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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:05 AM Original message |
Remind me again as to why kids on school buses don't wear seatbelts? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. I remember hearing somewhere that it had to do with the possibility |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That's weird for me personally, because my son has been able to |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because school buses don't have seat belts |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I know that, but I was wondering why they don't. NT |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Probably the same reason |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. The reason is very simple and can be summed up in a single word |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Oh, hell, Walt, I'm such a halfwit |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Duh! |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. And to think that I used to have an anti-Bush website called |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Even Easier, Walt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. It's cheaper to pay out the occasional lawsuit for a dead kid |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. They aren't effective on busses |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Interesting |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Seats facing backwards? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Any Link To That Data? |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Actually, some school busses do have them |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. common sense says this is stupid |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The windows in busses pop out, there is an emergency door in back |
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icehenge (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 12:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. I've been in a school bus that hit a large pickup truck |
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paula777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. Here's what one site says about it .... |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. True, but is there a mention of the injuries? |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. greedy sob bastards. |
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paula777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. It is STUNNING how they put a price on a child ... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. You have to wonder |
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losdiablosgato (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. Newer models do have them |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
21. Seatbelts on Buses |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Several issues |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-05 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. My son's bus has seatbelts |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. I recall hearing something about the fear that children |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. Our kids do. It's required.n/t |
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