On 03/28/2021 11:33 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 3/28/2021 1:23 PM, %% wrote:


"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message



The first problem is getting the kids to wear the seat belts. It's
hard enough to keep them from destroying the bus.

The real problem is what do you do in a bad wreck, say a rollover
with thirty or forty panicked kids hanging from their belts?

But planes have a lot more pax.

Buses don't travel 500 mph and have air pockets that suddenly drop
them 2000 feet. Nor do buses land at school at 130 mph in the driveway

Buses crash far more often.

Since you have that statistic please share the death rates too. It is
more meaningful that way.

I won't follow down the thread where %% loses it completely..

https://www.nhtsa.gov/road-safety/school-bus-safety

"The school bus is the safest vehicle on the road—your child is much
safer taking a bus to and from school than traveling by car. Although
four to six school-age children die each year on school transportation
vehicles, that’s less than one percent of all traffic fatalities
nationwide. NHTSA believes school buses should be as safe as possible.
That’s why our safety standards for school buses are above and beyond
those for regular buses."

"Students are about 70 times more likely to get to school safely when
taking a bus instead of traveling by car"