Seems more bothersome that they force people to wear seatbelts in their own cars, yet can't spare the cash to even put them in their own buses. Seems a bit hypocritical. But really, considering how shit school budgets are in this country, I doubt they'll even give it a second glance.
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Mandatory seat belts simple. the last we need is projectiles of unrestrained passengers in the case of an accident
No the school buses size alone is enough to keep them safe it's like a tank rolling through the suburbs. Also honestly if for some reason the buss gets damaged enough to where kids lives are in danger they are already dead. Only thing seat belts would do it make it easier to locate the legs then.
I'm not. Most roadways in the US are simply not designed to accommodate bikes. I wouldn't want my child on on a bike, in traffic, on a busy four lane street.
There are a lot of things like this where Europeans just assume we are lazy. It's not our laziness, it's your ignorance of just how expansive most places in the US truly are.
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Also refusing to put money into infrastructure for dedicated bike lanes, but that's another story.
I'm 50/50. On the one hand, it really has no statistical benefit because as others have said the size of the bus tends to compensate for seatbelts as regards safety. On the other, making it mandatory could be a good method of indoctrination to create the habit of putting a seatbelt on in a moving vehicle.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
I used to ride 10 km all the time at the age of 9.
My school, which I also rode to every day, was only about 5 km away though. I walked to school every day from age 5 to age 8 or so, always with a friend or two, and that school was only about 2 km away, then I started riding my bike.
I also lived in one of the safest cities in the US, though, San Jose. I wouldn't want a kid to do this in South Chicago.
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Our busses have seatbelts and have had for a long time. I live in Sweden.
As kids ,we almost always wore seatbelts on the buss. Usually we knew the drivers and they'd often ask us to put the belts on before they started driving.