So why don't school buses have seat belts and are they safe for kids? School buses generally don't have seat belts because they're designed with safety in mind. Using a concept called ...

The NHTSA says kids are protected on school buses ... FCPS spokesperson Dia Davidson-Smith told me they have 53 school buses equipped with seat belts. She said those are the buses used for special ...

We know the law says we must wear seat belts while riding in a car. But the law can get a little fuzzy when it comes to kids, school buses, and seat belts. That leads us to tonight's claim ...

so they couldn't get themselves out of the seat belts, which then meant at every stop the bus driver had to unfasten themself, go back and then unlatch whatever child needed to be let out to get off ...

In most cases, the passage of seat belt laws resulted from a school bus crash that resulted in death or injury to students. Only one state — New York — addresses child safety restraints ...

but the kids who aren't are being tossed around," said Snow. Eight states have some sort of law requiring seat belt use on school buses. Three of those have some flexibility based on finances.

There are cases in which a bus will have a few seats with lap belts or the over-the-shoulder ... that call after a crash between a school bus and a service utility truck killed two people, including a ...

There were 81 fatal school bus collisions in 2021 ... In a demonstration, child mannequins without seat belts got thrown around the bus when it slammed into a wall at 30 miles an hour.

Following a deadly crash involving a Hays school district bus in 2024, the Texas House approved a bill tightening seat belt rules for school buses.