Adding Seat belts to Schoolbuses

Hello again, this is Forever23 and I am here to bring forth my premise which is that we should not implement belts in school buses. My ensuing roadmap will include repudiating my opponents 2nd assertion since I have already nullified his 1st one, then restating my 2 points and possibly introducing another assertion into the debate. They stated that there are many deaths on school buses due to the lack of belts. However, there are many more belts in cars, which do have belts. According to cdc.gov, Throughout the world, roads are shared by cars, buses, trucks, motorcycles, mopeds, pedestrians, animals, taxis and other categories of travelers. Travel made possible by motor vehicles supports economic and social development in many countries. Yet each year, these vehicles are involved in crashes that are responsible for millions of deaths and injuries. Consider the following: "1.24 million people were killed on roadways around the world in 2010 "Each day, an estimated 3,400 people are killed globally in road traffic crashes involving cars, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, or pedestrians. Half of those people killed in crashes, globally, are pedestrians, motorcyclists, and cyclists. "Road traffic injuries are estimated to be the eighth leading cause of death globally and the leading cause of death for young people aged 15""29. "Current trends show that by 2030, road traffic injuries will become the fifth leading cause of death globally. "Road traffic injuries place a huge economic burden on low- and middle-income countries and are estimated to cost more than 100 billion U.S. dollars per year. Now, to quickly repeat my 2 assertions, 1. My first assertion is that buses are much more safer than regular means of transportation. 2. My second assertion is that buses are bigger. My third and final assertion is that implementing seatbelts would be very expensive. The implementation of seatbelt in every single bus would be very expensive. With schools already struggling to maintain their budget, they can not afford this change. There is no feasible way for this change to happen. NHTS and University of Alabama concluded that installing seat belts would add anywhere from $8,000 to $15,000 to the cost of a new bus while having little to no impact on safety. Seat belts would also take up room that's now used for seats, meaning "fewer children can be accommodated on each row," according to the Alabama study. That could require school systems to increase their bus fleets by as much as 15 percent just to transport the same number of pupils, it suggested. Seat belts would have to be phased in over a decade at a minimum cost of $117 million per state. That cost could be prohibitive, "especially when the nation is dealing with an economic downturn," the study said. This is quite significant since with this change, the school budget would go down. Since the schools will need money for this change, they will also be required to spend less money on things such as textbooks and other learning utensils. That would be a DETRIMENT to your CHILDS LEARNING. We have 2 uncomparable things here. Seatbelts in buses or your childs education. It is safer for your child to be on a padded seat in a buses than it is for your child to be in your car which you and him use practically everyday. However, with the belts we have education at risk. And I am sure that you value your childs educations above all. Thank you, please vote opp.