Depending on size, a typical new school bus can cost $75,000 to $85,000 and outfitting a single bus with seat belts can cost between $5,485 and $7,346, according to NHTSA, based on the number of ...

LISA STARK: But most school districts have decided against adding seat belts. In Montgomery County, Maryland, buses carry 100,000 students a day, and there has never been an accident in which a ...

'States debate requiring seat belts on school buses" (March 14) raised an emotional issue. Mandating seat belts on buses seems logical, just as for cars. It seems like a no-brainer. I am a former ...

Why Seat Belts on School Buses Aren't Mandatory in Every State. Who oversees school bus regulations? Is it federal of local? By ABC News. November 22, 2016, 6:48 PM. 2:27.

Owens said the design of the school bus makes them safe without seat belts. From the frame of the bus, to the distance between seats, children are supposed to be safe for all kinds of crashes. In the ...

My name is Grace Davis and I am a seventh-grade middle schooler at Eisenhower Middle School in the Everett School District. I am writing today because I think that we should have seat belts on ...

For most school bus accidents, the current configuration provides safety supports that proactively protect the riders. While we always want to improve them, we need to be aware of bus strengths as ...

Any school buses that districts purchase after July 2019 must be equiped with lap-shoulder belts. New Jersey A law requiring lap belts has been in place since 1992, but since 2018, all new buses ...

School buses are virtually the only vehicles on Wisconsin roads without seat belts. That needs to change. Janesville has shown that seat belts can be added to buses at modest cost and improve the ...

Despite the school bus seat belt law, many Texas school buses remain belt-less. That’s because the legislation requires three-point seat belts on all buses that are model year 2018 or later.

As a solution I think the school district should reduce the sizes of the bus routes. I also think buses should add lap seat belts and reduce the maximum number of kids per seat.