So it turns out that much of the conventional wisdom that soft high-backed seats in school buses offer children more protection than seatbelts is wrong. Worse still, that investigation also found federal officials have known, since at least 2010, that seatbelts would save lives and prevent injuries on school buses. “We’ve got 800,000-plus kids who ride school buses every day.”Article Continued BelowWhile private member’s bills rarely become law, one that boosts safety, and children’s safety at that, might normally be expected to receive all-party support. Indeed, the head of the Ontario Safety League, Brian Patterson, has said “safety is a non-partisan issue” and even government members see seatbelts in school buses as a necessary step. If so — and that leads them to support Wynne’s bill — it would be a nice change for the Ford government.

Source: thestar November 28, 2018 20:48 UTC