Why aren't there any seatbelts in bus...?

Question

Do they assume that the bus drivers are really good drivers....no one never knows what is going to happen on the road...? just wondering....!

Answer 1

I believe, especially in the case of school buses, that there are no seatbelts because that would be giving a capacity the bus would have to seat to.  If there are only 2 seatbelts for each seat, then the school bus can't really cram 4 kids on each seat can they?  They'd have to buy more buses and they don't have the desire or funding to do that.  I don't know about where you are but the school buses out here just cram the kids on... squished to the max.

As for public buses, it may also be about a capacity thing.  If someone got on the bus and there were no seatbelts left or they chose to stand and there was some accident, for sure they would sue and say that they weren't able to have the safety of the seatbelts that the other passengers sitting had...

Answer 2

why? i to have asked? how can they inforce anybody to wear em? good question for the law system...

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.

Seat belts on school buses may also hamper rescue or evacuation efforts, as adults or older students may have to spend precious minutes unbuckling young or disoriented passengers.

Unruly students could also use the heavy buckles as makeshift weapons, creating even more of a safety hazard.

There is also the argument that seat belts would only protect passengers of school buses during unusual events such as roll-overs or flips, not other possible accidents such as fires or submersion.

Considering the expense of retrofitting current school buses or replacing entire fleets with approved seat belt systems, the benefits of seat belt use do not currently outweigh the liabilities.

One problem many school systems face with the prospect of mandatory seat belt use on school buses is compliance.

The bus driver already has a significant amount of responsibility, so schools would have to hire additional monitors to ride on all the school buses. In light of sexual misconduct concerns, both male and female monitors would have to be hired in order to avoid any allegations of impropriety.

Besides the added expense of hiring qualified monitors, there would also be a question of liability if even one student removed his or her seat belt and became injured as a result.

Answer 4

another question on bus seatbelts. do any questions ever get resolved on answeres

Answer 5

This has been an issue pushed by parents time and time again.  The primary concern is whether or not seatbelts on buses provide a tangible service.  

Due to their very large size, most bus patrons are safe from harm with or without seatbelts.  Statistical data continues to support that the design of bus seating provides a greater safety margin for bus patrons than seatbelts can.  Seatbelts on buses would really just serve as a placebo to make people "feel" safer about things.  

A better investment of tax dollars is in general traffic safety education and awareness since almost all fatal mishaps pertaining to buses (school buses) relate to activity outside the bus.

Answer 6

because the state can't make any money by putting them on he buses and if they due they will be sued by some fat kids parents cuzz the seat belt hurts the lil fat b*****d

Answer 7

Not required by law in some places. The only reason CARS have them is because of the law.

Did you think car makers put them on to be nice?