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bwest
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 Posted - 12/27/2017 : 12:09:39 PM
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I guess I missed this. I normally don't like PBS but I think they did a pretty good job here.
A couple issues I see is:
*First when they were talking about the crash, that the young lady they were interviewing was in, they stated that she was in a non-school bus bus. They clearly show a yellow bus on it's side in pictures of the crash, not sure if that was a school bus or what but it would be a incorrect visual if it were a school bus.
*Second was that people continue to assert that seat belts are the only thing that can improve the survivability of a school bus crash. I believe this to be incorrect. Laminated side windows would have kept the interviewed young lady inside the bus and therefore preventing some, if not most, of her injuries.
http://stnonline.com/news/latest-news/item/8619-watch-pbs-news-hour-tackles-school-bus-seat-belts?utm_source=eNews+12.27.17+-+Top+10+of+2017&utm_campaign=STN+Enews+&utm_medium=email
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Thomasbus24
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Posted - 01/02/2018 : 03:44:18 AM
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| That story chaps my a** every time I hear it and see her. She WAS NOT ON A SCHOOL BUS. It was a plastic bus that did not meet FMVSS as a school bus and as such, it tore apart. |
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bwest
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Posted - 01/02/2018 : 05:26:32 AM
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| Was the crash scene picture inaccurate? |
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Thomasbus24
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Posted - 01/02/2018 : 06:05:25 AM
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The bus was painted yellow, that is is the only way it even remotely resembled a school bus.
http://kxan.com/investigative-story/texas-seat-belt-law-fails-to-protect-students/
Her arm was pinned under the bus, I seem recall reading where it was at a place where the bus opened up. Be it a window, a joint, or a failure of the mater the bus was made from...that bus did not meet FMVSS as a school bus and the media needs to stop portraying it as a school bus.
Maybe I should go paint a Chevy Astro yellow, put kids in it, buckle them, crash it, and go around saying what a safe school bus it was! |
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bwest
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Posted - 01/02/2018 : 09:56:58 AM
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| Interesting article. |
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School Bus Seat Belts- PBS Report
