Most adults have never reveled in the thrill of riding on a school bus filled with the precious fruits of their parent's labor of love. I, however, have suffered that delight, endured that ordeal, and survived with newfound respect; dare I say, wonder in how the drivers of those buses manage to keep the vehicle on the road with shrill sounds that would surely decimate Waterford crystal goblets were they in the vicinity, with brawls that would make the professional wrestlers and hockey players smile, all for a little more than minimum wage, God Bless school bus drivers!

Most Materials Handling Company management has never performed a simple search for “crazy forklift videos” on YouTube
or you would already have Forklift Industrial Truck Order Picker Operator Safety Camera Systems installed on your company lift trucks to stop your company vehicles from being highlighted on YouTube’s newest entry to “Crazy Forklift Videos”.

With more than 7.9 billion people on the planet, and knowing approximately 91% of those people have Neanderthal cave dweller ancestry, meaning about 91% are direct decedents of primitive Neanderthal cavemen, is it any wonder we have so many who are, for lack of a better description are; Bat Crap Crazy?

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this screenshot should trigger Risk Management purchases.



Why The Need For School Bus & Vehicle Video Camera Recorders
In all areas of Public Service as well as business, there is a calculation of what the potential risks are for each government undertaking or business venture, so there must likewise be a mechanism to manage that associated risk. Vehicle Video Cameras is a management tool used to document the sequential events of a trip as a Digital Expert Witness free of prejudice, bias, and favoritism, much like Themis, the Greek goddess of divine justice, enforcing the rules of the gods and the natural laws of the world, blind to bias, with a double-edged sword standing on the serpent of deceit, holding the golden scales to judge those before her.


Passenger Related Risks
In some Vehicle Video Camera applications, the passengers themselves create some of the risks.

Example #1; a Charter School Student Bus Contractor may be in business to secure lucrative government contracts to transport children to and from the schools each day. In the pursuit of these endeavors, they must manage the constant risks associated with those students' transport, so it is common they invest in Charter School Student Bus Contractor Cameras Systems for their vehicles to document the events and offer Digital Expert Witness Vehicle Video Camera Evidence if needed for court.

Example #2;  Elderly Assisted Living Transportation services may be for private or work under a government contract to transport elderly adults from place to place. There are different types of problems or risks arising from elderly adults as they are much more likely to be on prescription medication that alters their mood, mental cognitive ability, or perception of reality. 
The reasons why those services may invest in Elderly Day Care Shuttle & Assisted Living Transportation Vehicle Video Cameras may be very different from the student transportation example listed above but they have the same need to manage the risks associated with transporting passengers so they want the same Digital Expert Witness Vehicle Video Camera just in case problems occur.

Example #3; Prisoner Transport, be it Inmate or Suspect, involves passengers who may be dangerously violent, high on drugs, and angry, so at times they do very dangerous or irrational things, such as eat hidden drugs they have to avoid getting caught with them or bang their heads against the walls of the transport vehicles to stage a claim for police brutality to get other charges dismissed.
Police Patrol Wagon Suspect, Prisoner & Inmate in-Custody Transport Camera systems are incorporated to help document and provide the same Digital Expert Wiriness Video Camera Evidence if and when problems occur.

Example #4; Youths who have demonstrated a history of violence, physical assault, or other behavioral issues that make it necessary to separate their transportation and education from other children often get to school in Alternative School & Juvenile Detention Bus Security Camera equipped vehicles so any claims made or problems caused can be documented.

Example #5; Church Ministry Youth Activities Bus Cameras are employed to ensure the transportation of church youths to their church-related functions. The risk management oversight provided by these systems helps ensure they can verify or dispute claims made during the activities transported.

Example #6; Armored Vehicle or High-Value Passenger Transport Video Camera Systems are commonly used to help ensure the safe transport of their value products and passengers in case of an event or incident.

Example #7; Head Start  Pre-K Pre-School Nursery School Child Safety Bus Camera Recorder systems Systems are commonly used to help ensure safe transport of their value products and passe

Example #8; Before & After Care School, Child Day Care Pickup In-vehicle Shuttle Safety Cameras Systems are commonly used to help ensure safe transport of their value products and passe



Property Related Risks
In other Vehicle Video Camera applications, it is not the passengers that create the risk but the operator of the vehicle and in some cases, the vehicle itself.

Example #1; A High Reach Industrial Truck Order Picker Camera in a warehouse may not have risks caused by passengers but by the lift operator, it fatigued, distracted or poorly trained; the risks they could pose are to themselves and to the goods being moved, the property around them, the lift vehicle, and the warehouse structure itself.
We receive many reports of lift order pickers dropping loads on the lift or in some cases damaging the structure that stores the goods and products to the point they may cause the entire shelving structure to fall.
In other cases, the operation may impact the structure supports with the counterweights or the forks as they move about the warehouses and damage the facility and the lift in the process, on occasion causing the roof to collapse if they damage load-bearing support.

The first documented use of American Bus Video Inc.’s Vehicle Video Camera systems in an Industrial lift application was when a prominent nationwide lumber company installed HD Industrial Forklift Rough Terrain Off-Road Operator Cameras to try to determine why the custom tracks they have in their facility were getting ripped up, why they were getting damaged so often by lift trucks who were failing to lift their forks sufficiently while on the property to avoid hitting them. The Lift truck's hydraulic hoses were frequently damaged, and maintenance was unusually high. In the first 30 days, most of their questions were answered and they increased efficiency and greatly reduced damage to the rails, the goods in this case lumber, and the lifts themselves by equipping their Rough Terrain Off-Road Industrial Forklifts with Operator Cameras.


Example #2; Many trucking and distribution companies use yard tractors to move trailers in large yards from point to point so they may be emptied in one warehouse and loaded fully in another. These “Yard Mules” or Trailer Swappers lock into the 5th Wheel of these trailers many times throughout the day and the potential of a missed lock or a trailer sitting on top of a King-Pin instead of being locked properly in one is a serious concern a this creates a risk that must somehow be managed. American Bus Video Inc. was approached with this application by a large worldwide water company seeking a solution.
5th Wheel King Pin Trailer CS1 Spotter Yard Mule Cameras are a simple solution for this risk that can document the process and transport of these yard trailer swaps from point to point.
This is another application where the passengers are not the risk concern but the property damage of what might be in the trailers as well as the trailers around them in the yard that might be damaged when they flip an unlocked trailer off a high hitch when it was not locked.

While the operators of some industrial lift equipment may know what they are doing, to the rest of us, some applications are simply beyond imagination, and seem to abandon safety, twist reason, and Natural laws to their limits.



A quick review of the 3 grades of Vehicle Video Camera Recording systems
Often to understand why a product has more value than another product, it is important to define the platform differences between them, as the platform is the basis for the system application and adaptability.

“Consumer Grade”
These are the windshield-mounted “Accident” cameras sold at major online sources like “E” & “A” often used by parents to record what their children do in their parent's cars. These are typically the lowest quality products with little to no consideration for Fleet Vehicle Applications, no security to protect the video files from the drivers, short service life, low features, and limited memory.
Most suitable for:
Personal Cars Video Camera applications


“Commercial Grade”
This is the type of system offered by most OEMs and Resellers.
The system was developed and designed for “light duty” fleet vehicle applications where the drivers of the vehicles are employed by the company that owns the vehicles. These systems have Time/Date metadata stamped files, encryption, intrinsic memory file protections, password-protected DVR menus, and access control protocols such as DVR logs that record power interruptions, Video loss, and other forms of potential driver tampering.
Most suitable for:
School Bus Student Transportation Camera Systems
Elderly Day Care Shuttle & Assisted Living Transportation Vehicle Video Camera
Students With Disabilities & Special Needs Transportation Video Camera
Paratransit Driver Safety Video Camera Surveillance System
Transportation Ministry Youth Activities Church Bus Camera System
Before & After Care School Child Day Care Pickup In-vehicle Shuttle Safety Cameras
Head Start  Pre-K Pre-School Nursery School Child Safety Bus Camera Recorder systems

“Industrial Grade”
This is the highest level of product development and design in the fleet vehicle markets with the integration of the highest level of component quality, best software, highest hardware capabilities, the best protection for the video files, most rugged DVR shock buffering, and longest-lasting service life regardless of the environmental conditions.
Most suitable for:
Forklift Skid Loader Industrial Lift Truck Operator Safety Camera System
5th Wheel King Pin Trailer Swapper Yard Mule Camera
Police Patrol Wagon Suspect, Prisoner & Inmate in-Custody Transport Camera
Casino Customer Shuttle Bus Video Surveillance Safety Cameras
Alternative School & Juvenile Detention Bus Security Camera
Cannabis Transport Vehicle Camera Recorder


Should you have any questions, or 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.