Does anyone else think this is stupid??

Question

I think it is stupid not to have seatbealts on school buses.its law that you have to wear them when riding in a car...so why don't they have to have them on a school bus?? i have 2 kids and i don't like the fact that they ahve to ride in the school bus without a seatbealt.

Answer 1

remember what a bus looks like. its higher off of the ground, and the seats inside are padded. though the padding isnt a life saver, the most anyone inside of the bus is going to do is slide off the seat and into the aisle. in a car, in the event of a crash, the story is different. size counts i guess

Answer 2

i tihnk some buses do and soem dont i tihnk the newer ones do

Answer 3

I Know it is stupid

there are many kids on the bus

and accidents happen

There shud be seatbelts on skool buses

Answer 4

Yes it is stupid.

But if your really worried you could take your children to school.

Answer 5

i think its stupid to have any seatbelt

what happened to freedom?

Answer 6

Yes it is stupid/ unsafe, but it is cheaper to buy and manufacturer the school buses without seatbelts. Not necessarily the "New" buses have them, but certain purchased ones do. The idea behind NOT having one is because the seats are close together, and essentially the kids/people wont fly that far, but like in some accidents where the bus flips it is just horrible.

Answer 7

I think if you are in a car while its moving you should have to wear a seatbelt and busses shouldnt be an excuse!

Answer 8

I drive a school bus for the YMCA and we have seat belts on the bus. Public school buses do not have them because they are not required by law. I always have a moniter with me to enforce the rule. Public buses do not have monitiers, so how would you enforce the rule? The driver can't do that and drive the bus.

Answer 9

yes - many people agree with you:

Answer 10

True but no one wears them anyways

Answer 11

i do agree as when i was on the school bus people were very silly and wreckless and people could have been seriously injured if there had been a crash

Answer 12

Yeah you are so right! I've thought about that for years and asked others that they thought the same thing too! I still remember one incident when I was a kid the school bus driver ran over a curb and it was pretty bad I almost fell off my seat and all the kids almost knocked each other out like dominoes! Scared me senseless, shoot they need seat belts for those buses just as we need them for our own vehicles!

Answer 13

it depends on the person ur asking i think there should be seat belts in crowded cities and in the coutry not so much

Answer 14

That is stupid but they will see the light when something happen which i hope not but we have seen on the news before were buses get into a accident and caught on camera and the kids are being tossed around like rocks because of not having seat belts

Answer 15

Yes, it is stupid and puts kids' lives at risk.

I don't know where you live, but here in New Jersey they do have seat belts on the buses.

As for kids not wearing them, they can be made to understand they need to.  They do here and the kids use them.

You and the others parents can petition the lawmakers in your state to have seat belts on school buses.

Answer 16

In a way. The front seats are made so if yoiu crash the child would hit the seat(like hitting an airbag) but then again i doubt half the children on the bus would even where the seatbelt.Im pretty sure they have them when they go on feild trips

Answer 17

i think it is really stupid because if there is a crash and the children are not wearing seatbelts and someone dies or is badly injured then the bus company could get sued which would cost a lot more money than if they had just installed seatbelts in the first place. also no one would get hurt.

Answer 18

Our school buses have seat belts but i dont think a lot of buses do. Yes it is very stupid.

Answer 19

You are not stupid.   In Hong Kong (where I live), the government legislated to require seat belts (lap belts) on minibuses and coaches (regular public buses was optional), but using them is still optional.  On school buses, it's really up to the bus-nannies to make the kids buckle up.

Answer 20

yeah...but students probably wont wear them anyways..

Answer 21

id have to agree

Answer 22

It is not a stupid idea.  I used to drive buses at Disney and you don't know how many times I have heard parents make that statement.  I have always suggested that they start circulating petitions among other concerned parents and send the signatures to their elected politicians letting them know that you believe it ought to be a law.   As a bus driver I will tell you we do our very best to transport our passengers safely but sometimes things happen and we have to come to an abrupt stop.  I would feel better knowing that every was buckled in.  I think people should have the option to use seat belts on a bus if they want, but children for their own good should definitely have to use. them.  So if you don't want to collect signatures write your elected officials and encourage your friends and relative to also write them.  Maybe someday we will see seat belts on buses, especially school buses.

Answer 23

The primary purpose of seat belts is to keep you from going through the windshield. Everybody in the front seat of a school bus should be belted. But, when in the back there is a unlikely chance you're going to go flying into the windshield. but, i dont agree with that. i think its stupid also.

Answer 24

ok children listen up. stop being so safety crazy that you are unable to do anything.

Answer 25

it's stupid

but if i was still riding a bus

I wouldn't want to wear seatbelts.

Answer 26

the towns just don't want to pay the money for the extra cost, also they think its safe because of the seat in front of them but if a bus tips over its all over.

Answer 27

I kinda think the same way but not really. Also, you have to remind yourself that it's the school bus and that there are teenagers on there

Answer 28

I think in some places theres a rule where on certain buses there are certain seats that do have seat belts. Call your kids school or laidlaw or whatever the bus company is to see if you can get seat belts.

I think the reason there isnt is because theres seats in front of the kids so if they fly forward its into a [badly] cushioned seat.

Answer 29

they should have had them 20 years ago,but there's no way to guarantee that ever kid would wear them,and even if the had warning lights that told which seat they wasn't connected on,they still couldn't make all the kids wear them,this has been brought up several times,and sooner or later they will have to get them,but for now every time this idea comes to mind they just don't act on it,like you said though we have to wear them so why shouldn't they also,good luck.

Answer 30

Only a few school buses have seat belts. My brother once had an accident while riding in a school bus. He smashed his head through the window, but luckily he wasn't ejected. He says he was holding on to the seat for dear life.

Answer 31

I agree, Im my school (england), at about christmas time they said ppl had to now wear seatbelts on the bus but none of us do!

Jack D - seatbelts arent stupid, if the car you was in crashed and you was in the front seat of the car you could go straight through the Windscreen!