# Seat belts in school buses

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-belts-in-school-buses/700696>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 7, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-belts-in-school-buses/700696 "2014-10-07T23:11:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![grue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9bd4f/32.png) [@grue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grue)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-belts-in-school-buses/700696/1 "2014-10-07T23:11:42Z")

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> **[Why are there no seatbelts on school buses?](https://www.straightdope.com/21342432/why-are-there-no-seatbelts-on-school-buses)**

Surprisingly, Cecil didn’t mention the other source of additional injuries that would be sustained on school buses if they had seat belts: kids hitting each other with them. Seatbelt fights were a common occurrence on the short bus I rode as a kid.

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**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-belts-in-school-buses/700696/2 "2014-10-08T00:24:51Z")

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> [@Cecil in 1998](#):
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> The federal government recently began a two-year investigation of school bus safety that will likely result in new precautions.

So sixteen years ago they began a two-year investigation. Wonder if it’s done yet… 🙂