Urban buses (UK)?

Question

Why don't bus drivers wear seatbelts?

Answer 1

it is down to weight of the vehicle by the looks of it.        current legislation (for buses) below

Seat belt wearing is already compulsory in minibuses under 2.54 tonnes unladen weight. If available, an appropriate child seat must be used in these vehicles but there is no obligation on anyone to provide them. Note the new obligation to notify passengers that seat belt wearing is compulsory - see below.

Seated passengers aged 14 years and above must use seat belts where they are fitted in all buses and coaches. Children up to 13 years should use a child car seat if one is available and suitable. If there is no suitable child car seat they should use the belt provided. The operator is not required to provide a suiable child seat.

Vehicle operators must notify passengers of the legal requirement to use seat belts. The regulations require notification by any of:

(a) an official announcement, or an audio-visual presentation, made when the passenger joins the bus or within a reasonable time of his doing so;

(b) a sign prominently displayed at each passenger seat equipped with a seat belt.

An "official announcement" means one by the driver, by a conductor or courier or by a group leader of any passengers on the vehicle.

A sign that takes the form of a pictorial symbol must be in the agreed form depicting a white figure on a blue background - see link to letter below for the design.

The Department for Transport's letter of 11 August 2006 to operators explains all this in greater detail. It also contains a copy of the pictogram..

There is nothing in law to prevent child restraints being used if they fit in a bus or coach. However, these vehicles may only have lap belts and most child seats need lap and diagonal belts in order to be secured. In addition, the seats in these vehicles may be the wrong proportions for child restraints

Answer 2

for the same reason taxi drivers don't wear them. It is in case they are attacked by the passengers, they are not restrained by the seat belt.

Answer 3

busses are very slow and if a bus has an accident its never going fast enough to hurt anyone on board.

Answer 4

A lot of buses (both urban and rural) are NOT fitted with seatbelts.

As you will know it is easier to reverse a car without a seat belt getting in the way - the same applies to buses.

Answer 5

the passengers don't either.

buses are less likely to be in accidents because they always have right of way, less likely to be speeding, there is no chance that someone would have spotted a bus, bus land warn drives that buses are there and all that.

Answer 6

People do whatever they want...........

Answer 7

er, why dont passengers??