DEATH ZONES OR SEAT BELTS--WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT

This article calls attention to the disproportionate emphasis on the school bus seat belt safety issue to the neglect of the far more hazardous situation found in the loading and unloading zone. Too many children are being killed by vehicles passing a stopped school bus as well as by the school bus itself. This article calls for a tabling of the seat belt issue until the problem of the death zone of loading and unloading areas is dealt with adequately.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Bobit Publishing Company

  2500 Artesia Boulevard
  Redondo Beach, CA  United States  90278
• Authors:
  • BERNARD, R G
• Publication Date: 1984-8

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • School Bus Fleet
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0036-6501
  • Serial URL: http://schoolbusfleet.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; Hazards; Loading and unloading; Manual safety belts; School buses; School children; Traffic safety; Truck loading facilities
• Uncontrolled Terms: Child safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393890
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 710
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM