Why are busses significantly safer than cars when they have far fewer safety features (eg airbags, seatbelt etc)?
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The danger comes from slamming into something and stopping rapidly. That transfers forces to your body greater that it can handle and injuries occur.
This is why cars have crumple zones, to extend that slowdown period to as long as possible.
Buses have the advantage that they’re large and heavy, so even if they are in an impact, it takes a lot to slow them down, so they’ll likely not transfer much of that impact energy into the passengers. That and they’re generally driven on set routes, fairly slowly by drivers whose literal job it is to drive safely.
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