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Legalise buckle guards on school transport for children & young people with SEND

Submitted by Kerry Cope on Monday 4th March 2024

Published on Thursday 21st March 2024

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 29th May 2024

Signatures: 27

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Petition Action

Legalise buckle guards on school transport for children & young people with SEND

Petition Details

In 2023 The DVSA advised that the fitting of buckle guards to seat belts breaches regulation 48 (4) of the Road Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, and that operators of home to school transport should not use them on transport.

Additional Information

Children with complex needs and SEND sometimes press buttons and fiddle with the seat belts often undoing them. These buckle guards Can help keep them safe in their transition to and from school. We believe the removal of buckle guards has made it unsafe to transport some children, which has meant that their education has been affected. We believe that buckle guards are an important piece of safety equipment that should be allowed to be used for students with SEND on their transitions to and from education.


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