How come it is LAW for school bus drivers to have SEAT BELTS, but not CHILDREN??

Question

it doesn't seem very safe or fair to me.

Answer 1

If we didn't spend so many of OUR tax dollars taken care of children from other countries (I know you know what I am getting at) we could afford to take care of our own.

Answer 2

Compartmentalization, a concept seen frequently on commercial airplanes, involves seating passengers in rows of padded seats with cushioned backs. The belief is that during frontal or rear impact, the most common types of wrecks involving school buses, passengers would either be pushed back into their seats or thrown forward into the padded backs of the row ahead. The use of seat belts might require stiffer seats, which would negate the theory of compartmentalization. It is also feared that some students would receive internal injuries from seat belts through a process called submarining, the tendency for a body to slide downwards during impact. Seat belts on school buses may also hamper rescue or evacuation efforts, as adults or older students may have to spend precious minutes unbuckling young or disoriented passengers. Unruly students could also use the heavy buckles as makeshift weapons, creating even more of a safety hazard. There is also the argument that seat belts would only protect passengers of school buses during unusual events such as roll-overs or flips, not other possible accidents such as fires or submersion. Considering the expense of retrofitting current school buses or replacing entire fleets with approved seat belt systems, the benefits of seat belt use do not currently outweigh the liabilities.

Answer 3

Because it is extremely rare for bus passengers to be injured while in a passenger seat, by collisions with other vehicles or otherwise.

I've read statistics that show that there are far more children sent to emergency rooms as a result of injuries suffered while stepping off of a school bus.

Answer 4

That is very strange. The seats can be installed with the correct safety systems. Some states require them, but not all. It is crazy. I've been in a bus when it gets bumpy. It's fun for a second til it gets out of control.

Answer 5

Sheer stupidity on the part of government officials. Seat belts could easily be installed in every school bus in the U.S.A., and at a nominal cost.
But, then, why does such stupidity surprise anyone?

Look how many communities and states have banned smoking in public places because of 'health concerns'. Yet, if it's such a 'health problem', all they'd have to to is ban the manufacture, distribution and sale of cigarettes. Why don't politicians do that? Because they don't want to give up all those billions of dollars in tax revenues they earn from the manufacture, distribution and sale of cigarettes.

Consider the sheer stupidity of government leaders in Fort Wayne, Indiana (USA), who rushed through a new downtown development project that includes a baseball stadium...when the present baseball stadium never attracts anywhere close to a 'full house'. The City will be putting up millions of dollars for another hotel (Courtyard Marriott) when the Fort Wayne Hilton (also subsidized with taxpayer dollars) has never shown a profit.

Sheer stupidity on the part of government leaders, whether they be municipal local officials, state bureaucrats, or federal politicians. They're all losers....all they know how to do is waste taxpayers' money. -RKO- 08/01/07

Answer 6

The seat belts would be too tempting for little punks to whack their seatmates with them. Youch!

It would be very difficult for the driver to drive, monitor behavior and make sure the belts were not being used as toys or weapons!

Answer 7

i dont know but i been wondering that too. i think it has something to do with the way a school bus in configured.

Answer 8

I believe its because the way the students seats are made they don't need seatbelts.

Answer 9

its too expensive to put seatbelts in all the buses----it illustrates how much the wealthiest nation on the planet cares for its own children

Answer 10

money. it would cost too much in their view and there is no way to fine the kids and collect money