2007-03-27 13:12:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
After driving a school bus for a few years I can answer this with the answer they gave us. The fact is that school buses and other large forms of public transportation are huge and built on huge extremely strong chassis and that is the primary way that are built to protect people. Seat belts are nice but would create a difficult problem if there were an incident where they all needed to be undone and couldn't be in time. Trust me that the people that are in charge of these transportation systems and the people that design and build them have safety at the top of their priority list.
2007-03-27 13:30:43 · answer #1 · answered by BeThAnY 4 · 62⤊ 10⤋
some school buses do have seatbelts, mostly lap belt which really aren't the best thing but it is something at least it helps minimize a child flying out a seat. The ones with the greatest seatbelts are the school buses for preschool children I have seen some with 5 point harness car seats on them. Now those are the safest.
On a public transit system well i think it would be hard , first many peopel wouldn't buckle up, second people children are all different weights and heights. I guess they would have to change the seats and that would probably cost a lot of money to do that so maybe that's a reason. Also maybe there haven't been so many casualties with buses at least in the city I mean a bus doesnt go so fast or hardly in the highway so the risk of it being in a fatal crash are less than if you were in a car going to the highway.
would be nice if there were seatblets there but then again if peopel had to get on and off the buses you would have to wait for the person to take off the seatbelt to get off the bus and then be able to drive to the next stop.
2007-03-27 20:27:58 · answer #2 · answered by hotty06 1 · 11⤊ 1⤋
"Seat belts wouldn't necessarily make buses safer. On the contrary, some believe they would increase the number of serious injuries. Shoulder harnesses aren't practical in buses as currently designed, and lap belts are likely to cause more head and abdominal injuries because in a collision the wearer is jerked forward from the waist"
2007-03-27 20:20:32 · answer #3 · answered by Megan 5 · 14⤊ 2⤋
Did you not see the news about the recent 100mph train crash in GB? One person died, and she was an OAP. Train safety is not a problem, it's a leader in the field of safe transport.
Coaches have lapbelts, and not everyone sits down on a bus or the underground/DLR, so a fat lot of good seatbelts would do them.
2007-03-28 08:15:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
They don't have seatbelts because the bus has so much mass that in most accidents (car vs bus), the bus and its occupants will come out with very little damage. Also, it is convenient for manufacturers and users to have no seatbelts; can you imagine trying to keep bus seatbelts clean and functional? And the liability if the bus DID have seatbelts that didn't work? There is little motivation for manufacturers to add seatbelts unless they are forced to.
2007-03-27 20:26:40 · answer #5 · answered by Abigail 5 · 7⤊ 4⤋
Because of the foam protection and seat configurations. There is not a need at this time; proven by the way, by scientific studies. It would take 70 or more rescue people to get the kids off of the bus. They can do it faster.
2007-03-27 21:37:29 · answer #6 · answered by hot wheels 3 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Discover the DISCOVER button. That has been asked and answered many times.
2007-03-27 20:29:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 21⤋
Just to make us wonder 'WHY?' LOL
2007-03-27 20:20:57 · answer #8 · answered by smrty772 2 · 4⤊ 20⤋