Why dont you have to wear a seatbelt on a bus?

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Bus Construction
In an accident involving a school bus, most fatalities and injuries occur outside of the bus. The construction of a typical school bus creates a safer passenger environment than that of a car or lighter vehicle. The impact of a crash is weaker because buses are heavier. This force is distributed differently along a bus. Buses have a body-on-frame design. This greatly differs from lighter vehicles, and provides impact protection not found elsewhere.

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A bus' interior also differs from a car. The use of closely spaced seats that have padded backs -- a design called compartmentalization -- creates an enclosed environment for passengers in the absence of seat belts.

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Studies of Safety
Numerous studies examining the effectiveness of different belt types and seating arrangements came to the same conclusion: seatbelts on a bus have more drawbacks than advantages.

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Neither lap nor lap-and-shoulder belts on a bus provide the same type of protection offered in a car. During a head-on collision, the most common type for belts, lap belts, increase the risk of injury. On impact, this type of restraint allows a passenger's head to jerk forward, risking severe head and neck injury. Lap and shoulder belts would require the installation of stiffer seats. These seats could become a source of impact injury. Studies also showed that children slip downwards when restrained by lap and shoulder belts, risking injury to vulnerable internal organs.

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In 1999, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) examined the effect of seat belt installation in buses. They came to the conclusion that seat belts actually would result in head injuries and fatalities. In fact, the NTSB found a relationship between most injuries/deaths and the seating position of the passenger. In these cases, the presence of seat belts would change nothing.

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While there is no evidence proving that seat belts on buses save lives, there is reason to worry they may cause harm. During an emergency, seat belts could hinder young children from quickly exiting the bus; they simply could not free themselves. Drivers would be hard pressed to monitor belt usage for every student. And the heavy buckles could be used as weapons.

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Studies by federal agencies, including the NTSB, have shown bus construction provides greater safety than seat belts ever could. Comparing the design of a school bus to a car is like comparing apples to oranges. Where belts protect passengers during car collisions, their presence may cause severe injuries on a bus. Seatbelts are only required on small buses weighing less than 10,000 pounds because their design more closely resembles a car. It is ironic, but the reality is that seat belts have no place on a school bus.
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Like someone is gonna go head on with a 30 ton bus. Lol, well, i guess somepeople wouldn't wear them. The drivers are trained very well, and all they do is drive buses, 10 hours a day.

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here were i live, we do have to wear a seatbelt in the bus and it sucks, but in the other hand it keeps us safe.

Why dont you have to wear a seatbelt on a bus?

That's an excellent question and the answer to this is probably very stupid an assinine if given by the bus manufacturers. They most likely don't do it because of cost, but as we have seen in the recent tragic accident involving a school bus, one would question why cost is still put ahead of personal safety.

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Because it's not required by law. It's not required because studies indicate there are few injuries where seat belts would help, and in fact there is some suggestions seat belts on buses would actually cause injury. In most states, seat belts are not required on public transportation such as buses, trains and subways.

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Because of the sheer mass of the bus and the fact that the placement of the seats prevent you in most cases from being thrown around.

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