seat belts in motorhomes/bus

Gooday,
regardless of what the law says, wouldn't you want your passengers to feel safe, be safe? If it's possible to fit them properly and legally, I'd do it just for my family.
regards

Legally with the age of the bus and the fact that no buses of that age would have had them you are ok.
BUT if you decide to fit them then all would have to be engineered with rated anchorages etc etc and would then be subject to inspection.

I can not answer for the laws in WA, but in SA you would not want to continue to register the vehicle as a bus because of the strict regulations, regular inspections and high annual costs involved.
Registering as a motorhome is much cheaper and requires a once off inspection to change.

As a motorhome, different rules apply. Seatbelts for all seats is one of them and you may not have more beds than seats with seat belts. There are also other rules that you need to be aware of, lots of them.
Give your local authority a call, and get the rules before making expensive mistakes.

Once legal in the State of registration and residency you can travel anywhere in Oz legally.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

You need to look up ADR version 2, this gives the dates that seatbelts were introduced for different classes of vehicles - and see what applies to your bus.


It will be the same Australia wide - but print a copy out in case you meet a copper who is full of importance and short on knowledge.

Cheers,
neil

In SA our Motorhome is called a Caravan Vehicle (Body Type), in WA it may also be called the same name so check the rules for CV's as well as buses.

Peter