Fasten Your Seatbelts!
The school bus safety in this time has gotten better and worse but the one thing you don’t see in school buses too often are the seatbelts.
According to GHSA.org, 34 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have primary seat belt laws for front seat users. Of these: 18 states, D.C. and 2 territories include rear seats as primary enforcement, 4 states include rear seats as secondary enforcement, 12 states and the Virgin Islands do not include rear seats. Fifteen states have secondary laws for adult front seat inhabitants. Of these: 6 states also have secondary laws for rear seats. Nine states do not include rear seats and New Hampshire has not put in a primary or a secondary seat belt law for adults, although the state does have a primary child passenger safety law that covers all …show more content…
The Pros and Cons on School Bus Seatbelts
Some of the pros for their to be seat belts on a school bus are that first of all seat belts help improve the behavior on the bus because the children can’t get out of their seat or really turn around and talk to anyone else. Another reason that it is good to have seat belts is that it will prevent children from being thrown out of their seat in case the bus is involved in an accident. Seat belts can also make it easier to avoid a lawsuit if it gets to that type of situation. It only costs two dollars for each seatbelt in a bus and I believe that is a small price to pay to prevent serious injury or death. Now there are also cons about having seatbelts on buses and these are some of the examples of why. When riding in a school bus the driver cannot really make sure that
The school bus safety in this time has gotten better and worse but the one thing you don’t see in school buses too often are the seatbelts.
According to GHSA.org, 34 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have primary seat belt laws for front seat users. Of these: 18 states, D.C. and 2 territories include rear seats as primary enforcement, 4 states include rear seats as secondary enforcement, 12 states and the Virgin Islands do not include rear seats. Fifteen states have secondary laws for adult front seat inhabitants. Of these: 6 states also have secondary laws for rear seats. Nine states do not include rear seats and New Hampshire has not put in a primary or a secondary seat belt law for adults, although the state does have a primary child passenger safety law that covers all …show more content…
The Pros and Cons on School Bus Seatbelts
Some of the pros for their to be seat belts on a school bus are that first of all seat belts help improve the behavior on the bus because the children can’t get out of their seat or really turn around and talk to anyone else. Another reason that it is good to have seat belts is that it will prevent children from being thrown out of their seat in case the bus is involved in an accident. Seat belts can also make it easier to avoid a lawsuit if it gets to that type of situation. It only costs two dollars for each seatbelt in a bus and I believe that is a small price to pay to prevent serious injury or death. Now there are also cons about having seatbelts on buses and these are some of the examples of why. When riding in a school bus the driver cannot really make sure that