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been extremely helpful in improving the exoneration rates of accidents.” A 2023 survey by the American Transportation Research Institute found
driver-facing camera footage exonerated drivers in more cases than it pro- vided evidence of negligence. Per legal experts surveyed, the presence of cameras seemed to drive settlements in nearly 75 percent of cases reviewed. Besides being useful in court, many commend telematics for catching
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both positive and negative behavior, providing opportunities for coach- ing and praise. “It gives an opportunity to en- hance and improve driver coaching of how the driver, the school bus operator themselves can improve their driving behavior based on how the vehicle is monitoring that during the course of transit,” Paul said. Jeffrey Cassell, president of the School Bus Safety Company and a former director of safety for Laidlaw, credits certain camera systems, like National Express’ G-force activat- ed DriveCam, with driving quick settlements. “What happens is, if you’re liable,
you admit to liability immediately and get to negotiating the amount and there’s no discovery. And if you’re not liable, you just get the video and send it to the plaintiff at- torney,” Cassell said. “Attorneys don’t chase rainbows.” While investing in technology and
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maintaining training helps avoid crashes, thus reducing insurance claims, the staunch safety advocate said keeping students safe should be motivation enough to follow best practices.
“Otherwise, it’s doing it for the
wrong reason,” Cassell said. More than school bus technol- ogy and training, Cassell said loss records are ultimately the most important factor in obtaining a favorable insurance rate. “Now if you then say to them, hang on a minute, we’ve just fitted extended stop arms, which should reduce the accidents, can we have a reduction in the premium? They’ll say, of course you can, as soon as it shows up in your losses,” Cassell said. “If your losses go down, your premium will go down.” ●
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