With more than 25 million students riding in school buses every year, per the NCSL, the accident has brought into question why more states don’t require passengers to wear seat belts on buses. Dr.

A Grant County school bus crash injured 17 children back in 2007, the bus side swiped a utility pole. Cody Shively survived but is left with permanent brain damage.

A simulated bus crash illustrates the potential dangers of school buses without seat belts, which are not required by federal law. Aug. 20, 2019, 11:07 AM EDT / Source : TODAY By Conor Ferguson ...

Despite Lack of Seat Belts, School Buses Prove Safe Posted 2006-08-03T21:30:46+00:00 - Updated 1998-03-18T11:00:00+00:00 New York and New Jersey require their school buses to have seat belts.

Still, only a handful of states — Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, and Texas — have laws calling for seat belts on school buses.

"The average school bus ranges now from $110,000 and $150,000 just for one school bus. And then if you're going to equip it with three-point safety belts—that's the shoulder and the lap straps ...

When Rudy Breglia heard about the fatal crash of a school bus in his home state of Ohio last week, he says he felt sick. But he wasn't surprised. Breglia has been on a quest for years to get seat ...

The Ohio School Bus Safety Working Group met for the first time this week. The meeting follows a crash last month in Stark County where a minivan struck a school bus causing it to roll over. An ...