NEW YORK SCHOOL DISTRICTS SAY "YES" TO SEAT BELTS

While the school bus seat belt controversy continues and camps form on either side of the issue, two New York school districts have made their own decision. Greenburgh Central School District pioneered the idea, originally requiring seat belts only on buses owned by the district. Later, when the district started handling all pupil transportation, within two years all of the district's buses had seat belts. Ardsley Union Free School District, which contracts all of its pupil transportation, adopted the seat belt policy in spring 1983, making it effective for the 1983-84 school year. The successes and failures of these two districts to increase utilization of the belts and to maintain them are discussed in this article. Also included are comments from Gary Zeh, president of Haverstraw Transit, who recently conducted an on-sight appraisal of the Greenburgh Central School District fleet of seat belt equipped school buses.

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    Bobit Publishing Company

    2500 Artesia Boulevard
    Redondo Beach, CA  United States  90278
  • Publication Date: 1984-4

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  • Accession Number: 00391691
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 137
  • Files: HSL, USDOT
  • Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM