How exactly are you going to enforce this and prevent costly damage to the lap belts and locks, misuse by bullies?
The road to hell was paved with good intentions. Nobody wants to see children die. But one day the welfare state will fall under the weight of its costly attempt to eliminate risk in all aspects of our daily lives. We already have enough laws; every year more is piled on. United State of Hand Wringers I say. Good grief.
Let me guess – you don’t have kids. My kids travel on an interstate on a bus every day. I want them safe. Preach your “government intervention” spiel on issues that affect you – and only you. Allowing a kid to get hurt to make a political point is foolish.
No, Adam, there is probably no way to enforce the use or misuse of the belts other that parents teaching their children to do the right thing & be safe. Maybe it’s time you moved out of the United States of Hand Wringers. Where you gonna go and how soon can you leave?
Adam makes a good point…if seat belts are available on buses then someone (probably the bus driver) is going to have to enforce their usage or there will be yet another legal angle from which the plaintiffs’ bar can attack the schools and the bus companies that operate the school buses. I’m all for kids’ safety, and anything that can be done to prevent injuries aboard these buses is a good thing…I just don’t see the seat belts being widely used. In addition, the vandals will now have another target to destroy. Why do you think seat belts have not been required to be placed in buses until this legislation? I know there have been innumerable studies done on the subject. Also, why do you think there are no seat belts in commercial buses on which paying passengers are owed the “ultimate duty of care” by the bus operator?
Have to agree w/Adam and Clm. Mgr. Just think how long buses have been around without seat belts? How often do you hear of severe bus accidents? How often do you hear of situations where seatbelts “might” have made a difference? Funny how bleeding heart liberals will act on seatbelts, but real issues like drunk drivers, textors, and pit bulls are ignored.
Reed, Adam & clm mgr – I guess you hold with the 80/20 rule no matter what the circumstances. Since you are doing that, I am willing to guess that more than 80% of DWI drivers don’t have accidents, more than 80% of pit bulls don’t attack folks (you should blame that on owners) and more than 80% of texters don’t have accidents. Using that theory, why worry about any of that stuff.
I know that seat belts on school buses can make a difference when it comes to children’s lives but I guess you don’t care about the next generation.
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The law should require seatbelts on all school buses. Period.
I agree with you. And no, I’m not a “nanny-stater”. It’s just that I, like Whitney Houston, believe that children are our future.
In the middle 60s, I was in Hawaii – a military operated school bus was broadsided by a huge sugarcane truck and driven sideways about 115 feet.
All of the kids were wearing seatbelts – one child got a broken arm.
The proof is is the results!
Politicians to the rescue!
How exactly are you going to enforce this and prevent costly damage to the lap belts and locks, misuse by bullies?
The road to hell was paved with good intentions. Nobody wants to see children die. But one day the welfare state will fall under the weight of its costly attempt to eliminate risk in all aspects of our daily lives. We already have enough laws; every year more is piled on. United State of Hand Wringers I say. Good grief.
Let me guess – you don’t have kids. My kids travel on an interstate on a bus every day. I want them safe. Preach your “government intervention” spiel on issues that affect you – and only you. Allowing a kid to get hurt to make a political point is foolish.
No, Adam, there is probably no way to enforce the use or misuse of the belts other that parents teaching their children to do the right thing & be safe. Maybe it’s time you moved out of the United States of Hand Wringers. Where you gonna go and how soon can you leave?
Adam makes a good point…if seat belts are available on buses then someone (probably the bus driver) is going to have to enforce their usage or there will be yet another legal angle from which the plaintiffs’ bar can attack the schools and the bus companies that operate the school buses. I’m all for kids’ safety, and anything that can be done to prevent injuries aboard these buses is a good thing…I just don’t see the seat belts being widely used. In addition, the vandals will now have another target to destroy. Why do you think seat belts have not been required to be placed in buses until this legislation? I know there have been innumerable studies done on the subject. Also, why do you think there are no seat belts in commercial buses on which paying passengers are owed the “ultimate duty of care” by the bus operator?
Have to agree w/Adam and Clm. Mgr. Just think how long buses have been around without seat belts? How often do you hear of severe bus accidents? How often do you hear of situations where seatbelts “might” have made a difference? Funny how bleeding heart liberals will act on seatbelts, but real issues like drunk drivers, textors, and pit bulls are ignored.
Reed, Adam & clm mgr – I guess you hold with the 80/20 rule no matter what the circumstances. Since you are doing that, I am willing to guess that more than 80% of DWI drivers don’t have accidents, more than 80% of pit bulls don’t attack folks (you should blame that on owners) and more than 80% of texters don’t have accidents. Using that theory, why worry about any of that stuff.
I know that seat belts on school buses can make a difference when it comes to children’s lives but I guess you don’t care about the next generation.