Lincoln County R-II Schools in Troy, Missouri rely heavily on school bus communication systems for instant access to drivers, especially when a tornado is bearing down on the community.
cation technology into a real-time, ad hoc voice-and location-based digital social networking apps. Using digital communications to speak with drivers is not only an improvement in overall communi- cations between all stakeholders, but it is more efficient for everyone. “Instead of taking up valuable radio air time with information about a new student starting to ride on a route, or a mandatory safety meeting reminder, transportation staff can now send that in- formation to a specific driver, a group of drivers, or to all the drivers in their fleet on their tablets,” says Brett Taylor, mobile solutions project manager for Tyler Technologies. “Staff will even know the date and time when drivers open their message to read it.” He adds that these easily accessible messages can remain on the
tablet for a determined length of time for drivers to refer to at a later date. Tablet messaging can also ease communications when a driver turns the radio volume down but forgets to turn it back up, or if something happens to the bus that makes the radio inoperable. “Visual queues on the tablet will inform the driver that they have a message, which for safety precautions, can only be accessed after the driver safely pulls over and secures their bus,” Taylor explains. Bruce M. Lee is the product manager of PDV Wireless in
Woodland Park, New Jersey. Like Zonar’s Mest, he says he believes in the merits of digital communications for school transportation. For starters, it’s more efficient, reliable and secure--particularly with additional capabilities such as GPS. It provides location
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