New Products Promoted at STN EXPO WRITTEN BY CLAUDIA NEWTON |
CLAUDIA@STNONLINE.COM
From collision mitigation technology to fleet management advances to bus wash technology solutions, the STN EXPO Trade Show in Reno, Nevada on July 17 demonstrated how far the school bus industry has come over the past 25 years, fitting for the event’s silver anniversary.
IC Bus became the first original school bus manufacturer (OEM) to announce that Bendix ESP electronic sta- bility control and Bendix Wingman Advanced active and passive collision mitigation technologies are now standard on all RE and CE Series school bus models with air brakes. Bendix ESP will also be available on all hydraulic brake buses by the spring of 2019, as will the ESC and collision mitigation technology solutions for propane and gasoline buses. The Bendix Wingman Fusion driver assistance system is also available as an option on CE Series buses. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended that OEMs make these technologies stan- dard in May, when it completed its reports on two fatal November 2016 school bus crashes. However, Vice President and General Manager Trish Reed said the company already began developing the options two years ago. Reed added that a major goal of the technology addition is to make school bus drivers’ jobs easier, for better hiring and retention rates. “At the end of the day, we know it is the right thing to do for
the industry and our customers,” she stated. She also said IC Bus went to great lengths to integrate the technology at the lowest price point possible.
To help current and new customers to be in full compliance with California state requirements for child
safety alert systems on all school buses, Doran Manufacturing announced its new Sleeping Child Check Califor- nia-compliant adapter. It is designed for use with either a factory installed Doran Sleeping Child Check Monitor or an aftermarket version. “We’ve designed this solution to keep installation time at a minimum, whether it is a retrofit to an existing
system, or a new installation. Our universal adapter with customized wiring harness options allows for a simple plug and play install,” said National Sales Manager Todd Thornicroft.
D&D Instruments featured its new ability to program odometers for post-2002 school buses from Thom- as Built Buses. This feature is in addition to the existing instrument cluster remanufacturing programs D&D provides for school buses produced by IC Bus after 1992, or by Thomas after 2002. The company achieves minimal fleet downtime by completing the odometer programming and shipping the finished instrument cluster back to the customer in the same day.
The comprehensive school bus GPS and telematics
solutions offered by Navistar through its OnCommand Con- nection has now been integrated with the Fleetsoft system that assists with fleet maintenance management. Navistar said Fleetsoft users can “now gain access to real-time data on engine fault codes, vehicle status, vehicle location and odometer readings.”
OPW representatives shared about the company’s recently intro-
duced Automatic Vehicle Identification system for fuel control and data collection. The system comes with a passive vehicle tag, radio frequency nozzle, vehicle identification device, and vehicle identifi- cation system, to collect accurate vehicle fueling data without the driver having to manually enter information.
20 School Transportation News • AUGUST 2018
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