Warnings from Queensland's leading police traffic accident investigator I
have heard comments to the effect that to be injured in a bus is so many
times less than a car or a motorcycle. I have heard comments that there
has yet to be sufficient justification for the fitment of seat belts. I
have heard comments that it would be too expensive to fit seat belts. I
have heard numerous other comments as to why seat belts should not be
fitted or only a limited number of seat belts provided. In
answer to these comments I can only say that had these persons seen what
I, and those who took part in the rescue operation, had seen that day,
there would be little doubt left as to the need for seat belts for all
those who travel on buses. This does not refer to those buses of the
future but to all buses now operating on our roads." -
Senior
Seargant Ruler - Senior
Traffic Accident Investigator (Qld Police), investigator of the Tamborine
Mountain Bus Crash, Queensland - 42 injured, 11 dead. Click HERE to see an animated bus roll-over Below, school bus accident Jimboomba, Qld. (2000) |
“The practice of transporting bus passengers standing in the aisle is dangerous and should not be permitted, especially for school bus passengers . . . . . . . . . . . from The Unversity of California, USA - school bus crash testing research - study by Severy, Brink & Baird, 1967 Seatbelts on School Buses Now! Typical scene on a Queensland schoolbus - click on the picture to see what YOUR State Member has to say . . . . . What some members have already said:- "The Beattie government is also trying to con parents into believing that it is implementing the Task Force's recommendations, but the real test is the allocation of the money . . . . . . . .Based on current funding allocations it will take 200 years to upgrade the school bus fleet. I am guessing that by then we will not even have buses." Mike Horan, Qld. MP (Nat) - 20th June 2002 & "Those of us who live in the southern suburbs of Cairns would clearly have imprinted in their minds the horrific school bus crash that occurred on the Gillies Highway in 1987. It is becoming apparent that the potential for a repeat of the tragedy is increasing, as we on a regular basis receive news reports of accidents involving buses carrying schoolchildren." Warren Pitt Qld MP (ALP) - 29th May 2001 WARNINGS from Australia's leading expert in coach and bus safety:- |
Warnings from Queensland Doctors Warnings from Queensland Lawyers Yet MORE Chilling Quotes & Pics COMMENTS from ordinary Queenslanders Qld. Gov. supports seatbelts - for YOU not THEM Labour Party Policy (Qld) about seatbelts on school buses & questions from a mum |
Below left, school bus accident South Australia (2001). Below right, school bus accident Rockhampton, Qld. (2001) Click on the pictures to read the story of each crash (opens in new windows) WARNINGS from New South Wales's leading road safety expert:- Quote - “It is a chilling and horrible thought that on Australian roads today there are buses operating in the carriage of dozens of passengers – even with more than 100 passengers — who are unrestrained. That many of those buses are school buses, filled with children under the ‘3-for2’ seating rules without seatbelts, and with a proportion standing in the aisles and not even able to benefit from the limited safety of a seated position, is from any objective perspective a national disgrace.” Ian Faulks Chairman of the New South Wales Government's "Stay Safe" travel safety committee & leading road safety expert.
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"The bus
you describe loaded with 103 children and 40 standees together with school
bags, no seatbelts, low backed seats with no energy absorption in an
impact with another vehicle of equal or greater mass would, in my opinion,
give rise to an accident greater than the Grafton disaster. In a
roll over that might occur there is great potential for an equally
disastrous event. I would forecast a 40% to 50% death rate and over
90% injury rate for the remaining children." Emeritus Professor Peter Joubert
Chairman of the inquiry into the Grafton & Kempsey
bus disasters of 1989. Quote from Prof. Joubert's letter to Mrs. Kim
Bax, August 2000. Full text HERE
WARNINGS from Queensland Police (click on the article to read it)
WARNINGS from Queensland's top safety expert QUOTE:-
“Students,
clinging to bars and straps could not survive an accident in which, for
example, a bus hits a bridge pylon. |
Co-alition Party Policy (Qld) about seatbelts on school buses. Kay Elson, Federal Member for Forde (Lib), supports seatbelts on school buses Warren Pitt, State Member for Mulgrave (ALP), supports seatbelts on school buses Election results by individual electorate (Qld) - Feb.'04 Maybe Queenland should get its next Transport Minister From Ireland . . . . ABC on-line, lawyers predict Gov. will ignore Qld. Bus Safety Task Force recommendations Sites that have provided a link to this one
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