as a paramedic. There has always been great debate over seat belts in school buses. What most people don't realize is that school buses, believe it or not, are one of the most crash worthy vehicles on the road. They're high, big, heavy and well built. If you look closely at the seats, you'll notice their high backs. Another thing you'll notice is how close together they are. That is done on purpose, it's called compartmentalization, and their proximity to each other limits injury. Airplanes are a whole other deal, they have seatbelts so if there is turbulence or a disaster, you won't get sucked out of your seat. And believe me, you would.

Answer 6

Yes they should. Have them in place and let the rider decide if to use them or not. If they have a child then the child should be seat belted in. School buses should have them. We have seen news reports were a bus went wild and the kids were tossed around like dolls.

Answer 7

For a city transit buss this would be too time consuming especially when the Mother wanted to get off. School buses should have seat belts.

Answer 8

It be dumb not to have the option of seat belts on public transport but companies and governments would rather save money than seeing a person being kept alive. The bus I go on which is provided for Tesco has seat belts for the kids. So there should be more buses with seat belts and other transport.

Answer 9

I believe that school buses should definitely have seatbelts. Too many children have been injured in accidents.

But, I don't think we should have it in public transport buses. I think it would be too impractical. Some people are only on the bus for 1 block, and would have to undo the seatbelt and make their way to the door as soon as they sat down. Also, what about all the people that have to stand during rush hour?

Answer 10

You are right. But bus manufacturers have lobbied against requiring seat belts on public transportation, because of the cost of retrofitting seat belts to busses that are already in service.

Answer 11

I have always felt like those buses should have seat belts. Those children are in more danger of a bus than a car. Look at all that open space to fall around. ALL transportation should have seat belts.