School Bus Safety
Fact Sheet

Unrestrained passengers get injured in crashes because they are "loose in the box."

Compartmentalization maims and severely injures passengers without killing them.

Compartmentalization is a safety fraud by the bus industry, which bases its claim on few riders killed while ignoring huge numbers of riders unnecessarily injured.

The real purpose for compartmentalization is to increase profits for bus operators by cramming more passengers into smaller spaces at the expense of reduced safety.

Compartmentalization reduces, rather than increases, safety in a front-impact crash because passengers sit twisted in their seats to compensate for the loss of room.

Compartmentalization reduces safety in side-impact and roll-over crashes because passengers fly through the air until they slam hard into something or someone.

Lap/shoulder belts are necessary to provide adequate passenger safety.

Insurance discounts would offset the cost of putting lap/shoulder belts on busses.

What You Can Do to Help

Become an associate of Rob Sherman Advocacy to become part of a coordinated, multi-faceted effort to get lap/shoulder belts on all transit, especially school busses.

Become a financial supporter of Rob Sherman Advocacy to help cover cost of effort.