Houston Bus Accident Attorney discusses the lack of seat belts on most buses.

Many buses do not have seat belts for the passengers because that is how the bus manufacturing companies decided to build their buses. It's as simple as that.

However, many states are starting to require some or all buses to be equipped with seat belts -- particularly school buses that carry children.

If a bus passenger suffers injuries in a bus accident because of the lack of a seat belt, they may have a legal claim against the bus manufacturer. For example, if a bus is involved in a rollover accident, and a passenger is thrown about and suffers a paralysis injury because they were not belted, they can bring a legal claim against the company that built the bus. The passenger would have to prove that if they were wearing a seat belt, they would not have become paralyzed. This kind of case is called a "products liability" case. It genearlly takes a lot of different types of experts to win these kinds of cases.

If you have any questions about bus seat belt issues, please contact us and our Houston Bus Accident Lawyers will help you.