https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 01:15:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1533583 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:54:56 +0000 looch 1533583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: alright, that's really good to know!<br /> I feel like we need a second seat, I am thinking about getting another harness to booster model, especially for play dates and stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1533579 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:54:05 +0000 Andrea 1533579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: yes it did so we strapped in our convertible seat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1533556 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:43:02 +0000 looch 1533556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: and they have seatbelts? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1533555 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:42:24 +0000 Andrea 1533555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: just one of those traditional, long school buses! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1533533 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:29:54 +0000 looch 1533533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bisous: that's a great article, and I think buses are safe if there is a head on collision, but when you see school bus accidents in the news, they're either ones that rolled over or got hit from the side, which is where I feel buses just aren't safe enough without a belt.</p> <p>@Andrea: I am curious about the field trip thing, what kind of buses are they? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1533515 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 07:17:20 +0000 Mamaof2 1533515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope - I had asked my DCP about this last summer when DS was going on field trips on a school bus. At least in PA once you turn 4 years old you can ride a bus (no seat restraint)</p> <p>I was sooo nervous he wouldn't sit still but the teacher said he did great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1533142 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 20:42:58 +0000 bisous 1533142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At one point this came up often on the Car Seats for the Littles FB group. Apparently a car seat is not needed on a bus because of compartmentalization. That is something a bus does that a car does not...</p> <p>Eta: Not super recent, but this article does a good job explaining it. I am pretty sure on CSFTL they said both school and charter buses compartmentalize. <a href="http://www.momlogic.com/2009/09/why_dont_children_have_to_buckle_up_on_the_school_bus.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.momlogic.com/2009/09/why_dont_children_have_to_buckle_up_on_the_school_bus.php</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1532800 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:28:23 +0000 Andrea 1532800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: if there is a seat belt, then you could strap in a car seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1532770 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:16:23 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1532770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: I ride busses like that a lot to visit my parents upstate. I don't know that they have seatbelts, but I'm sure you could call to check. I've seen kids on them, and never seen them in a car seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1532752 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:03:00 +0000 MrsH 1532752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: it would be like a greyhound/charter bus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1532743 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:54:08 +0000 Andrea 1532743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably not on a public bus, but they ask us to bring car seats for school field trips on a bus. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1532730 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:40:12 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1532730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've ridden a lot of busses in my life. I don't think I've ever seen anyone in a car seat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1532723 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:34:25 +0000 looch 1532723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually no. I've only seen seatbelts in buses in Europe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/car-seats-and-buses#post-1532715 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:28:27 +0000 MrsH 1532715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you need a car seat on a bus? </p>