mirror systems. Developed in 2015, the Perimeter View 360 camera package (PV360) as an option on all new Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 school buses. Four wide-angle, high-resolution cameras placed around the bus give the driver a bird’s eye view of the surroundings. “As diligent as bus drivers may be, sometimes they just can’t see a child around certain areas of the outside of the bus. Unfortunately, there have been far too many incidents of children becoming injured or worse within the danger zone of a school bus,” added Kilgor. “We knew we had to do something. In February, the company also began producing indus- try-first Auto Reversing Doors, which emit an alarm and automatically reopen the loading door when the system detects an object in the doorway. The sensors especial- ly seek to prevent students from getting their clothes or backpack stuck and their bodies trapped and suspended in the door when the driver pulls away from a stop.
Rosco Vision Systems also provides video monitoring
solutions to reveal blindspots, in addition to crossview and rearview mirrors. These include backup cameras, which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra- tion added to FMVSS 111 in 2014.
Controlled Crossing California has perhaps the safest method of cross- ing students to and from their school bus stops. Armed with a stop paddle similar to a school crossing guard, all school bus drivers of K-8 routes must turn off the ignition, take the keys with them, and escort the stu- dents across the street. Rochester Schools Corporation in Indiana took it a step farther. It eliminated all student crossing, in response to a high-profile, illegal passing incident on Oct. 30, 2018, which killed two 6-year-old twin boys and their 9-year-old stepsister. Meanwhile, crossing-control arms are becoming more
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