To: First bus
First Bus seat belts option
Install seat belts on buses, or atleast a section of each bus for those who wish to wear them.
Why is this important?
Firstly it astonishes me that public transport providers can get over 80 people on a bus without providing a single seat belt for its passengers. Some buses will travel along the motorway at 50mph+ and will be at the same if not an increased risk of being involved in an RTC, do we not deserve the right to protect ourselves against injury in the event of a collision? How is it illegal for one person in a small car to not wear a seat belt yet these bus companies can cram over 80 people onto a double decker bus and then travel at 50mph down the motorway without providing a single seat belt. Think about our children and elderly that are more fragile than the rest of us, surely they deserve a little extra protection. Please sign this petition so we can force public transport providers to act responsibly and protect us wherever possible. After all we are relying on one person who we've never met before to drive correctly and make the right decisions on a very busy highways network.
How it will be delivered
I will be contacting first Bus in order to raise my concerns but as we all know these concerns will fall on deaf ears until the company is forced into taking action. I will also be attempting to contact Chris Grayling who is the Secretary of State For Transport. Once we reach a significant number of signatures I will present the petition locally and nationally in the hope that we can effect a change of policy in regards to the safety of passengers.
