Proposed legislation would require all new school buses purchased in the state, starting Jan. 1, 2023, to be equipped with seat belts.
The system displays and tracks the occupancy and belt status of passenger seats and provides visual warnings for the driver.
Findings from “Education on Proper Use of Seat Belts on School Buses” by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that the most crucial factors for effective use are training, education, and enforcement.
IMMI will keep manufacturing SynTec’s line of seating products while integrating its SafeGuard seats into the mix. SynTec is the primary seating supplier for Thomas Built Buses.
The seating safety product manufacturer will use its new facility in Tulsa to assemble and line set its SafeGuard lap-shoulder belts and integrated child seats for IC’s buses.
Mike LaRocco, president of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, discusses the association’s position on lap-shoulder belts on buses, partnering with other industry associations to address regulations for school reopening, and how much pupil transporters contribute to their communities.
The paper details the reasons for the association’s support for seat belts, common objections to adding them to school buses, and guidance on making the decision to require lap-shoulder belts in new buses.
Hudy Muldrow Sr., who was criminally charged in the May 2018 crash, which killed a student and a teacher and injured over 40 passengers, gets 10 years in prison.
The National Association for Pupil Transportation’s concerns address bus driver responsibility and how that might exacerbate driver shortage, and the extra time the systems would add to bus trips.
Proposed legislation would require all new school buses purchased in the province after September 2021 to be equipped with seat belts.
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