In Texas, most of the school buses have
low-backed seats. So, there have been instances where kids have been thrown over the seats and injured even in a sudden stop. There have been talks that any new buses will have the higher seats. But, they still want the buses to have seat belts too. They have passed a law for the smaller buses to have seat belts and are working on passing a regulation for the larger school buses. I have seen those specials on tv with a hidden camera on buses where kids go flying in the air when the bus hits a big bump. That footage was scary.

So, that image is always what flashes through my mind when I think school buses need seat belts.
- Jennifer