Why don’t school buses have seat belts?

School buses afford students the safest form of transportation to and from school. This has been validated by federal crash testing and research by the National Academy of Sciences. School buses have to meet rigid federal construction standards for the sides and top of the bus, fuel tanks and inside of each bus.

The thick padded seats and seat-backs provide a passive form of crash protection known as compartmentalization. This padding, combined with the placement of the seating area high above the impact zone (with most other vehicles), offers a protection that has resulted in an unmatched record of passenger safety. Especially for small students, lap belts can be more harmful than helpful.

In our passenger cars, lap belts are being phased out. Only recently in the early 2000s have lap-shoulder seat belts been available in school buses. In North Carolina, thirteen buses with these 3-point belts are being evaluated.

Further, the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force has been ... more.

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