August 27 2009
Safety Vision President/CEO Bruce Smith contributed to an article in School Transportation News (STN) magazine’s August 2009 issue titled “Working Against What Could Happen…Cameras, bus drivers and student education can help keep the worst-case scenario from becoming a reality.”
The article explains the importance of mobile surveillance on school bus routes and how onboard camera systems help discourage dangerous events from occurring. As discussed, communication between students, bus drivers, and parents is imperative to create broad protection for students during their route.
Bruce explained the role of mobile surveillance in pupil transportation, “If a crime has been committed, video recording from the mobile surveillance system can be used as hard evidence to show real events and a true collection of what happened.”
School districts are doing their part to amplify school bus safety by giving students behavioral guidelines for bus stops; covering student passenger safety issues during driver re-certification classes; and hosting annual educational conferences on transportation safety.
Click here to read the full article from STN and also see the article on pages 56-57 of STN’s August 2009 print issue.
