Tennessee & Mississippi Personal Injuries: Bus Crash Safety Risks
Sunday, a Grand Casino bus crashed near Tunica when it was involved in a collision with a private car.Yesterday, a Munford school bus was involved in a rearend collision. In the last five years, I have been involved in several bus cases that required the services of a Memphis trial lawyer. These cases involved serious injuries and deaths. Some of the losses were horrible. These matters have caused me to investigate bus safety in both Tennessee and the United States, as a whole.
In a recent eurpopean bus crash safety study a careful analysis was made of not only seat belt use but also seat placement issues and their impact on rider safety. Use of a 3-point belt system was recommended to prevent the contact between passenger head and seat back in front in most cases. The use of a 2-point belt system produces a higher neck extension risk for a frontal impact than a 3-point belt. Attention must be paid to the correct restraining of children.
Effective in April of 2009, new government regulations on seatbelts in buses will come into effect. These new rules will require torso belts which were one of the types examined in the european study. The hope is that when the 2011 deadline for implementing these requirements for all newly manufactured buses come to pass that injuries from bus related crashed will decline. Special emphasis is required to protect our children when they have been placed into the care of our school systems as the following video demonstrates:
