I was using the seat belts as an example. I can’t see them making kids liable. How would they enforce it? The kids are minors.
@Cupcake. How do they make sure the kids wear them? Or is it not required?
Here’s one you’ll like. This is not safety related but it highlights a regulation recently phased in. As part of being green, NY is pushing biodiesel blends. A couple of the nearby school districts here have been using it and are making a big deal of how they are “saving the plant” . They were told they needed to add heated filters (at high cost) if they use biodeisel blends since it can gel at cold temps. They ignored it. The buses worked fine all summer and fall. But, when the temp dropped last month, as predicted, several buses had filters gel causing the engine to stop. they had to get replacement buses to get the kids to school, tow the buses back to the heated garage. That turned out to be a very expensive load of ‘green’ fuel.