These Are the Important Reasons Why School Buses Don’t Have Seatbelts

5Seat belts can do much more harm than good

Equipping school buses with seatbelts that have metal accessories like buckles is a dangerous idea. Children could easily use them as weapons to fight with each other. Even monkeying around with a seat belt could cause injury to another child such as if it hits the eye or the head. 

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6Seatbelts can be used as weapons

One Redditor with the ID SirMichael_7 remarked how when he was in high school, the school district decided to fit all buses with seat belts. The expense was large with the project costing several thousand dollars for the standard lap belt. After three weeks they again were made to spend almost the same amount to have the belts removed when one kid used the belt to split another girls head wide open. 

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7School buses are extremely visible

Every school bus is designed with several flashing warning signs. The reason they are painted yellow is due to the high visibility of the color that can be detected even in low light. 

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8School buses have two flashing stop lights

School buses also come with two flashing stop lights on either side. The vehicle is driven at slow speeds on residential streets which mean a minimal chance of accidents and heavy damage like collisions. Every residential area has a speed limit of 30 and below. 

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