While you might expect school buses to have similar safety features to cars, but most don't even have seatbelts. Why not, and ...

A citation for failure to stop for a school bus is now $340 and four demerit points. Student Transit Director of Safety Dave Myers preaches vigilance to parents and their children.

However, laws requiring seat belts on school buses are rare across the U.S. Texas is one of only eight states with any seat belt mandates, regardless of exemptions. Since 2011, ...

Still, only a handful of states — Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, and Texas — have laws calling for seat belts on school buses.