The importance of the safety belt in buses and coaches! Peter Lawrence, Ed.D. Fairport Central School District Fairport, New York – U.S.A. The importance of the safety belt in buses and coaches! This presentation demonstrates the new capabilities of PowerPoint and it is best viewed in Slide Show. These slides are designed to give you great ideas for the presentations you’ll create in PowerPoint 2010! For more sample templates, click the File tab, and then on the New tab, click Sample Templates.

1 2 3 Today’s Topics… Facts Safety Industry Image The need for safety belts in buses and coaches

Facts About Safety Belts 1 Facts 1 Facts About Safety Belts Use of safety belts in buses saves lives and reduces injuries!

Facts Annual Fatalities in the U.S. Average 21 occupant fatalities Expected Benefits of Safety Belts Reduce fatalities by up to 44% Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Facts 5 Fatalities – 12 Injuries 5 killed

Facts Annually, 7,934 occupants injured Expected Benefits of Safety Belts Reduce moderate to severe injuries by up to 45% Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Facts

Increase Your Operation’s Safety! 2 Safety 2 Increase Your Operation’s Safety! Accidents happen - Safety belts save lives!

A different accident in China: Bus backs and is hit by a semi-truck forcing bus onto its side Zhejiang province

a tour coach from Zhejiang province Wenzhou city reversed in the middle of the road, causing a rear-end collision with a semi-trailer where it rolled over on its side. According to preliminary information, the semi-trailer truck had one death and one injured, while multiple people on the tour coach were injured and have already been taken to the hospital. The scene was exceptionally horrific. Both the semi-trailer and the coach bus overturned on their sides in the middle of the highway, among which, the semi-trailer driver died at the scene and over 10 passengers on the tour coach were tossed out, splayed across the road.”

Importance of having padded seatback, not hard plastic Importance of having padded seatback, not hard plastic. Also having passengers and tour guides seated while the bus is in motion is important. They can fly backwards into passengers in their seats.

Notice the deflection of the head rest on seatback on the bottom left or red line.

A different camera angle

51 Passengers – 1 Dead – 20 Injured Driver when backing A bus carrying 51 passengers flipped onto its side on a highway in central China's Hubei Province on Saturday, killing one and injuring more than 20 people. 51 Passengers – 1 Dead – 20 Injured

Driver when truck hits bus A bus carrying 51 passengers flipped onto its side on a highway in central China's Hubei Province on Saturday, killing one and injuring more than 20 people. 51 Passengers – 1 Dead – 20 Injured

Driver going into windshield A bus carrying 51 passengers flipped onto its side on a highway in central China's Hubei Province on Saturday, killing one and injuring more than 20 people. 51 Passengers – 1 Dead – 20 Injured

Driver going out side window – no safety belt! A bus carrying 51 passengers flipped onto its side on a highway in central China's Hubei Province on Saturday, killing one and injuring more than 20 people. 51 Passengers – 1 Dead – 20 Injured

3 Industry Image 3 Improve Your Image Safety belts convey that you care about your passengers and can reduce liability!

Three-point safety belts are ideal! If all you can afford is two-point lap belts, they are better than no safety belts. Three-point safety belts are ideal!

1 2 3 Review Facts Safety Industry Image The need for safety belts in buses and coaches

? Questions? Thank you for promoting safety in our industry!

Thank you! Contact me: Peter Lawrence, Ed.D. plawrence@fairport.org