Why do buses need seat belts?
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Why do buses need seat belts?
Because they are closer in size to regular cars and trucks, the NHTSA does require seat belts in small buses to “provide occupant protection.” This means kids are about 70 times more likely to get to school safely on a school bus than they would if traveling in a car.
Should bus have seatbelts?
However, while most school buses don’t have seat belts, some do. In fact, the NHTSA requires that small school buses or school vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less must be equipped with lap or lap/shoulder belts.
Do seat belts make buses safer?
No data proves conclusively that seat belts reduce fatalities or injuries on school buses. School buses are specifically designed with safety in mind. They are heavier and experience less crash force than smaller cars and trucks. School buses also have high padded seats specifically design to absorb impact.
Why should school buses not have seat belts?
Large school buses are heavier and distribute crash forces differently than passenger cars and light trucks do. Because of these differences, bus passengers experience much less crash force than those in passenger cars, light trucks, and vans.
Why do trains not have seat belts?
For the same reason as heavy trucks don’t. A seatbelt is of most use where a collision causes rapid deceleration. Trains carry so much momentum that they do not stop rapidly, even in very severe collisions.
Why don t buses and trains have seat belts?
Why do trains have no seatbelts?
Because trains aren’t buses or aircraft – simple as that. Seat belts are only useful for restraining seated passengers in accidents where they could be thrown out of the vehicle after a sudden stop , or on planes during takeoffs & landings where you don’t want people wandering around in the aisles.