Seatbelts to be mandatory on new highway buses after September 2020
Transport Canada says seatbelts will become mandatory on all large buses built after September, 2020.
The new regulations will apply to all highway coaches weighing more than 4536 kilograms.
The measures do not apply to schoolbuses, which are already meant to be designed to protect children in an accident, although operators may install them voluntarily, provided they meet Transport Canada requirements.
Smaller coaches are already required to have lap and diagonal belts.
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