Why don't school buses have seat belts?

Question

Why don't school buses have seat belts?

Answer 1

Now, do you want an answer from someone who knows what he's talking about? I've answered this one countless times.



1. Small school buses having a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 10,000 pounds or less(Head Start-style) are required to have lap belts, and have done so since

April 1, 1977; they can have seats spaced as far apart as the vehicle size will allow.

The reason for the belt law in these vehicles was enacted because, in 1977, these

vehicles were basically cargo vans with school bus-style windows installed.



2. Now to large buses. They are built to an entirely different set of

specifications, including the seat spacing. The seat spacing is

controlled in order to provide a "cocoon" for the passenger, referred

to as compartmentalization. They are also required to have more

emergency escapes. Lap belts are currently required on ALL school

buses in New York, and new buses in New Jersey, and Florida;

California and Louisiana currently require lap and shoulder restraints on all seats

on new school buses purchased after July 1, 2004. Currently, the federal government is looking at increasing the seat back height from 24" to 28" to provide a

higher "cocoon". They are also looking at increased fire retardance inside

the bus.



Motor coaches are not (yet) required to have belts, but Greyhound is starting to order all of their new buses with lap and shoulder restraints.



WHEW! I'm done. I'll step down from my soapbox now.

Answer 2

because buses were built to transport as many people together in an efficient way. They stop frequently and a seat belt would not serve any purpose just like a train or rail does not need seat belts.. there are handles provided and other safety devices beyond the amount of structure and weight around a bus. School or greyhound or mass transit doesn't matter except for the fact that a bus that travels a long distance would benefit like an airplane by having seat belts. Who cares if the bus is going to a school, church, or jail? Why do you think a bus going to a school should be different than any other bus?

Answer 3

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..........................

Answer 4

Don't need them, would cause mroe trouble as no one would use them and people would try to choke each other with them, I mean they would becoem more dangerous to the kids then not having them

Answer 5

They do.

Answer 6

they do