Apparently many of the passengers in the bus that recently crashed on I-95 were hurled to the front of the bus by the sudden impact. This would not have happened had they been wearing seat belts.
There should be a federal law requiring seat belts on interstate/long distance buses, and also requiring passengers to wear them. This is the law in the United Kingdom. While this particular bus had seat belts, passengers should have been required to wear them.
Maybe this most recent bus accident, resulting in multiple lives lost, will be the clarion call needed for Congress to exercise common sense and require seat belts, and their usage, in interstate buses.
Joseph A. Suraci, Esq.
Middle Village
