School Buses are Safe Without Seatbelts, Study Reveals

A new study concluded that school buses are safe enough without seat belts. Researchers estimate that equipping school buses with safety belts would work to prevent only one death every eight years. The study was conducted by the University Transportation Center for Alabama at the behest of Alabama Governor Bob Riley after four students were killed in a school bus crash in 2006.

Because the cost of installing seat belts would run $11,000 to $15,000 per school bus, the state of Alabama has determined that they are not a cost-effective solution. Lawmakers say spending the money on increased safety procedures for students while boarding and getting off buses, which is when most deaths occur, would be a better investment. Georgia legislators may still require safety belts on school buses despite the study's findings. The state had put off making a decision regarding seat belts on school buses until the results of the three-year study were released.

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