The Aspen School District removed all of the seat belts from its largest school buses during the past month and a half because of safety concerns, officials said. “Lap belts can be more damaging to ...

Think about the seat belts in your car. Most of them go over your shoulder and across your lap. But in millions of cars in the U.S., the middle back seat only has a lap belt. Safety experts say that ...

Federal investigators issued new safety recommendations for limousines seeking to improve dangerous seating issues connected to the Schoharie County limo crash that killed 20 people last year. The new ...

Last week, 19 middle school students in suburban Howard County, Md., boarded a bus heading for home as they do every school day. Minutes into the ride the bus began shaking, then veered toward the ...

Q: Michael Ward of San Bernardino recently bought a 1970 Camaro. When the car was new, he said, it was equipped with lap seat belts, no shoulder harness seat belts. Ward asked if the Camaro is “still ...

The proposed rule would require them for each passenger seat and the driver's seat on passenger buses and large school buses. Comments are due by Oct. 18 on the rule, which would not require ...

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Three-point seat belts are effective at reducing fatalities for center rear seat passengers in cars and light trucks, a study shows. The benefit is more dramatic in passenger cars than in light trucks ...

Study reveals that lap-and-shoulder seat belts perform as well as child safety seats in preventing serious injury. For young children, all states currently require the use of child safety seats, and ...