Frequently, those who are assigned the duties of selecting and investigating the best-value affordable school bus camera system for their school district may have minimal knowledge of the products, their functions, limitations, and generally what they need to satisfy their district's desire for an evidence-quality system to record what occurs on their school buses.

The learning curve for these technologies are steep, but a few considerations can act as guard rails on the highway of choices from many different providers.

One of the most relevant guardrails is in the choice of video file memory storage the bus video camera system incorporates to store the video file evidence that may someday be relied upon to defend the district in a court of law.

While it is rare, thankfully, that a student gets involved with a violent criminal assault on a school bus, it does happen, and when that happens, relevant authorities in the school district administration, as well as law enforcement, want to know exactly what happened. There is nothing like video evidence from a nonbiased, impartial expert witness like a school bus camera.

While up to 95% of the school bus cameras will be recording every day and not be called upon to reveal the facts for a potential litigation or liability lawsuit, when it does happen. The files are needed all previous considerations about the system selected and choices made at that time become less relevant if you cannot retrieve the digital files from the memory storage device.

The memory storage device most mobile technology relies upon in cell phones, portable tablets, and most other mobile devices are 100% solid state Drives similar in most cases to the SDXC memory cards found in our low-cost school bus video camera systems and the Slide in 100% Solid State Drives now incorporated in our Paratransit Driver Safety Video Camera Surveillance Systems that provide rural transit services to those low income or elderly who require transportation to medical outpatient services and other medical services covered by Medicare or Medicaid.

In my professional experience collecting telemetric data recorders over the last 30 years, the most dependable memory storage is 100% Solid State Drives. This is why we equip mobile video camera recording systems with 100% SDXC or SSD technology to help prevent file loss when incidents need to be reviewed.

Every Elderly Day Care Shuttle & Assisted Living Transportation Vehicle Video Camera system we have sold in the last 20 years has incorporated 100% Solid State memory storage technology, reducing the chances of loss of files when you need them most.

Those charter or contractor providers using our Non-Emergency Medical Transit Camera Surveillance Systems share the same 100% Solid State Reliability that is required by the

Police Patrol Wagon Suspect, Prisoner, & Inmate in-Custody Transport Camera systems when they have the need for video evidence that can be used in the highest courts as expert witnesses.


The Industrial Materials Handling industry is the target market for our Forklift HD Industrial Operator Safety Camera Systems as the forklift operations have been flagged by OSHA several times as the most dangerous employee activity, so they too rely on 100% Solid State SDXC meory cards or SSD-based Cameras for Man-up Extended Reach Order Pickers to document their activities in what can be a dangerous activity.


The Private Service Contractor Charter Transport Compliance Bus Camera Systems used nationwide help ensure safety, provide risk management oversight, and act as an active deterrent to keep drivers and passengers aware that their activities are being documented for possible review. These systems can help make the pupil transportation process much safer for all involved.


Should you have any questions or concerns or require more information about Testudo Lifetime System Warranty School Bus Camera Systems, various applications or Private Contractor Charter 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.

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