Why are there no seatbelts on school buses?

Question

I've always wondered this, even when I was riding on them. It really doesn't make much sense to me.

Answer 1

Cost. About a billion dollars, all told.

People make two arguments against them. That there are so few kids killed in school buses that it isn't worth it. And that kids wouldn't wear them correctly. Both seem like poor excuses to me. It's just cost.

Answer 2

hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of miles of faculty Buss commute and no extreme harm's and deaths. in general do to how extreme the chassis is interior the buss and the low speeds traveled. In a crash maximum autos get lodged below the physique of the buss and impression would not circulate to end/substitute the buss action. So circulate forward upload belts 3 during seating the two side could get replaced with 2 the two side and why no longer shoulder harnesses and padded seat backs or keeping air luggage. fees rapidly boost into the billions to retrofit and legislate the safety. next element have you ever seen something government do this grew to become out as planned?

Answer 3

A school bus is designed to shuttle many different kids of different sizes to school. An improperly fitting belt can be lethal, even in a minor collision.

Answer 4

Maybe it depends on which state you live in. I think in MA it is the law to have seat belts in School buses

Answer 5

I dont think its that they don't care, but it is because all of the seats are so high up that if anything crashed into it besides a truck or another bus, nothing would happen.

Answer 6

because the bus Co. is not responsible and it cousts to much to put them in

In other words they do not care if your kid dies in an accedint so long as the Co. gets payed to drive them to school it is enought...

JOB DONE..........