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Trends


AVERAGE COST OF ADDING LAP-SHOULDER SEAT BELTS ON NEW BUSES


(Based on 42 responses for purchases made over the past five years.)


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7,472 PER BUS


BUYING BEHAVIOR


A growing trend within the move toward implementing lap-shoulder seat belts on school buses is the positive effect the occupant restraints have on student behavior. This month, we gauge what readers with the job titles of transportation director, transportation supervisor and fleet manager told us they are doing and seeing regarding the three-point systems, as well as how much they are paying. Readers also weighed in on fuel budgets and school bus utilization.


FUEL FORECASTS 78%said they forecasted fuel


expenses for the current school year (Based on 332 responses.)


75%said they DID NOT exceed their fuel budget last school year


(Based on 259 responses.) $


The average amount school bus operators overspent on fuel during the 2017-2018 school year (Based on 45 responses.)


2,493 DRIVER OPINIONS ABOUT


LAP-SHOULDER BELTS (Based on responses from 69 operations nationwide that use the systems.)


Neutral = 42% ‘They Love Them’ =29%


Other = 16% (Mixed feelings, yet to be determined) ‘They Don’t Like Them’ = 13%


78% 75%


NEW PURCHASES VS. RETROFITS 87%


9% 4%


68%


SAID LAP-SHOULDER BELTS HAVE IMPROVED STUDENT BEHAVIOR


THREE-POINT, LAP-SHOULDER


SEAT BELTS IN SCHOOL BUSES (Based on 367 total responses as of 10/8/2018.)


14 School Transportation News • NOVEMBER 2018 75%


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