City of Philadelphia - File #: 070950

• File #: 070950
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 11/1/2007
• In control: Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities
• Final action: 12/6/2007
• Title: Amending Chapter 9-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Carriers," by requiring all providers of school bus services operating school buses within the City of Philadelphia to provide school buses with three point seatbelt restraint systems for all students using said school buses.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Campbell, Councilmember Campbell
• Indexes: CARRIERS
• Code sections: 9-400 - Carriers

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/19/2007	1	MAYOR	NO ACTION TAKEN
12/19/2007	1	MAYOR	NO ACTION TAKEN
12/6/2007	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
12/6/2007	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
12/6/2007	1	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	17:0
12/6/2007	1	CITY COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	17:0
11/29/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
11/29/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
11/29/2007	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
11/29/2007	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
11/29/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
11/29/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
11/26/2007	0	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/26/2007	0	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/26/2007	0	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	HEARING HELD
11/26/2007	0	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	HEARING HELD
11/26/2007	0	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	AMENDED
11/26/2007	0	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	AMENDED
11/26/2007	1	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
11/26/2007	1	Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
11/1/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
11/1/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
11/1/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
11/1/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Chapter 9-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Carriers," by requiring all providers of school bus services operating school buses within the City of Philadelphia to provide school buses with three point seatbelt restraint systems for all students using said school buses.
Body
WHEREAS, There are many proponents for school safety who believe that the inclusion of three point seat belt restraint systems would cut down on possible accidents and promote safety; and

WHEREAS, The National Coalition for School Bus Safety, The American Academy of Pediatrics, and The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital have studied the issue and now promote the installation of three point seat belt restraint systems on school buses; and

WHEREAS, The NTSB crash testing showed that school bus passengers were better protected from head injury with a lap/shoulder belt compared with compartmentalization and lap belts only. This lap/shoulder belt system would provide protection for crash-related injuries in school buses similar to that in other motor vehicles; and

WHEREAS, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is currently undergoing a possible rule-making process that may incorporate three point seat belt restraint systems into school bus safety procedures; and

WHEREAS, The presently approved method of providing school bus safety known as compartmentalization may prevent injuries from front or rear end collisions but it does not provide support in side impact collisions and accidents due to swerving of the bus where children are thrown sideways and out of their seats; and

WHEREAS, The installation of a three point seat belt restraint system would provide a level of safety from all possible collisions and provide a level of comfort to students and parents; and

WHEREAS, The installation of three point seat belt restraint systems either as new installations in newly constructed buses or retrofit systems in present school bus...