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Grieving parents and researchers press lawmakers to require seat-belt use on motor coaches
5571867 · June 11, 2025
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Summary
Sarah's Wish Foundation and UMass Transportation Center speakers urged the committee to add motor coaches to Massachusetts' seat-belt law and to require passengers to buckle up, citing studies showing low use and examples from other states.
Family members of a crash victim and transportation researchers asked the joint committee to adopt a law requiring motor-coach passengers to use seat belts.
Anne Shewey of Sarah's Wish Foundation said her daughter died in a motor-coach crash and that seat-belt use on motor coaches is extremely low, "on…
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