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The Key to Safer Buses is in One Simple"Click"  

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The Key to Safer Buses is in One Simple "Click" Starting in the 1930's, seatbelts were introduced to the public by physicians urging automotive companies to install them into their cars. Today seatbelts are installed in every automobile around the world, save buses. This absence can leave children unprotected to side impact and rollover collisions. This is why school buses should be installed with seat belts and legislation passed to enforce it. "How do you deprive children of using a life-saving device?" Arthur Yeager, the regional coordinator for the National Coalition for School Bus Safety (NCSBS), asks this. Without seat belts, children can be tossed around in the bus and can sustain injuries. Compartmentalization, a safety feature for frontal and rear collisions, has constantly failed to provide protection in side impact and rollover crashes. With little or no support, children could be tossed about the vehicle and death has resulted....

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