Rostra Student Detection System
extended. When one of the sensors detects a moving object, a “Student Detected” alarm sounds off, along with flashing LEDs on a display, to alert the driver to conduct a manual inspection of the zone in question before driving away. Te rear sentry (or back-up sensor zone) is active only when the bus is put in reverse. Te system can also interface with the crossing gate cancel switch, so when it’s depressed, the volume of the audible alerts is significantly lower (in states where buses are re- quired to have their state lights active during loading and unloading at the school). It also requires ignition and ground inputs.
ZONAR SYSTEMS ZPass+ Student Tracking Solution Mobile App
www.zonarsystems.com A mobile app for ZPass+ is now available for iPhones and Android smartphones. Te company’s
ZPass+ student tracking solution works with the ZPass vehicle tracking solution, which provides transportation managers with a view of the bus’ path, each stop and start and even the time, date and location at which the door was opened. With ZPass+, students scan their uniquely issued RFID ID card across a ZPass reader upon boarding and exiting the bus. Te ZPass reader then transmits both the vehicle and ridership data to a secure database for transporters to access. Parents can access their child’s ZPass+ information through a password-protected website only
if the school district offers the program. After setting up an account, parents can create preferences to receive instant notifications via text message or email of when their child boarded and exited the school bus. ■
TURNKEY CHILD SAFETY SOLUTIONS INTRODUCED
High-Def Camera, Doppler Radar Technology Options Available in New Blue Bird Propane Vision
hance student safety by enforcing driver accountability and established local laws with the ability of school districts to raise revenue from illegal passing fines. Blue Bird said the camera is mounted on the bus under the
stop arm and starts recording immediately upon activation of the stop arm. It captures vehicle information during an illegal pass and the data is stored in a built-in recorder that Blue Bird said can be easily retrieved. Te company is also partnering with Rosco Vision Systems
to install the Smart-Vision combination rear-view mirror and camera system. A small camera installed at the rear of the bus translates a live, high-definition image of the area directly
Blue Bird now offers a number of new optional technology-
based features in its next-generation Propane-Powered Vision conventional school bus, which was on display at the STN EXPO trade show in late July. It featured the new Safety Vision Safestop-HD stop-arm camera as well as the Rosco Smart-Vi- sion mirror/monitor combination and the “CARE” advanced pedestrian protection system. Blue Bird signed a deal with Safety Vision in June to offer
the high-definition, stop-arm camera system. Exclusive to Blue Bird, the Safestop-HD is touted as a turnkey solution to en-
42 School Transportation News Magazine September 2012
behind the bus when the vehicle is in reverse motion for the driver to see in the rear-view mirror. Rosco displayed the tech- nology last fall at the NAPT Summit Trade Show in Cincinnati. Doppler radar technology drives the “Child Alert Rapid Eye-
dentification” (CARE) system to alert school bus drivers of the presence of a pedestrian, student or otherwise, in the so-called “danger zone” located immediately around and underneath the bus. When CARE detects a person, an audible alarm alerts the driver inside the bus and both an alarm and voice com- munications alert pedestrians outside the bus.
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