stop-arm violation

Apr92019 by Deirdre O'BrienNo Comments

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…)

Mar292017 by Lori JethaNo Comments

Planning for Stop Arm Camera Success

Expert Advice Series, School Bus, Stop-arm Cameras

Seon has been providing mobile surveillance systems and fleet management solutions to school districts across North America for almost two decades, and over the years our customers have cited that camera system reliability and image quality are the key factors they continue choosing Seon solutions over any other vendor. These two factors are gaining in popularity with stop arm camera implementations. 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. But another important factor is the ability t

Feb52015 by Lori JethaNo Comments

Keeping Students Safe: 3 Key NAPT Policy Issues in 2015

School Bus

The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) recently published a snapshot of their 16 hot button issues for 2015. Here's what we recommend to address three of them: (more…)

Jan292015 by Lori JethaNo Comments

5 Lessons Learned: Using Cameras to Capture School Bus Stop-arm Violations

School Bus, Stop-arm Cameras

Over 24 states have now introduced or have pending laws authorizing the use of video cameras on the outside of school buses to identify stop-arm violators. But rolling out a stop-arm camera program can be tricky and time-consuming. So we thought we’d share five lessons we’ve learned from working with school districts over the past five years to test and perfect the technology to help them take advantage of these new laws. (more…)