I always buckle up when traveling by car , shuttle bus or plane, even when the seat belt sign is off. I realize this may sound a little extra, but as a frequent traveler, I’ve experienced my share of turbulence. In some cases, if I hadn’t been wearing a seat belt, I would have likely hit my head or been otherwise injured. But in my 20-plus years of traveling around the world, I’ve never seen a seat belt on a train—not even on the high-speed bullet train I rode when I lived in Japan. Given that seat belts are required on so many modes of transportation, isn’t it strange that they aren’t even an option on trains? It sure seems like it! To solve this travel mystery, I spoke with transportation safety expert Thomas Barth, a former survival factors investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board. Ahead, he explains why trains don’t have seat belts and whether that makes them more dangerous than other modes of transportation. Get Reader’s Digest ’s Read Up newsletter ...
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