Fleet Management and Surveillance Solutions for the Student Transportation and Public Transit Industries

Author: Tia O'Grady

Image Quality and DVR Reliability: Key Factors in Choosing the Right Stop-arm Camera Solution

School Bus, Stop-arm Cameras
Seon has been providing mobile surveillance systems to school districts across North America for over a decade. Our many valuable customers and contacts cite our camera system reliability and image quality as key factors in why they continue to choose Seon solutions over any other vendor. These two factors have never been more important, now that stop-arm cameras are gaining in popularity. Districts are relying on the camera image quality and DVR reliability to capture stop-arm violators in action. If a DVR fails to record a stop-arm incident, no evidence of the violation will be available to identify the vehicle and notify the driver of their error, allowing this behavior to continue and risking the lives of students in the future. (more…)

School Districts Cite Reliability as a Key Factor in Choosing School Bus Camera Systems

School Bus, Stop-arm Cameras
When an incident happens on the bus, the last thing any transportation director wants to hear is that their on-board video system didn't capture it. Which is why reliability should be at the top of your list when choosing a school bus camera system. DVR systems must be consistent for bus cameras to capture the footage needed of potential student passenger and driver safety issues. (more…)

Video from Seon Bus Cameras on Halifax Metro Helps Identify Shooter

Transit
Three teenagers are now in custody after a shooting on a Halifax Metro Transit bus in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on February 7, 2013. A transit bus was on route when three teen passengers began to argue, which then led to a physical fight, and a gunshot fired inside of the bus. The bus driver pulled over and the teenagers fled the scene. There were no injuries. Two of the perpetrators were arrested the same day, and the third was in custody by the following Tuesday. (more…)