Is the strong school bus the key?

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By lisali444

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Is the strong school bus the key?


The frequent traffic accidents involving school buses have brought disasters to numerous innocent pupils as well as the originally happy families. Then, what can we do to ensure the safety of the school bus? Does the key lie in to replace the present school bus in run with the stronger ones?

However, statistics have indicated that the fact that school bus is not firm, and not crashworthy is not the main cause of children casualties in China traffic accidents. Each year over 18,500 children under the age of 14 died in traffic accidents, and an average of 50 children a day die from traffic accidents. To develop more severe and strict traffic laws and to enforce them effectively may be the keys to the present problem.

The following are some data found on the internet. Since 1990, 1450 people have been killed in the traffic accidents involving the school bus, among them 67% were passengers on other vehicles which had been involved with traffic accidents with the school bus; 25% of them were pedestrians or cyclists, and the remaining 9% were school bus passengers - that is to say, about 130 people who sat in the school bus, school bus accidents due to the death. Data also said that an average of about 27 school-age children each year died of school bus-related accidents, among them seven were school bus passengers; among the other 20 people, 14 people were killed by school bus, while 6 others by the vehicles involved in the school bus-related traffic accidents. Other cases available on the websites also show that students are more vulnerable to accidents when they are waiting for the bus or getting down the bus than when they are sitting in the bus. By the way, the data show that in China, nearly 10 million people each year die from traffic accidents, of which over 18,500 children under the age of 14 died in traffic accidents. The fact that the school bus is not strong may be a reason, but actually the mortality which is directly caused by the school bus accidents occupies a small proportion. There are other more important reasons. For example, China has a dense population and many people do not obey the traffic laws. Thinking about the problem twice, we may come to the conclusion that the weakness of the school bus is not the main reason. Surely, the stronger bus would be helpful for strengthening the security of the students. But honestly, that can not be very useful. If one does not obey the traffic laws, even a tank can secure the safety. With a tank, others may not hit the tank-user, but more people may be hit.



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