The National Transportation Safety Board says while school buses are the safest way to transport students, both lap and shoulder seatbelts can make them safer.
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The NTSB is recommending all new school buses be equipped with three-point belts, holding the student at the shoulder and the lap.
Right now, only a handful of states currently require the three-point belts.
The new recommendations come after the deadly New Jersey school bus crash last week. That state only requires lap belts.
In Texas, a new law enacted last year requires new buses to have three-point seatbelts.
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