CHARLESTON, S.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concluded that “lap belts appear to only prevent ejections and serious neck and abdominal injuries — and they have little benefit in reducing serious-to-fatal injuries in severe frontal crashes.”
One South Carolina lawmaker is fighting to add them to buses anyway.
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“Just like you and I would wear seat belts in cars to protect adults and children. We should do the same when they have to go to and fro, to get an education at these schools. And that’s just the way I see it,” said South Carolina state representative Wendell Gilliard for Charleston.
He’s been advocating for seatbelts on school buses for nearly a decade. He introduced a bill for it in 2017 requiring public and private school buses to have “lap-shoulder” seat belts…