[BunnySlippers]

i’ve always wondered why buses don’t have seatbelt. Taxi’s do and the issue was brought up in the attached article which has photos too.

During the recent tin crash where victims flew through the air to get lodged in small spaces, I noticed talk now of putting seat belts on trains.

I don’t mind. I feel much safer in my car when bucked in.

[wastedyears]

Belts on trains? They’re cattle cars, there’s as many if not more standing as sitting. What would that mean, sitting room only? Then again, maybe the government would want Amtrak to take over state and city railways.

[DeFault User]

i’ve always wondered why buses don’t have seatbelt.

I used to do contract work with a school bus manufacturer and asked the same question. Management replied that they had no problem with installing seat belts in the buses but study after study (including government studies) showed that the kids were safer without them. So it was not a matter of cost.

[Bulwyf]

Seat belts will save you about 50% of the time and kill you about 50% of the time. I guess you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

[wintertime]

When school buses roll over the children are injured from being crushed by the other children and being thrown around the inside of the bus.