Question 1
– Do you recognise that standing school children on school buses are at
massively increased risk of death and injury in an accident?
Question 2
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Do you recognise that the present policy of allowing standing school children
is an unacceptable safety risk that needs to be reformed?
Question 3
– Will you introduce and/or support a policy that works towards eliminating
standing school children on school buses over a reasonable and affordable
time frame?
Question 4
– Do you recognise that un-seat belted school children on school buses
are at massively increased risk of death and injury in an accident?
Question 5
– Do you recognise that the present policy of allowing un-seat belted children
on school buses is an unacceptable safety risk that needs to be reformed?
Question 6– Will you introduce and/or support a policy that works towards eliminating un-seat belted children on school buses over a reasonable and affordable period of time?
Question 7 – Do you recognise that allowing children to travel in school buses that do not conform to any roll-over standard, seat-anchorage standard or occupant protection system puts them at massively increased risk of death and injury in an accident?
Question 8 – Do you recognise that the present policy of allowing children to travel in school buses which do not conform to roll-over standards, seat anchorage standards and occupant protection standards is an unacceptable safety risk that needs to be reformed?
Question 9
– Will you introduce and/or support a policy that works towards children
travelling in school buses which conform to present Australian Desgin Rules
(in relation to roll-over strength, seat anchorage standards and occupant
protection standards), over a reasonable and affordable period of time?
The answers to the above questions will be distributed to parents in the relevant Queensland parliamentary seats at the time of the next Queensland election.
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