Virginia+Law+seatbelt+essay

This is probably one of my better assignments after my 9th grade year. I remember when I was writing this thinking how badly I wanted to show my teacher that I was really wasn't an intelligent person and writer. Although I was young, I still did very well pitting my own opinions into my essay and I definitely got my point across.

The idea of wearing seat belts on a bus sounds and chaotic at the same time. It sounds safe because technically, it’s supposed to be called a safety belt! They’ve been saving lives since before I was born. It also sounds chaotic because it has trapped many people who have been in car crashes, actually harming them and causing them to choke. Even if we were to put seat belts in buses, think of all the time and money it would take to have them all installed. That would put some schools in some major debt. I think the idea of having seat belts in buses sounds totally wrong.

Most people think that if they get in a crash while wearing a seat belt, they will be safe. But what most people don’t know is that wearing a seat belt can be hazardous! In some cases, it has even stopped some people from being able to get out of their car while they were in the middle of a crash. No one wants that to happen to them. So please DO NOT support the cause for putting seat belts on buses.

Fact: Throughout the entire United States, it is against the law to drive or even ride in a car without a seat belt. If this law is true, then why didn’t they also make it a law to wear a seat belt while riding a bus? Why did they just give the bus drivers a seat belt and not give one to all of the passengers? This happened because of inconsistent laws. The government probably didn’t think it was necessary to have seat belts in every seat of the bus because they probably didn’t even care about the other children and adults who ride the bus almost every single day! The government needs to make up their mind. Either keep the seat belts off, our waste thousands of thousands of dollars to install seat belts on every single bus in the country.

So all in all, I think that they should not put seat belts on buses because it would cost way too much money, it would waste too much time, and because it would cause a hazard to some people. So what do you think? Should the school systems put seat belts on buses or should they keep them off? You decide!