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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
I always wonder why buses don't have seat belts. It likely would have saved some lives if the kids were belted in. Of course driving carefully will save even more.
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From what I remeber from m a high school debate speech I wrote about 30 years ago, busses didn't mandate seatbelts because the same reasons for implementing seatbelts in cars were considered different for busses. Cars often had dashboards with wood (which could splinter in an accident) or other sharp edges in general. Seatbelts were implemented to minimize the chance we'dimpe ourselves on these pokey spikes. It's.
Busses, though, only had padded setbacks (of the seat in front of you), so belts weren't considered as important/necessary. At least that was the rationale in forming the original regulations.
Also, in the event of a rollover accident where the vehicle stops upside down, a seatbelt in a car will only suspend you a few inches from the ceiling (small distance to fall when you or a rescuer unbelt yourself), whereas a seatbelt will suspend a victim possibly several feet from the ceiling-turned-floor.
RIP to the little ones.
. Condolences to the families and friends.