ALT-2 Should Seat Belts be Required on School Buses
I have wanted to write something on this topic for a long time now, and after yesterday I thought this may be the best time to get this off of my mind. Our children are on these buses every day of the week, they are the only one's that use these buses. The driver has a seat belt on, but our children do "not."
As for seat belts being on school buses, I totally agree. I also think they should have been one of, if not the first place, the Government should have started when they made seat belt use Mandatory. They make parents keep seat belts on children in cars; they are even fined if their children are not buckled up. When our children are small, they have to be buckled into a car seat. A little bigger they need a booster seat.
We send our children off to school, knowing that they will not be buckled up on the bus. They sit there and God help them if there is ever an accident, and there have been accidents with busses. They have no safety; therefore they go flying anywhere, and everywhere. Many times causing death to one or more of our children. No one is fined because the children do not have their seat belts on. It's just classed as an unfortunate accident. I really hope to see the government pass a law, stating that our children must buckle up, on the school buses. I know this is going to cost the government a lot of money to equip all the buses with seat belts, but don't you think our children deserve to be protected, on the bus, as well as in their parent's car. I do.
They should also make it mandatory for the Greyhounds, and City buses, to have seat belts on them. People don't always drive in cars, where the seat belts are handy. Many people have to depend on public transit to get to work, shop, and visit, or anywhere they want to go.
I've been on city buses with senior citizens on it, and when they slam on the brakes, those poor souls are forced forward in their seats so fast, they don't have a chance to brace themselves. I've witnessed older people fall out of their seats when they are sitting on a seat that does not have another seat in front of them, I've done it myself and I'm not that old. Do I, or these people deserve to be treated this way, I say "NO." They deserve better than that which the government is giving anyone who rides the public services.
Just maybe if we all get together on this, it may force the Government to do something, to protect any of us that have to use any type of bus, or other types of Government Transportation, to get to their daily destinations. It seems that the Government gets away with anything that may cost them money, which they may need to fatten their own wallets with their fat raises every time we turn around. If they spent just a little of that money where it really matters, things would not be so bad for those of us that depend on Government Transportation. Our children deserves better, they get confused when they have to buckle up in cars, but not buckled up when they head off the schools, and this same school, teaches them that safety always comes first. There is no safety on these busses for our children.
I don't know about you, but this topic just boggles my mind.
