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For decades now, children taking the school bus to and from school has been standard practice. While using a school bus service offers support and flexibility to parents and families across the country, with time, safety concerns have only increased. While blind trust in the school system and school bus drivers used to suffice in the past, things today are different.  Here are some challenges the school bus system currently faces.

Driver Verification

Ensuring that the assigned driver is the one operating the school bus all the time is critical for safety and accountability. Human errors, shifts, or last-minute replacements can lead to situations where an unknown or unauthorized driver operates the vehicle, posing security risks.

Student Eligibility

Not all students qualify for transportation services, and each must be verified. Furthermore, some students may require special accommodation or transportation plans, which only verified and eligible students should have access to. Mistakes in eligibility verification can lead to unauthorized access and potential risks for both safety and resources.

Monitoring Student Payment

Ensuring that students or their guardians pay for the bus service can be challenging, especially with traditional card scanners that are easy to misplace or share. A seamless way of linking each student to their eligibility and payment status can streamline this process and eliminate possible misuse.

Real-Time Notifications and Transparency

Parents naturally want to know that their children are safe during the journey to and from school. Real-time updates on pick-up and drop-off times of each student and driver performance  create trust and allow parents to feel more secure about their child’s transportation.

Driver Performance and Safety Tracking

Monitoring driver’s behavior is crucial. Parents and school administrators must have access to data on driver performance, such as speed, harsh braking, sharp turns, route adherence, and punctuality, to ensure students are in capable and safe hands.

These concerns are universal and can be solved with the close monitoring of school buses with the use of transparent, trustworthy technology.

New age tech such as facial recognition and real-time GPS tracking present themselves as safer, more reliable sources of verification that will greatly reduce the lapses seen because of human errors.

What would that look like?

Facial Recognition for Driver and Student Verification

Real time Facial recognition technology offers a secure, efficient method for verifying both drivers and students. By capturing and comparing live images with stored images, facial recognition systems ensure that only the authorized driver operates the vehicle, and only eligible students are allowed access. This approach eliminates risks associated with card scanners where Id cards can be shared and reduces the potential for unauthorized access.

Real-Time Notifications for Parents

Enabling parents to receive real-time updates on their child’s pick-up and drop-off time and location through an app or SMS ensures transparency and peace of mind. This system can alert parents if a student is missing, was picked up at a different location, or dropped off at an unexpected stop, increasing accountability for all parties involved.

Tracking Driver Performance for Safety and Reliability

Connected School buses provide data on driver behavior, such as braking, speed, and adherence to the scheduled route. This data is crucial in monitoring driver safety and improving accountability. With this information available to parents, schools, and the Fleet managers, necessary corrective actions can be implemented to ensure a higher standard of service.

While terms like real time face recognition sound futuristic and far-fetched, in reality, we possess the technology today to implement these safety features in the school bus system. OnpointSolution brings you one such trustworthy application.

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