re: only six states mandate seatbelts on school buses

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You could tell which segment of the population had been told to complain of neck pain after a wreck.

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so why wouldn't you?

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Such as? 

Right now the following is legislated: 
The amount of water in our toilets 
Sodas 

But it's a waste of money to belt the kids in school buses??

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I never said it was a waste of money. I said we would be better off spending the money where we could save more lives.

Suicide prevention.
School security.
Health screenings.

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School bus fatalities are very very rare. I am not against seat belts but it would be an enormous expense and how many kids would actually belt up?

There are much better ways to spend money and save the lives of a lot more kids.

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Expense? Are you fricking kidding me? Mandating seatbelts would not cost shite.

And my kids as well as all the kids I know automatically put their seatbelt on when in my vehicle. Why would they not put them on in a bus?

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I've been in a stopped school bus that was hit by a pickup going 40. The bus only lurched forward then back and lost some paint.

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Yeah you’re full of shite.

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Expense? Are you fricking kidding me? Mandating seatbelts would not cost shite. 

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Almost half a million buses in the US. Estimated cost is over 5,000 per bus. I am not good at math but that seems like it would indeed cost shite.

Now if we are going to spend that kind of money to possibly save six lives a year, let's go all in and also install front and side airbags in every seat. Side Collison avoidance equipment, antilock brakes, automatic braking,