Lawmakers Consider Seatbelts

On School Buses

HARTFORD (AP) — A measure requiring seat belts on Connecticut school buses tops the list of a legislative committee’s proposals this spring.

It is among several bills the Transportation Committee plans to consider in this year’s General Assembly session, which opened February 3 and runs through May 5.

Other proposals include banning open containers of alcohol anywhere in a vehicle, studying the feasibility of electronic highway tolls, and using traffic cameras to enforce red light laws.

The proposal for seat belts in school buses came after a teenager died in a bus crash last month in Hartford. A Quinnipiac University poll a few weeks later found almost three of every four voters supported the idea.