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There was once a fire drill on the bus to test if seatbelts can help with their safety. Instead of getting right up and jumping out of the bus, each student had to unbuckle their seatbelts and worried about not getting the seatbelts stuck on their leg or on their book bag. It took the students twice as long to get out of the bus than not wearing seatbelts. Seatbelts are helpful in personal vehicles, but not on busses or other commercial vehicles.

I think there will not be a need for seatbelts on school buses. Usually, school bus drivers are trained and are not as careless as us, teenage, drivers. You will hear out teenagers getting hurt or even killed by not wearing a seatbelt, but rarely about a student on a school bus. Bus drivers are cautious of what they’re doing.

Seatbelts can also cause a safety problem. There are too many people on the bus to install seatbelts. Sometimes students even have to sit three to a seat. With the seatbelts, students would have to take a longer time to get out of the bus when an emergency come. For example, the fires drill test.

The cost of installing seatbelts on all the school buses would be a very expensive and complicated job. They would have to either replace all the seats with a new design that have seatbelts. Or, they would have to cut all the seats and install them in, and then sow them back up. Our parents, the tax payers, wouldn’t want to spend their money to something we don’t need. And out city budget will be cut a lot if the city decides to put seatbelts on school buses.

Personally, I think seatbelts can be helpful, but not on school buses. It would take longer for the students to exit the school bus if a real emergency occur. It already takes a long time with all the people on there. School bus drivers are trained professionals so we don’t have to worry about them driving carelessly. Lastly, the cost of the installation of seatbelts would be mind-blowing. Seatbelts can save lives, they can also take them.

This is my 1st piece of writing this year. I didn't have as much knowledge as i do now. This is the immature tree.