Improve Your Fleet Maintenance With An Innovative Vehicle Inspection Program
Effective fleet maintenance plays a crucial role in ensuring safe and efficient operations. One key requirement of fleet maintenance is conducting regular driver vehicle inspection reports (DVIR), both before and after trips. However, traditional approaches relying on paper forms or inflexible electronic tools often lead to inefficiencies, missed maintenance issues, [...]
Using AI to Power Next-Generation Public Safety, Transit and School Bus Platforms
Earlier this year we announced an exciting new partnership with Rekor Systems, the global AI technology company that provides roadway insights for safer, smarter, and more efficient cities. The partnership is part of the Safe Fleet commitment to innovation in the public safety, transit and school bus markets. Let’s take [...]
Advantages of GIS Routing for School Bus Transportation
Written by: Kerry Somerville Senior Product Manager, Safe Fleet A GIS Certified Professional with over 35 years of experience specializing in school bus routing. Easy access to mapping applications, which rely on Geographic Information System (GIS) technology has made our lives easier. So, what is [...]
Improve Safety and Response to Emergencies — Live-Streaming Inside School Buses
As millions of students in North America travel on a school bus each day, securing their safety is a serious matter. In recent years, school districts have been adopting and implementing the latest, advanced technology features on their school bus fleets to enhance the safety of their riders. From [...]
Cameras on the bus, oh what a sight. . . – a Poem
Written by: Justin Malcom This poem written by our very own Justin Malcolm, Director of Product Management with help from ChatGPT. A fun reminder of the importance of cameras on school buses Camera safety technology is the foundational safety layer every school bus fleet needs [...]
AI-Driven Solution Helps Ensure Student Safety in the School Bus Danger Zone
Illegal school bus passings rack up an alarming 17 million stop-arm violations annually in the US, serving as a constant reminder of the potential dangers our children face. Each day, there are nearly 95,000 instances where a student is at risk of being hit by a vehicle. Fortunately, proven [...]
Peace of Mind: How and Why Tracking Students on School Buses Enables Enhanced Safety
The tracking of students on school buses is all about safety and parent empowerment. To do their jobs properly, school districts need a reliable way to communicate student and bus data to authorities during emergency situations and to parents for everyday peace-of-mind. From a safety perspective, boarding a school [...]
Safe Fleet Helps Save Lives, Prevent Injury, and Boost Fleet Productivity
Watch our awesome new video and meet Safe Fleet, the Smart Fleet Safety Company – we think you’ll want to get to know us even better. Another day, another chance to achieve your goals, go to work or school, run errands, or simply enjoy your daily routines. But an [...]
5 Ways to Reduce the Risks Associated with Illegal Passing
Illegal passing is a reckless act that puts innocent lives at risk. Children trying to get to or from school are vulnerable to distracted drivers who break the law by not stopping for a school bus. Just a couple of weeks ago, in North Carolina, two children narrowly escaped [...]
How School Buses Safely Transport Students, And How We Can Help Prevent Injury
Each weekday, around 25 million students in the US hop on a school bus to get to school. School buses provide 70 times more chances of safe arrival to school, compared to a personal car.[1] Even so, there is still an annual average of 128 school transportation-related fatalities.[2] That [...]
The Safe Fleet Connected School Bus
The combined value of a significant number of Safe Fleet school bus safety and efficiency solutions have been brought together to form the Safe Fleet Connected School Bus. The stronger together adage is reflected in this Connected Bus, which leverages the strengths of its separate parts resulting in an [...]
COVID-19 Student Contact Tracing
Know each bus, each route and the contact details of students at risk – in real timeContact tracing information is integral to providing student safety in today’s back-to-school environment. So integral that two international studies have each suggested that COVID testing and Contact Tracing are the key to reopening schools [...]
Got a small vehicle that requires BIG Video Surveillance Coverage, Quality and Capability?
Meet the DH4C – the small form-factor DVR with really BIG HEART! The DH4C is a 4-channel recorder that delivers all the features of a typical, big, robust recorder….and more. We’re talking 1080p on all channels, ultra-wide camera support, massive storage options and integrated wireless, G-Sensor and GPS as [...]
Are you getting full value from your fleet safety investment?
Get the most from your investment with preventative maintenance and provide the level of safety and reliability your operation requires – day-in, day-out. Electronic equipment that operates in harsh, ever-changing environments can experience wear and tear over time. Keeping your fleet safety systems in optimum operating condition helps you [...]
Safe Fleet School Bus Product Roadmap
Our game-changing Predictive Stop Arm™ (PSA) continues to protect students from the risk of stop arm violations, but will now offer enhanced system integration. We are also building more robust AVL/Fleet Management software with added features such as turn-by-turn software that will redirect based on real-time traffic and road [...]
Consistent Access to Education during COVID-19
The School Bus as a Wi-Fi Hotspot The issue of consistency and connectivity Back to school, a regular event that takes place every fall will roll out as anything but regular this year. COVID-19 has changed how we do pretty much everything, including how students return to school this [...]