Seon and RedSpeed® Partner to Offer End-to-End Stop-Arm Camera Solution for School Buses
Summary
“We are very pleased to partner with RedSpeed to deliver a solution that will make a real impact on student safety,” says Terry Akiyama, President of Seon Design Inc. “School transporters will have an automated solution that doesn’t require any bus driver interaction to address the real problem of stop-arm violation enforcement.” According to the 2013 National Stop-arm Violation Count conducted by the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation (NASDPTS), over 108,000 school bus drivers in 29 participating states reported that 85,279 vehicles passed their buses illegally on a single day.According to Robert Liberman, Managing Director for RedSpeed, “The combination of RedSpeed’s proven turn-key processing services with Seon’s mobile surveillance expertise will ensure a seamless implementation of a stop arm enforcement program for every client.” Up to 3 interior cameras can be added to the system for further protection of students and drivers inside the bus.Once the initial pilot is complete and meets the outlined success criteria, the two companies plan to launch and market a commercially available solution in those states with existing or pending stop-arm camera legislation.Unlike other stop-arm solutions on the market, this system uses a high-definition (HD) camera to capture license plate numbers with crystal clear clarity, even at high speeds.“We are very pleased to partner with RedSpeed to deliver a solution that will make a real impact on student safety,” says Terry Akiyama, President of Seon Design Inc. “School transporters will have an automated solution that doesn’t require any bus driver interaction to address the real problem of stop-arm violation enforcement.”According to the 2013 National Stop-arm Violation Count conducted by the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation (NASDPTS), over 108,000 school bus drivers in 29 participating states reported that 85,279 vehicles passed their buses illegally on a single day.This system is targeted to reducing the frequency of stop-arm violations and the injuries and fatalities that result from them every year across North America.According to Robert Liberman, Managing Director for RedSpeed, “The combination of RedSpeed’s proven turn-key processing services with Seon’s mobile surveillance expertise will ensure a seamless implementation of a stop arm enforcement program for every client.”Up to 3 interior cameras can be added to the system for further protection of students and drivers inside the bus.