Plea for use of school bus seatbelts

PARENTS have been asked to warn their children of the importance of travelling safely after it emerged three out of four post-primary students are not wearing seatbelts on school buses.

Plea for use of school bus seatbelts

Junior Education Minister Sean Haughey said a recent survey showed that 75% of the students were not wearing seatbelts while travelling.

He described the statistics revealed in the compliance survey carried out by Bus Éireann inspectors as shocking. “I am very disappointed that teenagers are disregarding their own safety and the safety of their fellow passengers,” he said

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