Occasionally, when some companies jump into the school bus camera market, they frequently make some glaring mistakes, as they do not understand the basic functions or environmental restrictions that the school buses operate in.

For example:

Early attempt by ATX was a forward-facing camera: a simple camera mounted on the front of a bus body, just above the bumper.
While this recorded what occurred in front of the bus, the first problem they experienced was that they never asked how a bus is washed.
Anyone who spends time in this market knows that many bus shops use high-pressure wands and drive-through bus washes. At 3,000 PSI, water can easily blow past the fragile little rubber "O" ring that seals the front lens.
After a few washes, the cameras started fogging up as water was getting inside the camera housing.

While the above camera issues were annoying, this was not nearly as devastating as the use of large HDD-based DVRs never made for a rough, bouncing, extreme-weather application like a school bus. The failure rate on the fragile hard drives used in these systems was epic, and in some customer sites was 100% within the first year.

When you know the camera system for bus applications will need to operate in a harsh environment, and the likelihood someone will use a hose or pressure washer to clean out the bus is high, with water potentially saturating the DVR and killing all electronic components within it, it would be wise to recognize the value of the Professional Industrial Grade School Bus Video Surveillance Camera Solutions. They are not only the best value and highest-quality components we offer to the Federal government and Alphabet agencies, but they are also waterproof to IP67 standards.