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txinvestigator wrote:

sparx wrote:And yet school bus seatbelts aren't even an option so just about every school bus accident, though perhaps not many in number, are high in injuries/casualties.

I am not sure about that. From http://www.nsba.org/site/view.asp?TRACK ... &DID=11411

Thanks for the facts, txinvestigator! I guess that's proof enough that opinion without checking facts only leads to foot-in-mouth disease (a TERRIBLE ailment, but fortunately curable with a correction to one's posture. ). I wonder if the number of injuries/casualties would be even fewer if seatbelts were used, though. I've always considered it somewhat of a "double-standard" that we push wearing seatbelts so strongly seemingly everywhere except when it comes to the impressionable young riding on a school bus. It just never has made much sense to me.

And yet school bus seatbelts aren't even an option so just about every school bus accident, though perhaps not many in number, are high in injuries/casualties.

I guess what we're saying is that jumping around between seats, running up and down the isle while the school bus is moving and not wearing seatbelts is OK, but if you see a uniformed Deputy Constable that's armed you've got to report it right away.

Yes, we're teaching them well (NOT)!