2006-10-28 11:27:30 · 6 answers · asked by Pyi 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
because school buses are designed with crush zones. Meaning that if there were an accident (god forbid) parts of the bus are made to take the impact of the crash,i.e. the engine compartment, the cargo bays, and the seats. just like cars have crumple zones. if there was an accident and it entered the passenger compartment would you want to be stapped in the seat that took the impact (die)or thrown forward(injured for sure)but alive. And now a days the kids could use the seat belts as weapons. Also, it's about the safest means of travel.
2006-10-29 10:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by T C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some do. If you mean why are they required: money.
At $1,800 a bus, outfitting the 440,000 school buses in the U.S. would cost nearly $800 million--and when the annual death toll is only 11, how much lower can you go, realistically? Given that three times as many fatalities occur when students exit or enter buses, some think the money might be better spent educating the all-too-oblivious public that when the school bus's stop sign swings out, it means you.
2006-10-28 14:41:13 · answer #2 · answered by oklatom 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A bus is a big enough vehicle that is not required to have seatbelts.
2006-10-28 11:39:17 · answer #3 · answered by gdwrnch40 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Population control
2006-10-28 11:29:31 · answer #4 · answered by DEADGONE 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Population check.
2006-10-28 11:30:18 · answer #5 · answered by Kelly L 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the seats are so close together that there is a small chance you will go flying out the seat
2006-10-28 11:30:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋