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

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Three Reasons You Need a Bus Video Surveillance Policy

Three Reasons You Need a Bus Video Surveillance Policy

School Bus
Video surveillance systems are a great tool for ensuring student and driver safety on school buses.  But having cameras installed on your buses without a well-defined video surveillance policy is a recipe for disaster, leaving your school district open to potential lawsuits or privacy complaints. Here are three reasons why you need to publish a video surveillance policy today: # 1 – The policy ensures the balance between security and an individual's right to privacy. While the installation of bus cameras helps increase employee and student safety, the recorded footage may contain sensitive information and should be treated with care. Transportation managers can face a lot of requests to view the video to track student behavior in a recent bullying incident or provide evidence to t

The Importance of Digital Video Recording in Public Transit Accident Reconstruction

Transit
When public transit is involved in a traffic accident, crash investigators have the difficult task of accident reconstruction. This usually involves an examination and analysis of the roadway, physical evidence, and vehicle damage. Investigators traditionally have produced collision analysis, speed analysis, crash scene mapping, and computer aided drawing programs to simulate what happened. (more…)