„Sehr positiv“: Der Sicherheitsgurtpilot für Schulbusse in Ontario bietet nach dem Überschlag auf dem Land möglicherweise Unterricht für Manitoba an

This is a recent thing in Manitoba because an opposition party member is pushing for it. 

For those who won’t read the article, school buses don’t have seatbelts because:

> A seminal 1984 study by Transport Canada suggested compartmentalization was a sufficient safety measure. It also suggested two-point lap seatbelts were ineffective, may even cause „fatal injuries“ and should not be introduced on school buses. 

The other arguments against seatbelts on school buses are that they won’t fit young children properly, who will supervise them to put the seatbelts on properly and safely and keep them that way for the duration of the trip, that they need to go underneath snowsuits to work properly (also true in private vehicles…), and that they delay evacuation of the bus in case of emergency. 

The argument for is basically that compartmentalization doesn’t help for side impacts or rollovers. 

In general there is some movement towards mandating seatbelts on school buses in the US for example:

https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/10204537/trip-sheet-evolution-of-seat-belt-laws-on-u-s-school-buses

It is personally not clear to me what the right decision overall based on safety data is. 

I always found it wild that there were no seatbelts on school busses