School Bus Seat Belt Meeting

Gov. Riley and others will meet in Northport, AL to discuss seat belt usage on school buses.

By: WKRG Staff | WKRG-TV
Published: August 11, 2008

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NORTHPORT, Ala. (AP) - Gov. Bob Riley joins members of his study
group on school bus seat belts for a presentation at Northport
Elementary School.
At Monday's meeting in Northport, Dan Turner of the University
Transportation Center for Alabama will discuss a three-year pilot
study looking at student response to seat belts on school buses.
Officials also will check out two school buses that have been
equipped with seat belts.
Madison and Decatur are among the 10 school systems in Alabama
participating in the pilot program.
The group formed in the wake of a deadly school bus crash in
Huntsville in November 2006. Four girls were killed in the crash
and dozens more students were injured when the bus nose-dived off
an elevated stretch of Interstate 565.