“Video clips contain 12 seconds of footage, eight seconds before the event and four seconds following the event,” she said. “When the DriveCam event recorder is triggered to record, lights flash to notify the driver of the recording.”
Thinking About the Future “The way that I look at the
use of video traditionally in our space has been in a reactive method,” observed Jeff Gruban, vice president of sales at Gate- keeper. “You’d be recording a video on the vehicle, a parent will phone in there was an incident and then the school administrator will research and investigate and go back and look for that information to support, validate or investigate what happened.” Meanwhile, Scott Neal, the hardware engineering manager at REI, added that traditional video recording systems in transportation improve safety primarily by acting as a deterrent to bad behavior by passengers and drivers. “The idea that the actions of the driver and passengers are being record- ed is expected to deter bad behavior,” Neal added. “Addi- tionally, previously recorded video can be reviewed and analyzed to identify past events and behaviors affecting vehicle safety. The result of this analysis can be used by administrators and supervisors to guide future driver behavior and set passenger policies to improve safety, but the process of reviewing the video can be tedious and time consuming and feedback and change is not immediate.” The idea of “smart” cameras
Live Streaming Video Clint Bryer, director of sales for Safety Vision, commented
that the next step in transportation video operations is live steaming, which will become more widespread with the adop- tion of 4G and 5G. “I would consider [live video] a need, but it’s a measurement of budget,” Bryer said. “The live portion of it really increases the cost … it’s not even really the hardware that it takes to do it, but it’s the ongoing cellular cost. So, our hope, and we believe that, 5G will decrease that cost over time.” David Rhoney, the director of transportation for Buncombe
County Schools in North Carolina, shared that his district started looking at video cameras as an extra layer of protec- tion and safety for everyone inside the school bus. He noted that now all of the districts 220 buses are equipped with eight camera systems, four on the inside and four on the exterior of the bus, which was a recent upgrade with Safety Vision, com- pleted within in the past year. While he said his district currently does not have live view capabilities, “right now it does involve someone at the school level or myself or one of our mechanics going to the bus, re- moving the hard drive, and then hooking it up to a computer,” the system has the capabilities of going live and they will be implementing that functionality hopefully by the start of the next school year. “That’s going to be a real game changer,” Rhoney said. “Not only can you access it live, but you can access yesterday's video without having to go out and actually take the video or the hard drive off of the bus. So we’re in the process of making that happen, and it’s going to be really, really beneficial for us.” Justin Malcolm, Safe Fleet’s director of product manage- ment, said that while customers are implementing real-time streaming of bus video, he noted that it’s not economically viable, as streaming still happens over cellular data. But live streaming becomes a “no-brainer” when onboard cameras are coupled with Wi-Fi hotspots. “You already have the cameras, you already have the cellu-
lar connection and so I think that’s a bit of a harbinger for the future,” he said. “As other use cases drive the connectivity, that will bring streaming along with it.”
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