NATIONAL COALITION OF SCHOOL BUS SAFETY NEWS 2007

MLA Wants Bus Seatbelts
Apr 15 2007

Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth is calling for seat belts on school buses after a 10-year-old Ontario boy died in an accident during a field trip.

Farnworth said in a news release that B.C. officials should closely monitor debate in Ontario about safety requirements for school buses, and manufacturers and operators should take more responsibility for student safety.

“Wednesday’s school bus accident in Ontario is a wake-up call to governments across Canada about the need to have our young students and other passengers in school buses secured safely with seat belts,” said Farnworth, the MLA for Port Coquitlam–Burke Mountain. “It’s time for the B.C. government to examine the issue of school bus safety and move to require seat belts for school bus passengers.”

Farnworth is the public safety critic for the B.C. New Democratic party.

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