Do the school bus cameras have Pan, Tilt and Zoom?
Pan Tilt & Zoom are features of some security camera systems that enable the remote viewer to move the camera and zoom in on things that may be occurring in real-time. To have Pan/Tilt/Zoom, you must have the backbone to transfer the commands over a wireless or cellular network.
For example, the DEA and Border Patrol make use of PTZ camera surveillance systems so that they can station remote viewing stations in areas that may be too dangerous for an agent to be, permitting them to remotely and safely view and document activities.

Affordable School Bus Camera Systems are fixed-lens camera solutions because they do not have any way for any other commands to be received by the DVR while the buses are picking up or delivering children. Those seeking Low-Cost School Bus Video Camera Recording Systems are unwilling to pay the higher cost of the motorized cameras and cellular data usage fees involved in Public or Contractor Student Transportation Charter Bus Video Surveillance Camera systems for their applications.

Most of the applications that ABV provides Mobile Video Vehicle Camera Recording Solutions for are very limited distances, the largest being luxury transport buses and school buses, so the distances are not more than 50” from the camera, so there is no need to “Zoom” and our cameras are very wide angle up to 150 degrees FOV, so the “Pan & Tilt” are not required.

The below applications are very well suited for Fixed lens cameras:




Are the school bus cameras vandal-resistant?
The Student Transportation Charter Bus Video Camera systems sold by American Bus Video Inc, incorporate the same level of security and vandal resistance as the systems we offer for
Police Patrol Wagon Suspect, Prisoner & Inmate in-Custody Transport Camera systems with heavy-duty metal shells, security locks to prevent the shell disassembly without the proper security tools, with a built in microphone and IR LEDs to record in total darkness.
We offer a 10-Year Warranty on our cameras because they rarely, if ever, fail. While we have had a few that were vandalized in the past, the school told us they were repeatedly struck with a baseball bat, so it was not a hand, book, or shoe hitting them.




Are school Bus Cameras waterproof?
The Low-Cost, Affordable School Bus Camera Systems are not waterproof and will suffer failure and electrical shorts if exposed to water inside the case of the DVR or the cameras.

American Bus Video Inc. offers a Professional Industrial Grade School Bus Video Surveillance Camera Solution that includes a waterproof DVR, cameras, and LCDs. This system is a much higher grade, offering more robust features, higher level physical security, steel locking enclosure on the face, and mil-spec aviation connector cables that provide waterproof protection to connections and the DVR/Camera electronics.



Are cameras outside the bus for Stop Arm Cameras waterproof?
The Low-Cost, Affordable School Bus Camera Systems offer waterproof exterior cameras for Crossing Gate Stop Arm Violation School Bus Cameras and exterior mounted Special Needs Wheelchair School Bus Video Surveillance Systems cameras recording lift gate functions.
The same cameras are successfully incorporated in the Waste Collection Recycling Video Camera Surveillance Systems application as well as 5th Wheel King Pin Trailer CS1 Spotter Yard Mule Camera systems on yard mule switcher trailer trucks.



What is the toughest, most rugged school bus camera system?
The Professional Industrial Grade School Bus Video Surveillance Camera Solutions offer the toughest, most environmentally secure, and intrinsically vandal-resistant system I am aware of at this time.
Few systems can offer waterproof IP-rated protection; even fewer offer triple insulated protected cables 2 times thicker to prevent cable damage; few offer steel locking faceplates and all metal camera shells that can withstand serious abuse or tampering.
The same high-grade system used in the toughest environments like mining, cranes, or Forklift HD Industrial Operator Safety Camera Systems is offered in the Professional Industrial Grade School Bus Video Surveillance Camera Solutions offering the as Public School Bus Camera Systems well as the Private Service Contractor Charter Transport Compliance Bus Camera Systems markets with professional Industrial grade vehicle surveillance cameras.



What is the best value school bus camera system?
Value is subjective, so it varies with the person viewing the selection of systems as to which is the most valuable to them.
To answer this question, you must determine what the subject purchasing camera for their school buses is looking for and what they value over other aspects or features of the system.
Most schools’ large bids are low-price prioritized, meaning the cheaper the system, the better the chance they will buy it.
The sad reality is most prospective purchasers of school bus camera systems are easy prey to high-pressure salesmen not interested in providing what may be in the school district’s best interest but fixated on making the highest procedure sale possible as they are usually commission salespeople and the more your district pays the more profit they get.
For example, they will care nothing about the high cost in parts and labor your district may spend on vandalism, so any mention of these will pass them by, even when in some cases, the customer may be seeking a Bus Seat Cover Vandalism Camera Surveillance system to stop the endless damage done the bus seats.




Should you have any questions or concerns or require more information about Testudo Lifetime System Warranty School Bus Camera Systems, various applications or School Bus Student Transportation Video Camera Recorder configurations, please let us know. 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.