will they ever put seatbelts on the school buses?

Question

does anyone else think its majorly screwed up not too?

Answer 1

There's a few other problems to keep in mind. First off, would the students even wear them? Many students would not, as it hinders their ability to be able to turn around and talk with friends and such. Second, kids like to horseplay. Kids hitting each other on buses is bad enough without giving them a belt with a metal end on it to hit each other with. Third, school buses have enough mass to them that any impact of a minor wreck would be absorbed by the mass alone. Barring rollover, head-on collision, or major impact over 30mph, school buses are actually quite safe as they are. Take a look at the chart to which I've linked below. It is a chart from the Bureau of Transportation that "shows the number of fatal crashes and fatalities among occupants aged 5 to 19 that occurred during the school year between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m."

Chart: http://www.bts.gov/publications/transportation_statistics_annual_report/1999/images/figure4-3.gif

Answer 2

On school buses, the seats get sliced to ribbons. The chances that seat belts would still be usable after a year seem small. Maintenance would be very high and when one failed suits would happen.
But more importantly, despite the reasons claimed in the second answer, school bus floors and seats are very weak and if belts were attached to either, they would tear out in any serious accident.
The rate of injuries in buses is very low considering the number of people-miles rung up in them each year, but this is partly due to the low speeds they travel at and the training and observation of the drivers. When buses are involved in an accident the design (a rectangular box bolted on top of a prebuilt chassis) tends to fail badly.

Answer 3

I hope not first of all buses are rather large vehicles and are driven by a person who has to have much more training than a regular driver also there are many laws that other drivers are required to follow when a school bus is present. You cannot expect to be protected from the remotest possibility of injury 100% of the time.

Answer 4

In Ontario the smaller buses are now equipped with belts and the driver must make sure all are buckled before driving off. The large buses are no so equipped.