Leah-Lacie Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Was going to suggest that buses generally don't do high speeds, motorways and the like, and coaches do, maybe thats the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjoker Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 They don't actually, we have a mock school bus at work to teach kids how to get on and off a bus safely, it doesn't have seatbelts, and to date I've never seen seatbelts on any public vehicle except a Taxi. Funny then how the school bus my wife is courier on has to have seat belts fitted, a condition stipulated in the contract by the council. But maybe that is because this bus is only used for just that purpose, the school run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 All the seats should face to the rear as it's safer in the event of a crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forumosaurus Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 So few people are seriously injured on buses it would be totally pointless and practically unenforceable. When was the last time you heard of a passenger getting thrown through the windscreen of a bus in a crash? Never. No need for them on buses. Coaches are a different matter, they usually have seatbelts fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Because buses allow standing passengers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Ralge Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 All the seats should face to the rear as it's safer in the event of a crash. How is it safer? In a crash, the forces unleashed can be quite extraordinary and any unrestrained body/object in the vehicle goes where it goes (up, down, forward, backwards, sideways). Facing forward or backwards makes little difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 All the seats should face to the rear as it's safer in the event of a crash. Wouldn't that make driving a wee bit tricky? jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 All the seats should face to the rear as it's safer in the event of a crash. Tomorrow's World said this about seats on planes back in the 80s. More people get travel sick going backwards though. My personal straw poll of the Merseyrail system shows that more people sit facing forward, the backwards facing seats are the last to fill up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyDazzler Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 It'd cost a fortune to fit seatbelts to every bus in England and they'd never be able to enforce it, total waste of time and money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callippo Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 too many people getting on and off all the time. many people also to this day stand on buses in rush hour. They're not even sitting in any seats at all, never mind wearing seat belts. I've never seen any city anywhere in the world, that expects the passengers to wear seat belts in surface mass transit, be it train bus or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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