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

Tag: school bus safety

Apr92019 by Deirdre O'BrienNo Comments
Child Injury and Fatality from School Bus Stop-Arm Violations

Child Injury and Fatality from School Bus Stop-Arm Violations

Industry Trends, Perimeter Safety, School Bus, Solution & Product Updates, Stop-arm Cameras
How do we really drive the numbers down? We need to face some very hard facts. We are becoming more and more distracted. Our children are, and will continue to be in harm’s way, as we add more cars, more drivers and distraction to our daily lives: unless we do something really different from what we are currently doing today. (more…)
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Feb222019 by Julius WalczynskiNo Comments
3 Free Tools (And One Low-Cost One) Small School Districts Should Consider to Manage Bus Fleets

3 Free Tools (And One Low-Cost One) Small School Districts Should Consider to Manage Bus Fleets

Expert Advice Series, For New Transportation Directors, Routing, School Bus, Solution & Product Updates
We love talking with transportation staff at small school districts. Sometimes our calls with Transportation Directors get interrupted because of the many hats these Directors wear. A recent example: the Transportation Director had to end a call to start a troublesome lawnmower. At another district, we discussed routing plans that were represented on a lovely, big map on the wall with pins and strings. These interesting scenarios, however, illustrate that small school district staff have to make do with small budgets, often outdated or hand-me-down technology. At the same time, they are facing the same new fleet management pressures and expectations that bigger districts face. (more…)
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Aug242018 by Yumi AngNo Comments
Back-to-School Safety Zone Checklist

Back-to-School Safety Zone Checklist

Expert Advice Series, For New Transportation Directors, Industry Trends, Perimeter Safety, School Bus
360 degrees of Safety around the School Bus 64% of the school-age pedestrians fatally injured in school-transportation-related crashes in the last decade were struck by the school buses themselves. (NHTSA, Traffic Safety Fact Sheet, 2017) Two deadly contributors to these preventable accidents are: 1) Driver Distraction and 2) Vehicle Blind spots Whether we are drivers, pedestrians, or passengers, we all grow comfortable in our surroundings. Our everyday routines (driving to work, catching a school bus or walking to the bus stop) become the foundation for habits that, more often than not, are conducted in “autopilot mode.” Not being fully present while navigating traffic is commonplace. But given the number of accidents attributed to distraction, looking for ways to be more awar
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