http://www.larrykane.com/2007/08/11/back-to-school-alert-for-parents-where-are-the-seat-belts-on-school-buses/ LarryKane.com Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:55:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.larrykane.com/2007/08/11/back-to-school-alert-for-parents-where-are-the-seat-belts-on-school-buses/comment-page-1/#comment-3587 j Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:21:19 +0000 http://www.larrykane.com/2007/08/11/back-to-school-alert-for-parents-where-are-the-seat-belts-on-school-buses/#comment-3587 Compartmentalization is the name for the protective envelope created by strong, closely-spaced seats that have energy-absorbing high seat backs that protect occupants in the event of a crash. Features such as emergency exits, roof structure, fuel systems, and body joint strength make the bus stronger, larger, heavier, and safer than most other vehicles on the road today.It is not the school bus that is unsafe it is loading and unloading the school bus that is the problem.We should be spending money to make sure passing drivers are abiding by the rules of the road,and make every attempt to keep the kids safe at these times.If you check your stats you will see what I am talking about.We also need to be careful of who drives the bus,what type of training they recieve,and make sure they are emotionally and psychologically stable. I think these are the things we need to be concerned in reference to school bus saftey. Compartmentalization is the name for the protective envelope created by strong, closely-spaced seats that have energy-absorbing high seat backs that protect occupants in the event of a crash. Features such as emergency exits, roof structure, fuel systems, and body joint strength make the bus stronger, larger, heavier, and safer than most other vehicles on the road today.It is not the school bus that is unsafe it is loading and unloading the school bus that is the problem.We should be spending money to make sure passing drivers are abiding by the rules of the road,and make every attempt to keep the kids safe at these times.If you check your stats you will see what I am talking about.We also need to be careful of who drives the bus,what type of training they recieve,and make sure they are emotionally and psychologically stable. I think these are the things we need to be concerned in reference to school bus saftey.

]]> http://www.larrykane.com/2007/08/11/back-to-school-alert-for-parents-where-are-the-seat-belts-on-school-buses/comment-page-1/#comment-3583 jackie Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:53:22 +0000 http://www.larrykane.com/2007/08/11/back-to-school-alert-for-parents-where-are-the-seat-belts-on-school-buses/#comment-3583 I am a school bus driver and yes there are some injuries that may be prevented by having seat belts on the buses but please look at the other side. The drivers are responsible (alone) for up to 70 children at a time, if something happens we have to make sure that everyone is safe and off the bus it would be difficult to do so if at the same time we had to remove seatbelts. the buses are designed in a way to make it harder for the children to get hurt. I would love to have it both ways every child to be safe in the event of a tragic event, but I also feel that there may only be a very limited amount of time to get everyone out of a burning bus and seatbelts would hinder that tremendusly. I hope there could be a solution but I have yet to figure out one. I am a school bus driver and yes there are some injuries that may be prevented by having seat belts on the buses but please look at the other side. The drivers are responsible (alone) for up to 70 children at a time, if something happens we have to make sure that everyone is safe and off the bus it would be difficult to do so if at the same time we had to remove seatbelts. the buses are designed in a way to make it harder for the children to get hurt.
I would love to have it both ways every child to be safe in the event of a tragic event, but I also feel that there may only be a very limited amount of time to get everyone out of a burning bus and seatbelts would hinder that tremendusly. I hope there could be a solution but I have yet to figure out one.

]]> http://www.larrykane.com/2007/08/11/back-to-school-alert-for-parents-where-are-the-seat-belts-on-school-buses/comment-page-1/#comment-3540 Barry Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:47:44 +0000 http://www.larrykane.com/2007/08/11/back-to-school-alert-for-parents-where-are-the-seat-belts-on-school-buses/#comment-3540 Larry, it's good to know that I'm not the only one who has concerns about this issue. I've always wondered what would happen if a bus I was on should suddenly flip over in some freak accident. With my body type, I likely would not fare well if four two-hundred pound bodies fell on top of me. I don't know how most parents don't get anxiety over their kids riding the school bus. Something needs to change. Larry, it’s good to know that I’m not the only one who has concerns about this issue. I’ve always wondered what would happen if a bus I was on should suddenly flip over in some freak accident. With my body type, I likely would not fare well if four two-hundred pound bodies fell on top of me. I don’t know how most parents don’t get anxiety over their kids riding the school bus. Something needs to change.

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