An interior camera over the aisle records the passenger area of the school bus, so the district has footage when there is a fight, an injury or a complaint about what happened on board.
On the ceiling at the front of the bus, looking back down the aisle, so one camera covers most of the seats. Longer buses often add a second camera facing forward from the rear. Placement matters more than resolution: a well placed camera sees faces and seats, not just the tops of heads.
Most disputes are settled quickly once the footage is reviewed.
The camera records to a recorder on the bus, and with many systems clips can also be pulled over the cellular connection without waiting for the bus to come back. Recording usually runs whenever the bus is on, so nothing depends on the driver remembering to switch it on.
The cable runs inside the ceiling and side panels to the recorder, never across the aisle or along the floor where students can pull it. Power comes from a fused source, and the camera mount is screwed to structure, not just the trim panel, so it does not loosen over bumpy routes.
Yes. Interior and exterior cameras usually record to the same unit, so one review shows what happened inside the bus and at the stop at the same moment. See stop arm and exterior cameras.
How many channels the recorder has, so cameras can be added later. Whether clips can be pulled remotely or only from the bus. How long footage is kept at the settings the district wants. And how clearly the cameras record in low light, since early morning and late afternoon routes run in the dark for part of the year. We install most major camera systems, so the choice can be made on features, not on who will install it.
School districts, charter and private schools, special needs transportation and activity buses. Anyone who has to answer a parent's question about what happened on the bus. See everything else we install on our school bus tracking page.
We wire PTO monitoring into trackers from all of these brands. Need heavy duty trackers for trucks or heavy equipment? Every brand below makes them, so pick yours and we install it.
Common questions
Some systems can. Whether audio is recorded is a setting the district chooses, and state rules on recording audio vary.
That depends on the recorder's storage and the district's settings. Most systems overwrite the oldest footage first unless a clip is saved.
Often, yes, if the existing recorder has a free channel. We check before quoting.
Yes. When a district upgrades, we remove the old cameras and recorder and tidy the wiring they leave behind.
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