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Newsby Thomas McMahonJanuary 4, 2013

Iowa study probes stop-arm safety measures

The report, required by last year's "Kadyn's Law," analyzes ways to potentially reduce illegal passing of school buses, including stop-arm cameras. Researchers find that home-side loading should be encouraged as a best practice but not required.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 3, 2013

Partnership to provide accident recorders to school bus contractors

Mobile surveillance systems supplier Zen-tinel teams up with Safety, Claims and Litigation Services, an affiliate of National Interstate Insurance Co. The insurance provider will offer Zen-tinel’s accident event recorder technology to contractors through its customer loyalty program.

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ArticlesDecember 4, 2012

School bus drivers: Is trust enough?

The message should be framed not as “this monitoring device is here to make sure you don’t break the rules” but as “this device is here to protect you as well as the students.”

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ProductsOctober 16, 2012

VPort P06-1MP-M12 IP surveillance camera

The VPort P06-1MP-M12 IP surveillance camera features a wide -40 to 75 C operating temperature, vibration-resistant M12 connectors, EN 62262 IK8 vandal-resistant design, audio input, PoE power input, and IP66 rain and dust protection.

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Articlesby Kelly AguinaldoOctober 9, 2012

Bus video goes beyond student monitoring

Today’s surveillance systems not only record students on multiple channels, many record risky driving behavior, issue alerts for specific events and track buses through GPS. Here are details on these and other specifications from eight companies’ offerings.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 25, 2012

Ore. district revises bell times, cuts road calls

The Salem-Keizer Public Schools transportation department has adjusted all school bell times, which director Michael Shields says reduced the number of routes without causing problems or service interruptions. In other news, road calls were reduced for all vehicles by 38.4% compared to the previous year.

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ProductsSeptember 18, 2012

A.R.M.O.R.-Auto Pilot and A.R.M.O.R.-Diagnostics

A.R.M.O.R.-Auto Pilot manages wireless downloading, reporting and automated notification of video events as defined by the user, and A.R.M.O.R.-Diagnostics is a vehicle, DVR and camera diagnostics software tool.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonAugust 30, 2012

Dallas buys over 100 new buses, adds belts

Dallas County Schools has been acquiring a variety of new equipment for its giant fleet, from new school buses to lap-shoulder belts to stop-arm cameras. The district recently took delivery of 103 new Saf-T-Liner C2s from Thomas Built Buses. Director of Transportation Aaron Hobbs discusses the developments with SBF.

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Newsby StaffAugust 28, 2012

Texas district equips 400 buses with exterior cameras

Houston Independent School District outfits the buses with Safety Vision's SV-835 and SV-690 exterior cameras to increase student safety, and it plans to retrofit the rest of its buses next year. The district’s buses are also equipped with the company's RoadRecorder 6000 PRO mobile digital video recorder and four SV-830 dome interior cameras.

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ProductsAugust 20, 2012

Buddy BX1500 dash camera

The Buddy BX1500 is a technically advanced, simple to operate dash camera for school buses. Using a high-resolution color camera at 30 frames per second, an internal 3-axis shock sensor and built-in GPS, the Buddy BX1500 allows users to record detailed data throughout every drive.

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