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(06-25-2015, 08:49 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: True.
I've always wondered about that.
The seats on a school bus are made to not need seat belts. That's why they are the shape they are... Vs what you see on a public bus .
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(06-26-2015, 05:30 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: The seats on a school bus are made to not need seat belts. That's why they are the shape they are... Vs what you see on a public bus .
imma need some citation for this assertion.
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(06-26-2015, 05:30 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: The seats on a school bus are made to not need seat belts. That's why they are the shape they are... Vs what you see on a public bus .
(06-26-2015, 07:37 AM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: imma need some citation for this assertion.
I have to admit I had never heard this before either...
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Quote:The Reason School Buses Don't Have Seat Belts
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Twenty three million kids nationwide ride the school bus every day, and the bulk of them are making the trip without a seat belt.
So why do cars come with seat belts and most school buses don't?
It comes down to cost and design.
Large school buses don't need seat belts because the seats are specifically designed to absorb the impact if a child was thrust forward in a crash: They are close together, high and padded, explains CBS affiliate in Minneapolis. This safety system is called compartmentalization.
Moreover, the cost to install seat belts outweighs the safety benefits.
A study done by the Alabama State Department of Education found that it would cost between $32 and $38 million to install seat belts on all the state's buses, while only saving one life, the station reports.
The federal government only requires seat belts in small buses that weigh less than 10,000 pounds where having a seat belt would affect safety.
The greatest risk isn't riding the bus to school, it's approaching and leaving the bus, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-reason-school-buses-dont-have-seat-belts-2012-9#ixzz3eARurlHU
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(06-26-2015, 08:42 AM)GMDino Wrote: I have to admit I had never heard this before either...
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Well there you go. It's the V...erm...cost...erm...there you go.
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(06-26-2015, 07:37 AM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: imma need some citation for this assertion.
Ok
Will post more as I find them.
http://www.today.com/parents/why-your-childs-school-bus-has-no-seat-belts-2D80555438
Quote: If cars have seat belts, why aren't they generally required in school buses? Because modern school buses are already remarkably safe, and because seat belts don't work the same way in buses as they do cars, research shows.
Numerous federal and academic studies have concluded that school buses are the safest form of ground transportation of all, in fact. The National Safety Council says they're about 40 times safer than the family car.
About 440,000 public school buses carry 24 million children more than 4.3 billion miles a year, but only about six children die each year in bus accidents, according to annual statistics compiled the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. About 800 children, by contrast, die every year walking, biking or being driven to school in cars or other passenger vehicles, said Ron Medford, the agency's deputy director.
That's because designers of modern school buses don't trust squirmy children to use seat belts properly. Instead, they use a passive system called compartmentalization. Bus seats aren't packed so closely together just to maximize capacity (although that's one reason); they're spaced tightly and covered with 4-inch-thick foam to form a protective bubble.
In a crash, "the child will go against the seat, and that will absorb most of the impact," said John Hamilton, transportation director for the Jackson County, Fla., school board. "Plus, it's a safety device so that they won't be projecting through the air."
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(06-26-2015, 08:42 AM)GMDino Wrote: I have to admit I had never heard this before either...
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Haha I didn't see this until after I posted.
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(06-26-2015, 03:41 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote:
But that's why we need healthcare.
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