What is the cost of video cameras for our school buses?
American Bus Video Inc. is not embarrassed by our pricing, so we put our School Bus Video Camera System pricing on all of our websites.
In this way, those who need to know are not forced to call for the prices or subjected to high-pressure salespersons' efforts to push them to buy just to find out the cost of the system.



What is the most dependable memory storage device?
Public school bus camera systems are often selected at the lowest price, so often they end up with low-cost fragile Hard Drive Based memory devices. Fragile hard drives are generally dependable up to the point they are faced with an extreme situation or environment.

Meaning in a Cannabis Cash Shuttle Van Surveillance Camera application they are fine, as the bus is operating on smooth paved roads, the bus has an air ride suspension and the bus is equipped with air conditioning so the DVR does not overheat or get dust into the fragile spinning platter part of the Hard Drive.

Having said that, in a Private Contractor Student Transportation Bus Camera System, as well as Prison Bus applications the DVR is subjected to steel spring suspension on unpaved roads in some cases, no A/C so the windows are open in summer letting fine dust into the bus, there is no A/C so the DVR runs much hotter and there are potholes and bumps that can crash a Fragile Hard Drive. In this hostile environment, the 100% Solid State School Bus Video Camera System can survive what the fragile Hard Drive-based systems cannot.



Does the driver need to turn the system on and off?
The system protects both the driver and the district, so it is automatic and not under the control of the driver, who could forget to turn it on.
The “chain of custody” requires the control to operate the system outside the control of the driver. The system starts up when the bus starts and records until the bus ignition is turned off. There is a setting to permit “Post ignition” times to be set for recording for 5 minutes to 24 hours after the bus is turned off so the driver can be recorded walking through the bus checking for sleeping or hidden children. This is also helpful in Special Needs Wheelchair Bus Camera Video Recording the driver operating the wheelchair until the student is safely on the ground or in Elderly Assisted Living Transportation Camera Systems where they must walk the passengers to their homes or to a clinic for treatment.



What is the best warranty on a School Bus Camera Student Surveillance System?
Testudo Lifetime System Warranty Protection by American Bus Video Inc. system.
Coverage includes; DVR, cameras, camera extension cables, SD cards for as long as you own the originally purchased product, should a component or the entire system fail it will be replaced under warranty. Those who may have long-lasting vehicles in applications such as Before & After Care School Child Day Care Pickup In-vehicle Shuttle Safety Cameras will appreciate the longest original system warranty possible to protect their mobile video investment.



What is the warranty on the SDXC memory card?
Lifetime System Warranty Bus Camera Protection by American Bus Video Inc.
SDXC cards for as long as you own the originally purchased product, should a component or the entire system fail it will be replaced under warranty.



What is the warranty on the cameras?
10 Year Warranty on all HD cameras by American Bus Video Inc.


What is the warranty on the camera cables?
Lifetime Warranty on Camera Extension Cables by American Bus Video Inc.



What is the land speed of a cheetah?
Just checking to see if you are paying attention. BTW- Cheetahs are estimated to be capable of running at 50 to 80 mph.



How many times can an SDXC memory card be used?
There is an obscure calculation I found a decade ago derived by reading/Write cycles for expected life that was in excess of several thousand years. The sad reality of life is that they will stop working when you forget to take them out of your pockets before washing your pants.


Does the system have a Panic Button?
The panic button is something Cellular based systems employ to alert others of an emergency. In non-cellular-based systems where everything is recorded to memory, the buttons simply mark the time of an event so you can find it easier during playback. Some English to Chinese translations confuses this difference so on occasion a non-cellular system will have “Panic” written on the button when in reality it is an event marker only.



Are the cameras Vandal-proof?
Nothing is vandal-proof, but they are metal shells with security set screws so they are vandal resistant.
The standard school bus video cameras are BTC-A which are the same heavy metal shell camera we employ in prison buses and police prisoner transport as well as Alternative School & Juvenile Detention Bus Security Cameras and video files show an amazing amount of abuse suffered by these cameras with no apparent damage.



Are the external cameras waterproof?
Take it from an Advanced Deep Water SCUBA diver, nothing is truly water-proof, at depth almost everything succumbs to the immense pressure of water, but the cameras are O-ring sealed so they are IP66 rated and water-resistant. That means they can survive rain, salt spray, and high moisture environments, they will not survive high-pressure washer wands that have spray forces of 3,000 PSI which will defeat all o-ring sealed cameras and cases. Stop Arm Cameras are typically the only ones outside the bus in a school bus camera application.



Is the SS4 DVR waterproof?
Nothing is waterproof, but they are O-ring sealed so they are IP66 rated and water-resistant. This is the first Industrial Grade Mobile DVR incorporated into a School Bus Video Camera Surveillance System by ABV. This system was designed and intended for extreme environments like mining, off-road construction, forklift, crane, agriculture, and HazMat duty applications, but ABV will be offering these systems for public school bus camera systems, as well as charter bus student transportation private contractor bus surveillance camera systems, use in the future.


Do we need to equip Head Start shuttle buses, and Pre-School Nursery School buses with cameras?
There is no cargo that is transported, which has more value to a parent than their children.
When Stop Arm Camera pandamonium hit many were drunk with the thought they could fund many pet projects from the high fines and revenue created by these high definition cameras mounted outside the school buses to capture those passing the school buses when they were stopped loading to unloading children. What those district administrators quickly found is that parents were questing why they had an expensive camera outside the bus making money but they had no such equipment inside the bus making sure their children were safely transported and not subjected to bullying or abuse from assault from other students ort abusive drivers. Head Start  Pre-School Nursery School Child Safety Bus Camera Recorder systems were quickly added to demonstrate that the administration staff valued the children as much as the money from the citations issued for stop arm violations.




Are Dolphins playful?
That depends on the Dolphin, and if you brought some fish for them:)




Should you have any questions, concerns, or require more information about Testudo Lifetime System Warranty Bus Camera Systems, various applications or School Bus Student Transportation Video Camera Recorder configurations, we encourage you to let us know and we will be happy to offer our 35+ years of market experience in sales and service of digital recording devices to respond to your concerns or questions.