Why Seat Belts Should Have Seatbelts

Fifteen years ago in Washington D.C., Dawn Prescott was riding on a bus that crashed in Omaha, Nebraska. Prescott was a chaperone for the high school band’s trip to a competition. Her 14 year old son Benjamin was sitting a few rows ahead of her. Benjamin along with two other student and a parent died as a result of the crash. Since the crash, Prescott, a middle school teacher, has been urging Nebraska lawmakers to require seat belts on new school buses.

When you see so many incidents lately on the news regarding the students riding the bus, the lack of supervision, and sometimes the harmful acts being done to other students; you wonder why these things are happening. Or perhaps there was an accident involving a bus where a student was severely hurt. I am for seatbelts being on school buses for the simple fact that anything could happen on a bus even an accident and the students should be safe. The issue of seatbelts on a bus is not a huge controversial issue compared to other issues such as whether or not English should be the official language or abortion, but it is an important issue to be discussed and made a decision on.

Therefore, it would be unethical for individual citizens to ignore the governmental requirement for people to use seat belts in their vehicles. Adhering to seat belt laws is important for individuals not only in improving drivers and travelers use of seatbelts through penalty avoidance and police enforcement but also indirectly by enhancing a culture of good ethical behaviors. Additionally, failure to wear seatbelt is dangerous to the individual’s livelihood and health. A person is highly

The equipment could be hazardous if it is not used in the correct manner. Plus, there could be a limited amount of equipment to go around to the students and it could be expensive if it becomes lost or

The short answer is that small school buses do in fact require seat belts; large school buses, with a few exceptions do not. Seat belts are not required on the larger school buses because both the U.S. Department of Transportation and Transport Canada, have determined that compartmentalization is the preferred occupant protection system.

I lost a relative in a car crash. Can you imagine how I felt when I found out? He wasn’t wearing his seatbelt and was thrown off the road through the windshield. Car companies should start making cars that require everybody in the vehicle buckled up or else the car won’t start. Wearing a seatbelt reduces the chances of injury, also the law requires you to wear a seatbelt.

Imagine enjoying a movie at the cinemas, eating food at McDonalds, or even sitting in class with a group of friends at your local high school, while some individuals around you are carrying loaded firearms. Although this seems unbelievable, the United States Constitutions give people the right to acquire and carry firearms. It is ridiculous that they allow their citizens to carry handguns, such as pistols. This should be strictly limited, due to that they are made exclusively for protection or the police. Due to this law, the murder rate in the United States have increased and this allows children to handle guns and possible kill other family members or other children. Gut-wrenching events like this can happen in a blink of an eye.

They had to use cities like Dallas as examples as to why this will work. Since San Antonio just passed this policy in June of 2016 there is not much saying yet that the number of people not stopping for the school bus has gone down. However, the city of Dallas did report “…a 25-percent decrease in the number of violations…” (Warrick and Lopez). With that decrease San Antonio is in a good position to assume that the number will also diminish in their city. The hope is that the number will drop more and more every year. With more people knowing about the outcome if they do pass a school bus that is loading or unloading children.

We should put seat belts on buses because the students stand up while the bus is moving and that is dangerous.Also i think it’s safer if we had seat belts on buses.

School buses, for as long as anyone can remember, have had no seat belts and children, for the most part, have been fine and ultimately safe. People may think this is unsafe and it sort of is but if something were to happen and these children could not get out of their seats fast enough a lot of circumstances could go wrong. Children enjoy their first bus ride and they do not want to be bombarded with all of this controversy over whether or not it is safe; they just want to get to school and back home. That is all a school bus is really, a short ride to and from school. Seat belts should not be required for school buses because children most likely would not wear them anyway and that could cause more danger, children should have a say as to whether they wear a seatbelt or not, and seat belts can cause a restricting situation where students could not exit the bus quickly and safely.

Since the implementation of mandatory seat belt laws studies have shown that seat belt usage has increased while traffic fatalities have decreased. Seat belt usage rates increased from 17% to 79% in the U.S. between 1983 and 2003 (Houston & Richardson, 2006). All U.S. states except New Hampshire have mandatory seat belt laws for adults. Currently, there are two types of seat belt enforcement, primary and secondary. To date, 34 states have a primary enforcement law which allows a police officer to initiate a traffic stop on a vehicle and issue a citation for no other reason than the fact that the driver is not wearing a seat belt. A benefit to a state having a primary enforcement law is that in 2016 seat belt usage was up 92% according to the CDC (2017).

All the kids will ride a bus while they’re in school, if it's for a field trip, or to get home, to get to another campus and if you play sports you ride the busses to the away games. Our busses are not superior. In the months of August through November the kids that have to ride the bus home after a long, hard working school day don’t want to be sitting there in a puddle of thiers, and anybody else's sweat waiting for the next stop that brings them closer and closer to their wonderful home, cool home. I wouldn't want to be three to a seat, on that hot bus with everybody's smelly body odor and hot breath. In East Texas our winters are not harsh but the months December through the end of February it's chilly and cold, it’s easier for the little ones to catch a cold. Their noses are going to be running non-stop with no tissues or parent to help wipe the snot off their top lip. If we had good, working busses with air conditioning or a heater we wouldn't have those kinds of problems. Also, we need buses with Seatbelts, Seatbelts should be placed in every single school bus that is transporting children. Firstly, and most importantly, seatbelts would secure the safety of passengers, reduce driver distraction, and reinforce valuable safety habits. Wouldn't you want your child to feel safe, secure, and be protected on his/her daily ride to school on the large, yellow bus? The safety of students is the first priority of all adults, parents, and faculty. If this is the case, then there shouldn't be any buses without seatbelts. There is no doubt about it: seatbelts save lives. Another doubtless fact is that cars, buses, and trucks get into accidents daily, across the nation. Seatbelts save the lives of students riding these buses, with unfortunate consequences, depending on how severe the crash

The law states that if you are caught not wearing a seat belt you could get fined up to five hundred dollars. The law should require people to wear seat belts. The law should require people to wear seat belts because it prevents people from getting killed or injured, it would make people want to wear seat belts while driving, and it would encourage passengers or other people to wear seat belts.

We have all heard the excuses before, "It's uncomfortable, I'm only going around the corner", I'd rather be thrown out of a car than be stuck in a seatbelt," and my favorite, "I'm a good driver I don't need to wear one." Well you may be a good driver but there are situations beyond your control such as bad weather, road conditions and not to mention other drivers that can affect your safety. Seat belts can mean the difference between life and death in an auto accident. Wearing a seat belt every time you enter a vehicle is not only the smart thing to do it is the right thing because it saves lives, it's the law and it will save you money.

Did you know that every hour, someone dies in a car crash for not wearing his or her seat belt? When you are driving or even riding in a vehicle, buckling your seat belt will decrease your chance of death or serious injury, if you are involved in a severe accident. Seat belts are there regarding to your safety and protection for the prevention of your life being in danger. In 2015, seat belt use in passenger vehicles saved an estimated 13,941 lives, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Seat Belts np). Recognizing the importance, consequences, and how an individual can deal with the problem are the key aspects to this solution.