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[-] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 38 points 2 years ago

I mean, this is showing the school bus fatalities are insanely low (just 5 total in 37 years in AL) and we should instead use funding to make the more dangerous parts of student transportation safer. This seems like using data to make sure we are making informed choices that will actually increase safety for a larger number of kids instead of wasting resources.

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 years ago

That is precisely what it is.
It's literally a cost benefit analysis showing that while seatbelts make riders safer, they aren't thought to be the best way to make things as safe as possible.

It's not about fire safety.

[-] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago

Ok yeah that makes sense to me. Just when I heard it was because of a "cost benefit analysis " I think of some bigwigs saying "fuck them kids it's too expensive to keep them alive", vs the somewhat surprising reality here. Thanks for sharing.

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it's a shame that the phrase cost benefit analysis has gotten a bad reputation.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

In other words, divert funding from school bus seatbelts to Safe Routes to Schools.

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