Activities upgrading with safety belts, is also criticised repeatedly by the automobile driver clubs. Since 1999, all newly licensed buses must have safety belts for all transported passengers; however, the obligation to wear safety belts would not even be implementable, if these buses were used for transporting pupils, as long as every child is not granted an own seat, due to the 3:2 number rule. Where this does take place, injury consequences are minimised, as was shown by an accident involving a small school bus in St. Veit an der Gölsen in the District of Lilienfeld, which drove into the back of another minibus. According to the fire service, 4 children with slight injuries were lucky, as they were all wearing seatbelts (noe.orf.at/stories/138149/18k). Switzerland, Slovenia, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the Czech Republic and Belgium have long recognised that the 1:1 rule is a prerequisite for curbing overfilled school buses and transporting children safely. In addition to Austria, the 3:2 rule for transporting children only still exists in Ireland, Portugal and Great Britain. Wherever transports are still carried out within the meaning of Article 106 para. 3 KFG (Kraftfahrgesetz – Motor Vehicles Act), using large buses, extra costs would be incurred through the use of larger, more state-of-theart vehicles or through splitting of pupil transport across several means of transport. Since September 1, 1996, a self-contribution of € 19.60 per pupil and school year/per trainee and traineeship year must be paid for participating in free pupil/trainee transport. 17