Thread: Obama administration to seek seatbelts in buses

Obama administration to seek seatbelts in motorcoaches

Posted 13m ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it will propose long-sought safety requirements for motorcoaches, including seatbelts and stronger roof standards.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a plan Monday to improve motorcoach safety. It calls for issuing a rule before the end of this year on roof standards and a rule early next year on installation of seatbelts.

Safety advocates have urged seatbelts and stronger roofs to prevent passengers from being ejected in rollovers.

The plan also calls for the installation of devices that record when a bus is turned on or off, which is an effort to prevent drivers from operating a bus for more hours than is allowed. Driver fatigue has been cited as a factor in several fatal accidents.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington ... ches_N.htm

Some states already have seat belts in school buses.

Seat Belts on School Buses
- FamilyEducation.com
(Smaller school buses that weigh less than 10000 pounds are already required to have them.) If a crash occurs, the use of seat belts will reduce the ...
www.life.familyeducation.com/school/safety/36260.html


School Bus Seat Belt Study Enters Final Research Year
Aug 7, 2009 ... “Many federal and state agencies are awaiting our results because it will determine whether seat belts are required in school buses ...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090807165340.htm

MOTORCOACH

Noun 1. motorcoach - a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport;

the motorcoach company I drive for here in the Dallas area
already has seat belts. one of the companies that uses us required seat belts and actually paid to have them installed