We Finally Know Why Buses Don't Have Seatbelts

It’s a question we all asked when we used to take the bus to school: Why don’t buses have seatbelts? If we’re legally required to wear seatbelts in every other vehicle on the road, why is a bus full of children off the hook?

In fact, it turns out that buses are among the safest of all vehicles for a myriad of reasons, and it would admittedly be a challenge for a school bus driver to both pay attention to the road and make sure all of their students are buckled up. Let’s take a look at everything we know about why buses don’t have seatbelts.

#SchoolBus #Safety #Transportation

Buses are super safe | 0:00
State by state differences | 1:13
Easier evacuation | 1:58
The cost factor | 2:33
Seating availability | 3:37

[GrungeHQ]

Do you feel safe on a bus without a seatbelt?

[Qamar-univ]

Your probably wondering why I have so much likes, I edited the comments so they don’t make sense






The comment was:
“Youtube: *you shall watch why school buses don’t have seatbelts*
Me: *ok*

[WontonSoap]

Me: Rides the bus to home with a seatbelt.
Me 2 hours later: sees title of the video
Also me: *i don’t think so*

[PlanetOuid]

3:16 : me and the bois stealing the bus while the driver is checking the tires

[lizerdfootjinx]

i love how everyone in the comments are like "my bus HAS seatbelts, ive never seen one WITHOUT one" and im just here like
"my bus DOESNT have seatbelts, ive never seen one WITH one"

[drperkyreal]

“They’re like big yellow tanks, minus the weaponry.”

Not in my schools case ;(

[TomBell]

I was buying an old school bus once and the guy selling it pointed out "Scool busses are the safest vehicles on the road for one simple reason. The average car carries 1 to 4 potential lawsuits, the average school bus carries 50"

[zlowe]

Then why does ms frizzle always tell her kids to buckle up






EXPLAIN!!!

[journeysfable]

1:07
Yes. Because you always get flung forward in a crash

One time I got flung to a seat right next to me during a turn. You dont even need to crash for someone to get hurt on a bus.

[mellowshadowsworld]

Me: *rides school bus with seat belts*

YouTube: why school buses don’t have seatbelts

Also me: Hehe stoopid

Edit: thx for 99 likes 💕

[realVGC]

Me: I should do homework

YouTube: why busses don’t have seatbelts

Me: I’ve always wondered!

[duchi]

Because Buses are like one of those Roller Coasters that you have to grab onto
_Grab for your dear life, literally_

[justinjessup]

“School buses are the safest vehicle on the road” me remembering someone busting out a knife and stabbing the seat: well yes but actually no

[TheMorganian]

"Safely numb into the seat in front" bruh it depends on if your banging your head into the soft part or not. Even that hurts like heck. But better then a window. Still he makes it seem like he thinks it's like landing into a pillow

[CubeDudes]

*more like, “we finally know why kids die in school busses every year*

[Aaron-tcgq]

Im actually happy that there's no seatbelts so I can sit sideways and make sure no one sits next to me

[zezoo]

I’ll just buy one since they are so dirt cheap and take my son and his friends to school and I’ll instal my own seatbelts


Rope and staples

[Pumkinkidd]

Me: youtube give me something intersting to watch
Youtube: WHY SCHOOL BUSES DONT HAVE SEATBELTS

[gachatea]

Me: lallala.

Also me: AHHhHh *falls in middle of bus*


Bus driver: You bETter GeT Out ThaT ILEL.

[billflood]

Funny thing is that nobody has ever asked me, a 10 year school bus driver and bus driver trainer, why or what I thought about them.

Put simply, the entire bus is a safety feature. There are NO sharp edges inside the passenger compartment. Those poles, rails and grab handles that were on the corners of the seats are gone.

The seats themselves are 6-10 inches higher then those we remember. And about 2-4 inches thicker with padding. Think egg cartons, traveling hundreds of miles with no breakage and you are on the right path.

Now, seatbelted children on a bus that just rolls onto its side, the children will be 6-8 feet in the air on the "up" side. If I am uninjured, I will have to reach up 3-6 feet, standing on the ground side seat edge, 20-40 times. If I am unable to help them at all they will have to release and fall that far.

If the bus doesn't have seat belts the majority will fall AS THE BUS is leaning over the be on its side.

If the bus ends up on its roof EVERY child will be upside down hanging approximately 5-6 feet from the roof. All will have to release a belt that is under tension and fall head first straight down.

As for the question about a train hitting the bus, please understand the a bus weighs about 30, 000 lbs and a train weighs about 30, 000 tons. You get hit in the side it really isn't going to matter seatbelted or not. That is why there are exact procedures for crossing railroad tracks and belts don't figure into it.

As to why I have a seatbelt and the kids don't is that what is in front of me IS NOT PADDED. I have to try and be as able as possible to try and help the kids as quickly as possible.

I am just a bus driver. No degrees but I am literally figuring to suppress my self-preservation instincts to help your kids in an emergency. Time may be in VERY short supply when we have to leave and unbuckling or cutting 50% of anywhere from 30-70 kids is just not a little concern.