NTSB Presents - School Bus Safety

[@bobjacobson858]

Having and using safety belts in a school bus should also help to get the students used to using them in a car, so there is an additional benefit to having them in the bus.

[@cnlbrett]

unused seat belts pose a safety hazard.

[@jimredelfs1476]

Although I have driven school buses equipped with seatbelts, the conventional school buses I have primarily driven for 12 years have no seat belts. Although I am an avid supporter of seatbelt usage personally, I oppose their use in school bus transportation. Just the THOUGHT of getting all the kids to buckle-up makes me shudder. The school bus is primarily an urban/suburban vehicle. Compared to its everyday purpose, most rarely drive great distances at highway speed. The average school bus is a large, heavy vehicle. My 71-passenger, front engine bus with a full tank of fuel and one, not-so-svelte driver tips the scales at 18,010-lbs. Note the FOUR steps required to enter the bus: The bus has very high ground clearance. Short of being “T-boned” by a loaded semi, in most collisions, the bulk of the energy passes UNDER the vehicle. In the event of an emergency, evacuating a bus fully loaded with belted, panicked children would be unlikely within 90 seconds. The burden on the industry of mandating seatbelts and their usage negates what little improvement, if any, in safety.

[@dkt1976dt]

I remember for years school buses didnt have seat belts, then in 1994 when i was in high school, the first brand new buses that our school district purchased came with lap belts only.

[@marcgrundfest1495]

Because of the weight of the vehicle, basic physics..and the various sizes of young children..seat belts are more likely to cause injury than to prevent it.. Anti lock breaks however as well as collision avoidance alarms might actually be of benefit.

[@jockellis]

Never been in a school bus crash but the car I was riding in hit an oncoming car the day after we saw Signal 30 (traffic fatality) in ROTC. Also I hit a phone pole while riding my bike home from football practice.

[@Rekshva]

Who would have known. Seat belts are safer than no seat belts.

[@Roboboy]

[@KHL9606]

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[@KHL9606]

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[@kj4ilk]

one flaw in your statement... a car sits lower to the ground thus making less likely to tip in high winds unlike a school bus

[@DowneasterProductions]

DigitalSciGuy I my school the buss drivers and like to make use feel like it's going to flip

[@adventureguy5088]

kjilk simble However keep in mind that a bus weighs more than an obese American while a car weighs less.

[@hunterneitzel3012]

Small school buses under 15,000 pounds requires seatbelts, as they behave more like a 15 passenger van, in which the vehicle easily rolls over and compartmentelization doesn't work, as these small buses are typically built on a van chassis. This law even applies to 14> passenger activity and shuttle buses and vans, as well as the average passenger car.

[@copperblazer1]

They may be "the safest vehicle on the road". But operator error can really screw things up. From trusted high school seniors operating buses to fill in for sick drivers. If they can operate an 80 K harvester, they can drive a bus right? To our bus driver in Florida being arrested in front of the school. She was always really abrasive, but she was pulled over doing 60 in a school zone by a state trooper, then she failed the breathalyzer. We got a PE coach to sub for her but he had to have a crash course before he could operate the bus correctly.

[@Cryptonymicus]

Most school buses are driven intrastate so the requirements depend on the state and most states require a commercial drivers license and the training to get it and maybe drug testing and a medical exam. In some states CDL drivers are held to a higher standard so if they lose the license due to traffic violations they lose the job too. fusiontables.google.com/DataSource?docid=1khVhGYgf8kU688YzDkXFPl6KqXUNHrp3wZs_zxM#rows:id=1

[@garrettkessler1895]

If there's a fire following a collision.....is the lone bus driver gonna get all those kids out that are buckled in??? The Kentucky church bus crash caused by a drunk driver in 1988 proves that seat belts may be more of a liability. Especially since many school districts are switching to gasoline powered buses...that feature alone is a tremendous risk.

[@onrr1726]

My first 1st year in middle school in 6th grade I rode on a school bus that did not have seat belts. In my 7th grade year we occasionally had a school bus with seat belts. By my 8th grade middle school year I rarely rode the school bus preferring to have my mom drive me to school in the morning while I walked home after school with friends my only exception was rainy days when the bus was my only option to get home. I was not a happy camper rideing a school bus it was cramped quarters and in mid 1995 Conrail had told the railroad tracks in town to a new owner. Trains were vary infrequent with half the line in service and the other part out of service for 7+ years. The new owner fixed up the line from 5mph track speeds to 30 with in 2 years and trains rain 5 days a week rather than 1 every 1 to 2 weeks signals did not work and school bus drivers did not stop then proceed which made me nervous ehichba why I stopped rideing the school bus after a few near misses.

[@louisvilleslugger3979]

All these parents who drive their kids to school put more people on the road, congesting traffic in and around schools, therefore putting more lives at risk for accidents. I for one make sure my kids ride the bus, I do trust the driver much more than the other parents

[@brendaeverson-shaw4822]

This is an excellent video. Thank you so much NTSB. I did recognize one of the young ladies (smile) as a passenger. There are no school buses with any type of seat belt in the schools in our area. Will there be a mandate in the near future for all buses to be equipped with belts?

[@damareywalker811]

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[@jaypattee7677]

Damarey Walker BFF. we are go to the point

[@angelaandrews9455]

Brenda Everson-Shaw

[@ahmadblal5862]

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[@erikaklingensmith9556]

nice video

[@sudriansignalman9387]

yeah, that's all good for them, but for my county, we can't afford to do that

[@kj4ilk]

maybe they'll add rope belts

[@Cooliron24]

I am glad to see this, now do something about your Psychopathic drivers you think they're in the Indy 500. I live in a major city in Ohio and the bus drivers around here act like they're going to a freaking fire, I get so irritated at them.

[@joedirt7091]

Not once in this entire NTSB safety video did i see any concern at all for the safety of the school bus driver in a crash of any kind.

[@Nyx_da_birb]

the only "crash" our bus got in was when we ran over a car fender

[@timcaffell6330]

Colosions

[@timcaffell6330]

Collisions

[@timcaffell6330]

Train collision's

[@Ham549]

2:28 since ehen did trains become school busses?

[@sudriansignalman9387]

@@cnj1133 oh, crap, sorry don't know what I was thinking

[@wendylynn807]

I think that train may have hit the school bus.

[@vanettezollicoffer5159]

my bus do not have seat belts ether

[@briannabrown3327]

YA mine to :( and my friend try to push me off

[@PrestonTaylorg4c5fln]

this was made on my birthday

[@thenumber3750]

2:41 to 2:48 seat belts or not, you are screwed because these buses were smashed hard

[@johnlong4574]

MY BUS GOT NO SEAT BELTS!

[@mashunk7427]

john long My bus dusent have them ither

[@wifeyadanna8625]

john long same

[@GolfFanaticEstR]

Kitty lee73, My Tuesday " special needs " school bus has seatbelts 😁

[@envixicy8355]

Star Wars Fan Same we just stand on the bus

[@coirobloxroplay9955]

Star Wars Fan mine neather

[@chrisst8922]

School buses!! I can remember the days when Greg Feith would be scaling mountains and launching the Go Team to Sioux City or following 585, 427 and 519. Or maybe it would be Palm 90 or JAL123 and that was every week or so. And now they're down to seat belts on buses. The next series of Disaster Confidential: about someone who tripped on the step. There was a time when a gory air crash would be the most interesting item on the news and now all we've got is politicians. High time to close down the NTSB until things get dangerous again. Only kidding.

[@yamahaboi2504]

but having seat belts on a bus is a problem because if you hit a tree with no seat belts you could possibly move over vs seat belts you slam into the tree and you would have to unbuckle and move

[@kj4ilk]

the idea with taller seats is for your loved one to fly into the seat in front of them impacting the crash...ah hell what am i saying....they are horrible and not comfy to sleep on in the morning routes (trust me id know)

[@midgie4410]

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[@7enty7en83]

We need volvo busses

[@timothylegg]

Since bus companies find the seat belts to be prohibitively expensive to install, it has been determined that school busses are safe without them.

[@kj4ilk]

yeah determinded to safe money...some day a big fat law suit will take place in the supreme court to rule that buses need manditory seat belts

[@Dstagz]

Our school bus doesn't have any damn seatbelts!!!

[@vervluukt]

Question To The NTSB:You Are Most Investigating Air Crashes?

[@wdebbane]

She does have a point

[@amazingtrucker9500]

My c2 and ce has seat belts

[@atat8490]

My schools bus crashed I don't want to be next

[@stupidcunt7082]

I got in a bus crash on last wendsday I not telling my viewers

[@envixicy8355]

Matt_Maker 2016 you ok?

[@BCrossing]

she died

[@cannap5374]

she is right about the bus

[@kyliedeforrest4745]

Canna P yu

[@isaiahreyna490]

Kylie DeForrest I am

[@northkratt817]

a bus need seat belts

[@hydra_8269]

Northkratt your right

[@khalil9611]

Wrong.... Wrong... Wrong... They don't need Seatbelts

[@WindShearOfficial]

Trains hit busses

[@leonbaylor9084]

I don't go to public school that's why

[@leonbaylor9084]

It's not the safest I go to private school that is crazy

[@YellowBussesAndCars]

School bus safety is very helpful! And I’m showing American school buses in Ukraine) support by liking, subscribing and commenting)

[@glmako9230]

My bus has seatbelts

[@sheila9588]

bus school kids

[@kj4ilk]

lets see.... #1 it only goes 35 MPH #2 its top heavy #3 no seat belts & #4 is the fact that school buses are big and yellow so its hard to NOT miss it... school buses are safe...ya then that's like saying a semi is safe since it tall.. i never did like buses that much

[@jadathompson1239]

ok

[@dawncampbell97]

Jada Thompson zhhi

[@MAGWolf]

Yet cars have way more saftey features then school buses. Fancy that. Few other reasons school buses not in many accidents. GIANT YELLOW THING! lol

[@ethanmurray9417]

This woman is scary

[@amandanelson4252]

Ethan Murray good im glad Someone Else. Thinks she is also

[@hollymoore7702]

l, k

[@DriveOnGuard]

1:49 the child is eating. This is not allowed on buses. This makes this video lose credibility.

[@KentoKei]

you: All children are safest on school buses me: but why... you get floung around without em seat belts and really more kids can die with out them then with

[@danielbarnes7900]

that's a lie

[@notgayifitsdavidduchovnay256]

DANIEL Barnes no it's true

[@zachthomas7810]

Gamer 69 69 Ok kid

[@Selmarya]

I still dont trust my city school buses, they dont have no seatbelts and the seats are so worn and torn up that instead if acting as a cushion, you just hit the wood support blocks inside the seats or hit the thin metal wall that doesn't even keep in the air when it's cold outside =/