School Bus Articles

In Part 3 of our stop-arm camera customer success stories we go to Medical Lake, WA to find out about how the school district’s transportation department uses stop-arm camera footage and works with law enforcement to ensure prosecution. Part 3: School District Works With Law Enforcement to Issue Stop-arm [...]

In Part 2 of our stop-arm camera customer success stories we interviewed a Canadian School District in Wainwright, AB, who began testing Seon’s new stop-arm camera system in January of 2013.  Transportation Director Chrysti Mannix gave us some insight on how she used footage from her new stop-arm camera [...]

Stop-arm violations continue to be a problem. Some school districts venture to say that vehicles that are illegally passing school buses are the #1 threat to student safety. According to the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation (NASDPTS) 2nd annual stop-arm survey in 2013, 88,025 vehicles passed [...]

Our industry expert, Kala Henkensiefken, had such valuable insight and advice on the subject of special needs transportation, we asked her to share more on her secrets to success.  Here is the rest of our interview: Q. Do you think Special Needs Transportation has become more complex over the [...]

Transportation Director of California’s Stockton USD, Carlos Chicas, participated in a case study on Wireless Downloading.  He categorized wireless downloading as a must for peace of mind and savings for student transportation. Seon’s wireless and video management solution provides confidence for transportation staff. In an instant, they know if [...]

Seon has been providing mobile surveillance systems to school districts across North America for over a decade. Our many valuable customers and contacts cite our camera system reliability and image quality as key factors in why they continue to choose Seon solutions over any other vendor. These two factors [...]

As a parent of two school-aged children, and working in the school bus security industry, the recent school bus driver shooting and child abduction in Alabama really struck a chord with me.  The heroic tale of the school bus driver’s ultimate sacrifice to protect his precious cargo left me [...]

We know that having cameras on the school bus to record stop-arm violations is an excellent way to address the problem, as we explained in our post, "What to Consider When Choosing Stop-arm Cameras."  But, there are some additional strategies that can help reduce the threat of injury: 1.      [...]

As a school bus camera system supplier, news headlines like this one make us cringe: What you’ll find when you dig beyond the headlines is usually one of two problems:  1) the customer has bought a poor quality system not built for mobile applications, or 2) it is not [...]

Worried calls from parents are just one of the many day-to-day challenges facing school transportation officials. In large school districts with multiple schools and hundreds of routes, it can be particularly hard (and time-consuming) to track a missing child who has gotten off at the wrong bus stop. In [...]

Mobile surveillance systems can be an important safety tool for school bus operators, offering the peace-of-mind that you are protecting your passengers and drivers from unacceptable behaviour, and ensuring that they arrive safely at their destination. Seon understands the importance of our mobile surveillance solutions, as approximately 25 million [...]