Seat belt

On an average, approximately half a million school buses are on the roads taking nearly twenty five million children to school every day without the protection of wearing seat belts. In most states it is completely legal, although insanely stupid to do so. Everyone wears their seat belt, everywhere they go, it is the law and it saves lives! Yet, this law does not apply to school buses as they have no seatbelts. School districts claim funding and budgetary needs cannot be met to install and retrofit every bus. So, every day, children continue to pile into unsafe school buses. However, there are some school districts that have installed lap seat belts in smaller school buses, but studies show they can do more harm than good, especially on…

THE IMPORTANTCE OF THE SEAT BELTS 1. INTRODUCTION A seat-belt which is also known as a safety belt is a vehicle safety device that is intended to protect passengers in the vehicle against harmful movement that may occur during a collision or unexpected sudden stops. The main purpose of a seat belt is to decrease the chances of death or serious injuries in traffic collisions by decreasing the force of secondary impacts with the internal strike hazards by making sure that the passengers are seated…

worse but the one thing you don’t see in school buses too often are the seatbelts. According to GHSA.org, 34 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have primary seat belt laws for front seat users. Of these: 18 states, D.C. and 2 territories include rear seats as primary enforcement, 4 states include rear seats as secondary enforcement, 12 states and the Virgin Islands do not include rear seats. Fifteen states…

important. Many people wear their seat belts to avoid injury in vehicle accidents. Usually the first reaction when getting into a vehicle is to strap your seatbelt. The safety belt was designed to save lives, and prevent injury in passenger cars. However, in some cases the seatbelt has caused more harm than safety. Research shows that when the seat belt is worn properly, the risk of fatal injury is reduced. In the 1930’s, when seat belts were first introduced, they consisted of two points, and…

There are multiple ways that a seatbelt can help save the lives of those involved in a motor vehicle crash. Firstly and possibly most importantly, the seat belt keeps the passenger's and driver's inside the vehicle. This means that it prevents them from being ejected, and automatically multiplies their chance of survival by 4. Secondly, the seat belt protects two vital parts of your body: the brain, and the spinal cord. This is important because an injury to either the brain or the spinal cord…

vehicle accidents. Related issues and consequences The seat belt law various from state to state. There are 34 states that have primary seat belt laws, 25 with secondary and one state that do not have any. These laws also differ in who should wear seat belts while in a vehicle. Some require only the driver and front passenger to wear seat belts based on age and weight and other required all passenger to wear the seat belts. Another variation between the states in the violation fee…

goal is to persuade you that seat belt laws are a prime example of government overstepping its bounds, chipping away at our right to freedom, and generating revenue in the process. Anything you do in life contains some element of risk. Sensible people understand that and act accordingly, because most people do not want to be a casualty. Adult drivers should know the probability of risk in driving, and be able to make their own choices as to how best to handle the situation. The points that I…

Buckling Down on Safety: The Importance of Seat Belts Considering the high frequency at which car accidents occur, it’s a wonder that more people don’t deem seat belts to be the number one priority when riding or driving in a vehicle. It’s not uncommon to see drivers and passengers not wearing their seat belts, or even to see kids freely moving all around the backseat of a car. In fact, everyone is bound to know someone who doesn’t wear their seat belt. Drivers and passengers alike give many…

School buses should require seat belts for a lot of reasons. One reason why School buses should require seat belts comes from Connecticut state lawmaker Fred Camillo who states and I quote “Kids have to be on these buses, and I think we have to do everything we can to protect them” (Newsela 2). This quote came from Connecticut state lawmaker Fred Camillo and is basicly saying and shows that students need all the protection they can get from their school. Fred Camillo also states that schools…

What is the government's role in protecting you from yourself? Restrictions such as mandatory seat belt laws, mandatory helmet laws, and certain drug laws violate personal freedoms and liberties. Our government’s role in creating laws follows the following: “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity” (U.S. Const. Preamble). The governing entities around the…