Any school buses that districts purchase after July 2019 must be equiped with lap-shoulder belts. New Jersey A law requiring lap belts has been in place since 1992, but since 2018, all new buses ...

SAN ANTONIO — A violent crash involving a school bus killed two people, including a child. That 5-year-old was on the bus when it collided with a cement truck head on. After that crash many ...

Seat belts date back to the mid 19th century and even though they're largely not used on school buses, school bus seats are designed to protect kids in case of an accident.

For most school bus accidents, the current configuration provides safety supports that proactively protect the riders. While we always want to improve them, we need to be aware of bus strengths as ...

Other than Texas, only eight states have a law mandating seat belts on school buses.Texas' 2017 law mandates that all newly purchased school buses built after 2018 have three-point safety ...

Federal officials have long urged states to implement seat belt requirements on school buses, but only nine states have done so. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

Simmons says school districts are free to order new buses with three-point seat belts, but most don't because of the added expense — up to $10,000 more per vehicle.

Poland said there are only nine states that currently require seat belts on all school buses. In southeast Wisconsin, Kenosha and Sheboygan have seat belts on buses that carry fewer than 22 people.

A new school bus outfitted with seat belts can cost about $140,000. The price includes the roughly $10,000 to $12,000 needed for seat belts, ...

Federal officials have long urged states to implement seat belt requirements on school buses, but only nine states have done so. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

Federal officials have long urged states to implement seat belt requirements on school buses, but only nine states have done so. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.