Julius Walczynski

Mar22020 by Julius WalczynskiNo Comments

Whitepaper: A Mission to Keep Students Safe and Change Motorist Behavior

We’ve written about this before; the number of school bus stop arm violations is increasing, and while catching and ticketing stop arm violators helps, it is often not enough to keep kids safe. Motorist distraction is usually said to be the underlying cause for this increase, but some experts are suggesting that we may also be observing more motorists passing stopped buses with deployed stop arms simply because they are less concerned about observing rules and regulations than before. Download our newest whitepaper, A Mission to Keep Students Safe and Change Motorist Behavior for a deeper dive into the number of stop arm violations across the US, what is currently being done and why it solves the problem only part-way, and our proposed solution to close the gap. (more…)

Feb42020 by Julius WalczynskiNo Comments

We’re Changing Our Name to Safe Fleet

News & Events

When Safe Fleet acquired Seon in 2014, we were their first video surveillance brand. Six years later we are one of six fleet vehicle video brands, making Safe Fleet the World’s #1 supplier of fleet video solutions. As part of one Safe Fleet video group, we now have access to more resources, expertise, and technology than any other fleet video company on the market today. And we can bring so much more as Safe Fleet to help you solve the big safety challenges you face every day. This is why we’ve decided to change our name and brand identity to Safe Fleet moving forward. So what can you expect next? (more…)

Nov282019 by Julius WalczynskiNo Comments

How to Keep Kids Safe From Illegal School Bus Passing Accidents

Expert Advice Series, For New Transportation Directors, School Bus, Stop-arm Cameras

Roads are becoming busier and distractions more complex, causing students to be more at risk than ever before. A 2019 NASDPTS survey identified 95,000 illegal passes across 39 states in a single day; that's over 17 million near misses in one school year. It's not surprising then that for 57% of the school bus transportation professionals we polled in our recent webinar: How to Keep Kids Safe from Illegal School Bus Passing Accidents, illegal passing is considered to be a serious problem with daily violations and multiple close calls per year. However, according to our second poll, only 47% said public awareness campaigns are methods they use to keep kids safe. Watch the webinar, starting at the 0:10:30 mark, for tips from both Derrick Agate, the Supervisor of Transportation at Ho

Apr172019 by Julius WalczynskiNo Comments

The Ins and Outs of Wireless Downloading

School Bus, Video Camera Surveillance, Video Management, Wireless Downloads, Wireless networks

We were recently joined by Don Carter, Director of Transportation for Port St. Lucie Public Schools in Florida, for an informative webinar featuring hints, tips, and best practices for implementing wireless video downloading for school bus fleets. Bob Burke, Account Executive for Seon, explained how the hardware, software, and support components of a wireless downloading system interact before presenting five steps to successful implementation: (more…)