The focus of the meeting was on seat belts on school buses and if they are a good idea ... “In 2019, our district purchased two 72 passenger Blue Bird busses with seatbelts.

If a school bus crashes and the passenger children do not have seatbelts ... On the other hand, wearing seatbelts will keep the children in their seats on the bus during the accident and protect ...

While there are recommendations by the NTSB to install seat belts on school buses, the design of school buses makes it less likely that a passenger would need a seat belt compared to a standard ...

Most school bus passengers are also at a lower risk of being ejected because of compartmentalization. In our passenger cars and trucks, seat belts are meant to protect us from being ejected.

But why would South Carolina and so many other states forgo seat belt requirements on school buses when they’re required in most other passenger vehicles on the road? After all, accidents do happen.