so why don't school buses have seat belts again?

like, wouldn't they be significantly safer if they did?

@violet seat belts are for when you rapidly decelerate (aka crash). The school bus will usually be way heavier than the thing it crashes into so it'll decelerate slower, thus being less deadly

also they don't drive on like, fast roads, right? at least over here buses that drive on the Autobahn have to have seatbelts

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@noiob @violet is there a *downside* to having seatbelts though? i can't see why it'd be something to specifically avoid having
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@Felthry @noiob in this case, apparently it's just that the benefit doesn't appear to justify the additional cost (idk if that analysis is really justified)

@violet @Felthry yeah, school buses are built quite cheaply and I guess most kids wouldn't bother anyways

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