Safety belt
... Yeager, DMD March 1, 1999 I would like to thank the Committee for consideration of this measure to require the installation of seat belts on Connecticut school buses and thereby improve the safety of the children who ride back and forth to school on these vehicles. ... We are also pleased that in New Jersey our children do not get a mixed message regarding auto safety. ... During our efforts to require installation of safety restraints on New Jerseys school buses one of our most articulate opponents was Linda Yenzer who had been State Director of Pupil Transportation and was at the time transportation supervisor of a I 00 bus fleet for a Regional District in Flemington. ... , has visited the seat belt controversy from both sides of the aisle. ... Despite misgivings about the decision, she trained her drivers and students on the seat belt policies and procedures. ... Drivers who are having problems with a particular child are encouraged to require him or her to put on the seat belt. ... "I anticipated, just like the drivers, that the kids would whack each other with the belt buckles. ... In the real world, when the seat belt law was passed and implemented they discovered that their negative speculative concerns failed to materialize and the advantages of seat belts on school busses became apparent. ... Please report out this important safety measure.