To: The Illinois State House, The Illinois State Senate, Governor J.B. Pritzker, The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Donald Trump
Seat Belts on All School Buses
Sign this petition to advocate for the installment of seat belts on all school buses. Too many children have been killed because of there being no restraints on the buses.
Why is this important?
Little Tyson was only 5 years old. He loved motorcycles and his favorite color was blue. Like many young children, he loved school, his family, and his bus driver. On September 27th, 2019 he was thrown through the windshield of his school bus on his way home. The bus struck a vehicle that pulled out too soon. He was not wearing a seat belt. He left behind his mother, father, and 4 siblings.
School bus rules require the smallest children to be placed in front of the bus to monitor them more closely. Ultimately what took his life was not being restrained in a seat belt. Some school buses have belts; most don't.
As a mother of a 5-year-old who rides to school on a bus, it has always bothered me that there are no restraints. Illinois and federal law require that children not only be in seat belts but proper car seats while transporting in any motor vehicle, but does not require school buses to have them. Some parents do not have another way to get their kids to school every day. We rely on the buses to safely transport our children there. So if the state and Congress will not find the funds to make our buses safe, they must not care as much about our children as they say they do. Please sign this petition to make it a LAW that ALL school buses have seatbelts installed.
School bus rules require the smallest children to be placed in front of the bus to monitor them more closely. Ultimately what took his life was not being restrained in a seat belt. Some school buses have belts; most don't.
As a mother of a 5-year-old who rides to school on a bus, it has always bothered me that there are no restraints. Illinois and federal law require that children not only be in seat belts but proper car seats while transporting in any motor vehicle, but does not require school buses to have them. Some parents do not have another way to get their kids to school every day. We rely on the buses to safely transport our children there. So if the state and Congress will not find the funds to make our buses safe, they must not care as much about our children as they say they do. Please sign this petition to make it a LAW that ALL school buses have seatbelts installed.