[Netizen]

My guess is that number is acceptable when compared to the cost of adding seat belts and such.

I hope your child or grandchildren never become an 'accetable statistic'.

[rogers21774]

I hope no child becomes a statistic.

My point is, each year 27 children die in a school bus related accident. Of those 27, 7 are passengers and 20 are pedestrians. That's 27 deaths out of 8.8 billion passenger trips each year. If you ask me, that's a pretty good safety record.