Starting in July, passengers and drivers of buses like those SolTrans’ operates in Vallejo and Benicia, must wear seat belts or be fined. However, the law only impacts buses that are equipped ...

But one fact is clear: The bus involved in the crash didn't have passenger seat belts. The same is true for nearly all of the thousands of school buses that crisscross the Washington region every day.

Not all vehicle occupants are protected equally when it comes to car crashes. Until 2017, cars weren't even routinely crash-tested on the passenger side, just the driver's. There's still other low ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics has long recommended that passenger seat belts be installed on newly manufactured school buses. The National Safety Council also has made similar recommendations ...

hop into the family SUV without buckling a seat belt. But each day, Melissa rides to school in Orange in a bus that doesn’t have passenger belts – and her mother doesn’t give it a second ...

Seat belts were designed for passenger cars, SUVs and light trucks ... There is little national outrage. Yet school bus crashes with life-threatening injuries or fatalities, while extremely ...

Although school buses are extremely safe, properly worn passenger seat belts make the school bus safer, especially in severe side impacts and rollovers. For those raised wearing seat belts ...

Installing seat belts on school buses has long been a popular idea among ... The rate of fatalities per miles driven for passenger vehicles is six times the rate for school buses.

and 49 states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws requiring the use of seat belts in passenger cars and light trucks. Large school buses are heavier and distribute crash forces ...

Seat belts are not required on Massachusetts ... As explained by the agency, large school buses are heavier than passenger cars and distribute crash forces differently, resulting in bus passengers ...

Authorities confirmed the Z&D bus involved in the turnpike crash did not have passenger seat belts. Penson has practiced transportation law for 30 years. He said a 2013 law that required buses ...

According to the PTA, there were at least 62,000 school bus passenger injuries and 51 fatalities from 1991 through 1996. The PTA contends that seat belts would be particularly helpful in side ...