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by Terretta
2753 days ago
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> no relative advantage Speed doesn’t kill, change in speed kills. With significant mass at play, a bus in a collission doesn’t change speed as suddenly as a car, thus passengers experience less G force. The rule does appear to relate to weight, and safety reasons: https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/01/why-the-schoo... Notable quote: > Federal agencies like the National Highway Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have long maintained that even without seat belts, school buses are the safest mode of transportation for children. Between 2005 and 2014, NHTSA reported 1,191 crashes involving school buses or other vehicles functioning as school buses. That makes up less than 1 percent of the 331,730 fatal collisions in those 10 years. Among the 133 people who die each year on average in related crashes, only 11 are bus passengers or drivers. However, that doesn’t help when the bus collides with an immovable object, so the rules are being reconsidered. |
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