“Tere is no ‘on’ switch,” he said. “When
the driver starts the bus, he or she is not going to know it is not recording. Health check gives us the same check that we get with other equipment.” Scott described health check is a methodology that gets the information that something is wrong with a certain bus to the person who needs to know that information. He added that a good video health check “will tell you what is wrong with the (camera) system.” Scott said video health check is popular among his customers because they’ve all had bad times when they’ve missed video. “With health check you know what is wrong before it comes back to bite you.” He said. “It’s peace of mind.” Scott said he prefers wireless systems because they remove the human element, but he also recognizes the cost factor may be prohibitive to many school districts who would like to have the technology. “Tey’re starting to learn to include this technology into their budget cycle because
things are changing,” he said. “It’s just like running any business, they realize they will have to change.” Clint Bryer, an account executive with
Safety Vision, said there is an alternative for school districts who cannot afford the wireless health check systems. He suggested systems that feature a display panel the with different LED lights that light up if something goes wrong such as video loss, DVR failure, GPS signal loss or issues with media storage. He said these systems also feature a panic button for the driver. “If there is an incident on the bus the driver can press the panic button and capture the event so it can be reviewed later,” Bryer said. “We see this with smaller fleets or with school districts unable to afford the wireless systems.” Bryer added that a good video health check system is more important than being able to download video wirelessly. “If there is a problem in the morning, a report will be generated and sent to the responsible
administrator,” Bryer explained. “For example, something that can be quickly remedied such as a camera failure, goes directly to the technician.” Bryer said the reports can be custom-
ized to the way you work. “You can set it up to download information when the bus returns to the yard or download the next morning,” he said. “Te maintenance people can get reports for minor errors. You can set it up for once a day or once a month. Te transportation director can get reports once a week or once a month.” Te advantage, Bryer said, is the health check system gives transportation officials a chance to be proactive. “In the past you would not know there was a problem with your recording system until you pulled the video and then you learned a camera was out or you did not get the angle you needed,” Bryer said. “Tis gives you the chance to know that something is wrong and get it addressed prior to the bus leaving on its route.” l
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