Benefits Of Seatbelts On School Buses

When someone thinks about the idea of seatbelts on school buses, their reaction would be something similar to, “It works well in cars, so it would make school buses safer to ride, correct?” This assumption, while still logical, can be shot down in the blink of an eye. There is, first of all, the cost of putting seatbelts on every single school bus, and, even if one did have enough money to do this, there would be the problem of not having enough room. Not only that, but there is not the guarantee that the children would wear the seatbelts. And, even if someone argued about the states that require seatbelts on school buses, there are a few things that make that argument completely invalid. First of all, there is the cost of putting seatbelts

And besides, if one were to put seatbelts on school buses, there would not always be the guarantee that students would wear them. If an accident were to occur, than children without their seatbelts buckled could potentially fall on a student that is buckled in and injure them. Not only that, but seatbelts could possibly be used as weapons. But, what if everyone on the bus was wearing their seatbelts and none of them would ever dare hurt another student? They should be safe, right? This would, in fact, be wrong. If an accident, such as a fire, occurred, this would mean that all the children had to get out of the bus. However, before they could do that, they would need to unbuckle their seatbelts. This would mean that it would take the children longer to get out of the bus, which would lower their chance of survival. Not only that, but there is the possibility of a seatbelt getting stuck. This lowers the child’s chance of survival even more. Then there is also the bus driver to consider. The bus driver is supposed to make sure each and every single child is getting out of the bus alive. Not half, not most, but each and every single one. If the bus driver has to do this, the bus driver would want all the children to get out as fast as possible so that the bus driver would be able to get out of the bus alive as well. And while the bus driver