That's Why Buses Don't Have Seatbelts
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- Fastening your seatbelt while in a car is something you learn even without knowing the rest of the road traffic regulations. But have you ever wondered why buses don’t have seatbelts at all? It seems only natural that a vehicle that carries so much more people than a car should have seatbelts, but buses have none - not even school buses. And how can they be safer than cars then?
Speaking about safety, have you ever thought why buses stop and open their doors at railroad tracks? It’s actually a must for any vehicle to stop at a designated point before railroad tracks and check if there’s a train coming. For a bus driver, it’s also important to open the doors. But why? Well, let’s find out the answers to these questions and more!
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TIMESTAMPS:
Why don’t buses have seatbelts? 0:21
Why are there dedicated bus lanes? 1:08
Why won’t buses stop and open the doors when someone’s late? 1:45
Why is there a “do not speak to the driver” sign? 2:15
How do bus doors open and close when the driver isn’t inside? 2:54
Why are buses considered safer than cars? 3:31
Why do buses stop and open their doors at railroad tracks? 4:29
Why are bus depots often located in rough neighborhoods? 5:00
How do displays in buses know when to show the next stop? 5:40
How do you see through a bus window from inside when there’s an ad on the outside? 6:24
Why are bus steering wheels almost parallel to the ground? 7:26
Why don’t buses have a more aerodynamic shape? 8:11
#buses #safety #brightside
SUMMARY:
- In case of emergency, passengers need to get off a bus as fast as possible. With seatbelts on, they’ll waste precious time on unbuckling them.
- Like any other public transport, buses have a schedule to meet, and in big cities, traffic jams aren’t rare. So to reduce delays caused by heavy traffic, dedicated bus lanes were introduced.
- When a bus has already closed its doors and moved a few feet away from the stop, halting it again creates difficulties for the rest of the vehicles on the road.
- There’s a mechanism that opens and closes the driver’s door from the outside. The button that activates it is usually hidden and located under the door.
- Buses are heavy, and it takes a really serious impact to stop them in their tracks. They’re also long, so even if a bus crashes into a brick wall, passengers will fall, but no one will probably get seriously hurt.
- Public transport depots need a lot of land, and land in big cities is costly. So when a transport company buys a turf to park its vehicles, it normally chooses a piece of land that’s relatively cheap.
- When a bus approaches its next stop, the GPS sends a signal to the display, and it changes the name of the stop.
- The steering wheel is connected directly to the wheels of the vehicle with a rod. In a car, the front wheels are further ahead of the driver, so the rod goes smoothly back and up to the steering wheel.
- Aerodynamics allows vehicles to move faster with less opposing force of the air. It’s fine with transport that’s made to be fast, but buses aren’t about speed; they’re more about safety.
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Do you always put a seat belt while you're in a car?
Yes I am an u
No I am guilty
Yes I do always
BRIGHT SIDE Yes, otherwise it feels really weird.
Yes i do it's very important!
“Buses aren’t about speed”
School bus drivers: ITS ABOUT DRIVE ITS ABOUT POWER
We stay hungry we devour put in the work put in the hours it takes what's hours
😂 😂 😂
It's because of people like you I always visit the comment section.. wish I could make a voice comment 😹😹😹
@@ashlynangely1966 like its a born in my games so whats my _))***^%# name?
ITS ABOUT DRIVE ITS ABOUT POWER ITS ABOUT FUEL WE DEVOUR
1980: I bet that animations in the future will be way better!
2019: *a talking lightbulb explain things about busses*
yeah... the magic schoolbus had better animations... lol ;D
I dont think anyone ever asked themselfs if animations will be better in the future
LOL 😂
😂🤣😅
Yea
"They won't get hurt to much"
*Crashes people go flying out of there seats and onto the floor*
That reminded me of the Roblox "OOF"noise.
Very rarely do you hear of passengers dying or seriously injured in a city transit bus crash. City transit buses stop every other block so they travel maybe 25 mph on average. That's why they are safe.
Wrong form of their.
Well the one problem is if they roll over kids are going flying I’ve seen test dummies put in them and kids go flying (the dummies) and supposedly the seats are padded they are but I’ve hit my head on one when he slammed on the breaks and it hurt if that hurt how is it going to be rolling in a ditch? It’s not going to be fun it will hurt im telling you
@@companionsytalt6329 literally NO ONE cares
As a bus driver, I appreciate this video and wish more people understood these basics. Thanks Brightside
😀
But u look like airbus driver
@@aravindbhat9544 jiii
Based, as a cyclist I appreciate busses being carefully driven compared to modt things on roads, I try to be careful and make the job easier for bus dribers and let bussed pass all the time as they havr ma'y people in them...
LOL!! As soon as he said, "The wheels on the bus", I sang "go round and round"
Same
Caili's Critters I
Caili's Critters when did that happen in the video at the time of 10 point 1
@@poungpram7961 I don't remember exactly where, but it was towards the end.
Edit: It starts around 8:50
Caili's Critters same
The new thing i learnt was: The wheels on the bus go round
Nice
The word you were looking for is learned not learnt, and there you go you learnt something else lol
Exactly
Wow
Lol
Bright side I live in Jamaica and the thing you said about buses driving slowly is rare down here
In Spain they DO have seat belts, and it's mandatory to use them. You can be fined if you don't, and you'll probably have trouble getting paid by the insurance company if you are unlucky enough for the bus to have an accident while you're not wearing your seat belt.
Same thing here in Norway, except that the seatbelt fine is very rarely enforced because nobody really cares, even when a security guard on random ticket-inspection checks you.
@@SleepySloth2705 and uk
that is the reason i live in philippines freedom
"The driver's job is to go slowly and safely."
I think they might have a slightly different take in Latin America...
And in britain 😂
Sameiro Lourenço yEeesss 🤣
im from london😂
And in Copenhagen Denmark.🤣
And in Belgium😂
Here in Australia, long distance buses DO have seatbelts and you are required by law to wear them, unless you have to leave your seat for some reason.
in belgium too
And in northern Ireland
Litaraly
Here idk how about law, but most buses do have them here (Czechia, Europe)
Yeah, but they mainly have them on the school buses
I learnt so many things from this video. All the objects mentioned wasn't even noticed by me. Thanks Sir.
I've always been wondering about this!
"Buses aren't about speed..." Someone should tell these drivers that while they are going speeding in a 40 mph zone.
I think they should put seatbelts in buses.
69 likes. Should I ruin it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
What is wrong with you Mood.. o-o
Many busses have speed governors, which limit maximum speed.
Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock keeps the bus moving over 50mph
Here in Sweden all the busses have seat belts but nobody uses them
Neo Gustavsson alla bussar har inte alls bälte?
Och kanske inte alla men dom flesta
hej!! i dont remember how to spell some words in Swedish but i know some! (i can sort of read it too)
Same in Denmark
Du har helt rätt, de så kallade ”orten nobsen” säger att bälte är onödigt.
in the U.K. the buses have big buttons on the side of buses beside the doors that open and close doors that are supposed to be used in emergency's only but bus drivers use them to get in and out and there are also some on the ceiling on the inside for the same purpose. Also over here some bus companies have small buses/minibuses for not very busy routes and they have seatbelts on but thats really it. BTW great video as always.
Some bus networks in Canada have transitways, special roads that are only for buses. Ottawa used to have a transitway before a new O Train line was built, and Winnipeg has one too
I've seen many buses around the world with seatbelts. And when I use to ride school buses when I was younger, they all had seatbelts.
I agree with you
School buses nowadays all seem to have seatbelts. But when I was a kid, none of them did. The school buses had signs on the side that would say things like "Seats 60, Stands 10" meaning that they designed their school bus routes with the idea that 60 kids would get seats and 10 would have to stand. So what's the point of having seat belts when not every kid is even going to get a seat?
I also thought not having seat belts was mainly monetary and safety.
1) including seat belts cost more in materials, labor installation, and upkeep. So don't include them and save on those variable costs
2) people are all sorts of different sizes. During school, 3 elementary kids could squeeze into one seat in desperation, but 2 was common and could hold backpacks and such. By high school, two were very crowded and you would need to put your stuff on the floor if you wanted seat room. Worse if you had 'chubby' people sitting beside you. So the belts would have to fit over small children and almost grown teenagers and adults. Make it for both won't be too bad, but if belts have to be designated for one group, then that limits the usage utility for other groups.
Seat belts would end up setting a set space for someone, like an airplane set. And similar to that, you'll have people rolling onto the other's space and you can't move that much to adjust.
Plus, you have a heavy buckle or long strap that can be used against someone. The straps could get stuck and locked like in a regular car, so someone could be too tightly strapped in. You would also have to adjust for those different sizes, creating a lot of wear and tear on the material.
Honestly, don't talk about something you know nothing about.
Just because you write a long comment doesn't mean you're smart. If you are that scared of it don't wear it. Seriously, don't speak for us.
as a fellow bus rider of 7years, this video made me extremely happy
I did learn something new today I didn't realize that that wheels go round and round that is so cool!
You corny dad humor makes me smile😂
Me too
so basically “they dont care about you just money”
Welcome to the world buddy
Yes.
How is that man still alive when he got hit BY A CAR THEN CRASHED THE BUS
@@BestJelq lol
I like your channel a lot
I actually have been wondering why buses dont have seatbelt. Thanks brightside. I learned a lot
*"even if the bus does not jump I will surely jump"*
。・°°・(＞_＜)・°°・。
Danush Kumar is that now a joke huh
The British buses in the 1950s and '60s did not have power steering, meaning one had to rock the bus back and forth in order the turn the wheels. The destination blinds were also adjusted by a hand crank. I volunteer in a bus museum.
That was still going when I was catching buses to school in the '80's.
Bench seats too. Upholstered but still benches.
The dedicated bus lanes and Bicycle lanes being rare while many more Countries have the dedicated lanes because they recognize the issue and have a lot more
This is my favorite BRIGHT SIDE Video
TIMESTAMPS:
Why don’t buses have seatbelts? 0:21
Why are there dedicated bus lanes? 1:08
Why won’t buses stop and open the doors when someone’s late? 1:45
Why is there a “do not speak to the driver” sign? 2:15
How do bus doors open and close when the driver isn’t inside? 2:54
Why are buses considered safer than cars? 3:31
Why do buses stop and open their doors at railroad tracks? 4:29
Why are bus depots often located in rough neighborhoods? 5:00
How do displays in buses know when to show the next stop? 5:40
How do you see through a bus window from inside when there’s an ad on the outside? 6:24
Why are bus steering wheels almost parallel to the ground? 7:26
Why don’t buses have a more aerodynamic shape? 8:11
FIRST REPLY.
You are great BRIGHT SIDE
My school bus has seatbelts
8:48 Wheels on the bus.
Thanks
Some of the newer school buses do have seat belts. The only times I rode on a school bus with seatbelts was when I took my first or second graders on a field trip. There are two seat belts on each seat, but this presented a problem because we had our students sit three to a seat because they were small enough to fit and that way we didn’t have to use so many buses. I didn’t want two students buckled into one seatbelt. That didn’t seem safe to me. So I just told them to sit properly so that the padding of the seats would protect them and not to use the seat belts.
wait how do newer buses have seats really
Were you a teacher that time or a bus driver??
@@kenaanaidarus3345 - Yeah, the newer school buses have seatbelts 2 in every seat
@@shreeyasfunclub5700 - I was a teacher
Thank you bright side
i watch these with my mum!!
we love theseee!! 😭😭😭✨✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️❤️
In Korea they DO have seatbelts and the busdriver insists on every passenger fastening it. (Intercity ..) SOUTH Korea, obviously .. 🙄
whoa north korea is so developed
Kishan Anuraag let me remove my bangs so i can read that again; north korea? 😭
first time I saw a south korean comment on a video. on my bus, they have seatbelts. I'm in the US State of Oklahoma to be honest.
Lemme guess, its made of Kim jong UN's hair!!!
@@imshatman7673 crazy comment to say the least. He's the leader of a totally different country. And if it was a 'joke' it was a waste of words.
My school bus has seat belts and I’m in USA
Matthew Wiedner same, but the fifth graders don’t have to
Private schools be like
I live in nj. Its required.
Thank u
Same but only in elementary and nobody fit in them
I am a bus driver and this is one of your best videos.
On the train tracks one, there are level crossings all around every tracks
Right, some background here:
I’m in the UK. I am a bus driver. I have a lot of knowledge and experience with busses.
Bus lanes are everywhere in the UK, to the point where sometimes I drive in them in my car, I get about 10 tickets/fines for this a year. Because I’m so used to driving in them all the time for a living.
To clear up comments, some busses do, and some busses do not have seatbelts. Depends on how old the bus is, on that country’s laws, on the bus company’s policies, and most importantly the bus type and manufacturer. The old Volvo busses never have seatbelts, but the newer wrightbus busses usually do.
And the type of bus, city busses are constantly stopping, people getting on and off just waste time on seatbelts. However coaches are designed for longer journeys, and higher speeds, so they usually do have seatbelts.
In the uk, if a bus has seatbelts, it is required by law to wear them.
If you have any questions about busses and things they do, please reply and I’ll try help, clear up a lot of confusion about busses.
Do you have to have a special license to drive a bus in the UK?
@@jaylaphillips7302 yes, you'll need a cat D PCV license and a CPC certificate to drive a full size bus but a full car licence can be used to drive certain minibuses depending on how many seats they have (if I understand it right).
Facts: Some buses DO have seatbelts
fact is true, my bus has seatbelts (but we don't wear them)
FPV: From Pierz's View Coaches have seatbelts.
oh geah
Some
My pre k one did
Him: why buses don’t have seatbelts
Other countries: haha
I love the last one " the wheels on the bus go round and round😄" 💀haha i love this!
8:11 Some of the bus drivers in Grenada be driving as if they are in need for speed
Is it just me or am I the only one when I’ve seen a bus it has seatbelts
Edit: omg this is the most likes I’ve ever had tysm!
Thats school bus
I too have seen many bus with seat belts,..public bus
@@parbinsultana2769 oh my country no seat belt but safe
No. It's not you. It's also me.
Any special-ed bus that I ride has seatbelts.
In the UK lots of recently manufactured buses have seatbelts although there is no compulsion to use them.
In the uk 4:46 we they're called level crossings, at a level crossing barriers come down with a continuous bell sounding alarm with flashing signal lights to let you know a train is coming, this can take several minutes before the alarm stops & the barriers lift up. This is to stop people running the risk of being on the tracks when the train is fast approaching but it still doesn't stop impatient people from trying to beat the barriers before coming down or jumping over them - most cases people narrowly avoid getting hit by an oncoming train but a few people have died because they were just too impatient
Of course I love your videos
Buses don’t have seatbelts but coaches do (in England)
@anthony4126 kurian the double deckers don’t have seatbelts
@anthony4126 kurian buses don’t have seatbelts. coaches do, buses are just meant for short quick journeys. coaches are for travelling from say england to france.
I love youre idea
U can sometimes see the add from the inside of the bus. But it depends on the light inside and out i think. But I know i have read the sold and seen the realtor on the ad from inside the bus as an example.
Always wondered this, especially once when my bus driver mentioned he was the only one buckled up. I was thinking, very weird
I remember when my friends were talking to the school bus driver and he forgot to stop when he was talking to them 😂😂😂 lucky it wasn’t my stop
Lol
You had luck, or you would have to sleep in the school bus all night😂😂 and then you wouldn't be late for school😂😂 and your teacher would be happy then next day you would sleep and wake up late then you hurriedly will go to school and your teacher would be fuming with rage😂😂 and then you would get a nice and pretty beating 😂😂 [ VERY VERY SORRY FOR MAKING FUN OF YOU😳😳]
Very nice one bright side 💡
bright I love ur vids
Busses in the Scotland have seatbelts but no one uses them 🤷🏼♀️
It’sme Yourlonglostfriend because they don't need it
It’sme Yourlonglostfriend I am a bus driver in Scotland! Not all busses have seatbelts, it depends on the manufacture, company policy’s, and type of bus. Regular Volvo city busses usually never have seatbelts, not even the drivers seat. However some busses for longer journeys, or coach style duty busses, such as wrightbus streetlights, tend to have them for faster roads.
Aidan Millar the busses that are where I live have them there company it (west coast mortars) I live in a small place so idk but when I go to Edinburgh the busses there don’t have set belts 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
Same with Croatia
Some Optare Solos have passenger seatbelts, but are still plated for standing. Makes no sense.
OR " Everything you never knew you wanted to know" about busses.🤣🤣🤣
Buses when they are on the bus lane: I am speed
Since there's no seatbelts the song goes like this: kIdS oN tHe bUs gOeS rOuNd aND rOuNd
"On the road, there are not many other members of the traffic that weigh more than a public bus".
.
Container Truck: Hold my wheels!
"The wheels on the bus go round and round"
I saw it coming!
Me too.. haha
lol same
Me to
I didn't
@@-aaa-1232 WDUM????????
That was so a bad reference back when you are in kindergarten,I laughed so hard!!!!
What program are you using to make your videos pictures and movements ?
If buses in Australia had seatbelts, no one would use them. Buses are also quite safe since the drivers are all experienced and responsible
Some people don't wear bike helmets. I guess we should stop making those too?
bright side bus are safe
me : okay pack my BMW and go for bus ..
I like your videos
There are some buses that do have seatbelts, but public ones don’t, it’s the same with trains which makes sense
Actually buses that travel on motorways are equipped with seat belts.
Coaches*
Wrong.
School busses and public transport busses dont
Wrong I been on buses on motorways in Wales and only coaches have the seatbelt
There are seat belts for wheelchairs
My bus has seatbelts but we dont use them. The other day i asked my dad “ why do we not have to use seatbelts on the bus but not in the car?” You answered my question
Nice 👍🏻
Title: That's why buses don't have seatbelts
The bus i took to mandalay at december 30 2021: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?
I learned something: the wheels on the bus go round and round x3 the wheels on the bus go round and round all through the town.
The real reason:
We love to see the rotund children (no offense) tumble around as the other scrawny kids try to dodge but fail terribly, or just kids go flying every speedbumb
"I don't know what the weels doo"
"They go ROUND and ROUND!"
I like that you put a light bulb as you in the video
8:38 you are wrong here in Punjab (a state of india) buses move even faster than cars even faster means a lot faster!!!!!!
my country has bus seatbelts
Liked the ending there
So finally my question is answered!
Why is it the bus drivers "floor it" while your not even seated yet.
@@pythonprotogen840 your not the bus driver,are you?
First, Standing is allowed on buses second, you should be holding onto a handrail.... Also buses have a schedule to keep.
Maybe it's because he's late
The simple answer is that they don't need them. In a cost/benefit analysis, the cost of adding seat belts to school buses outweighs any potential benefits, according to NHTSA studies. Modern school buses are large and heavy, and their passengers sit high off the ground. This means they are remarkably safe.
Lol no. Especially with how packed some school buses r. If on the edge 1 small bump and ur on the floor if ur not holding on. If ur hauling kids there should be seatbelts. If something that large gets into a bad accident its not gonna be pretty.
Until they crash with the people's kids inside
Rollover accident is the scariest accident for bus passanger. They easly thrown out of the cabin *IF THEY DON'T USE SEATBELTS*
Where I live in Perth western Australia drivers don't open their doors when they get to the train tracks
Germany:*Allow us to introduce ourselfes*
Seems like this is the guy talking opinion only. If a bus gets into an accident. There's a lot of people getting hurt badly.
Jup, seems very uninformed, definitely didn't do any research.
Yeah I can't see why a fast moving Bus and suddenly crashing won't hurt anyone, I travel by Buses almost daily, there are some inexperienced drivers who often make hard stops and that's already uncomfortable, I have experienced little harder stops when something gets in front of a Bus, and all the passengers moved forward really hard and panicked, those who stand would almost fall or crash into seats, and that's not even a crash, I can't imagine what would happen if the Bus gets crashed at high speed, people would fly, those sitting facing each other would crash into each other, those would freespace in front of them would fly out of their seats.
I was thinking about this in school today in the bus
I was once in a bus crash. Nothing serious but we were on the highway and some car pulled right in front of us. The only damage was the license plate on the bus. and the car had a big dent in the back. No one was hurt because our driver slammed on the breaks. But we really felt the force when we skidded to a halt. I looked this up because of that
some buses here in Serbia where I live have seatbelts but like the ones in the Blaine not like the ones in the car for some reason
That talking lightbulb is surprisingly scary.
Have you ever watch those Kmart commercials?
When I was a kid, I made those things on paper. Lol talking light bulbs.
I was literally thinking about this, I was like I’m never sitting at the front
I always at the front because I can b near the door
Aishling Wall 98 sometimes it isn't safe
I don't sit in front either
Depends which country your in, some do some don't
In the uk you are allowed to speak to the driver especially about information about the journey or the bus fare, there's no sign not to talk to the driver
Buses do have seatbelts
*we just don't wear them*
OMG you embarrassed 😱 the channel 👌
Lol
@Braiden Dominguez lit depends where you live
Exactly dude. Ironically im in a bus and im the only one not using one
t r u
I live in the UK and when we have a school trip we go on special buses with seatbelts
‘Special buses’ they’re called coaches
@@iHeartBratayley no special buses for special people 😁
XIAO ooohh those ones 😭 I genuinely thought she was talking about coaches 😭😭
Wow you just literally just sung a nursery rhyme song at the end of the vid LOL and I learned a lot 😂
3:08
oh! remember it now!
This was in my school bus since i was a kid!
Cool info..thnx for educating us on everything...really....got to know a lot of things coz of u...thnx for the bright side of life guys keep dng more informative videos
Exactly...
I know right...
In all my 17 years in Spokane, there has NEVER been a traffic jam.
Hard to believe but ok
thanks to google, i just learnt that your city has a high crime rate
We'll just wait for the 18th year lol
Spokane is sad by 2020 the will receive $13,50
Some busses don’t close the door and some don’t even have doors but some have doors but it’s manual
The busses in my country have them. But. Only the old busses and old busses are common here in Malaysia
My school bus has seatbelts but no 1 uses it but we have to 😂😂😂😂
In some countries there are seatbelts in buses. And mandatory to use them.
Wow I never even wondered about this stuff
nigeria: no seatbelt
america: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh where is the seatbelts