SAFETY * USA - Schools install digital video cameras on buses to help tame unruly students
School bus drivers rely on their extra-wide rear-view mirrors for both road conditions and brief glimpses of what's happening behind themSan Diego,CAL,USA -The San Diego Union Tribune, by Linda Lou -October 7, 2007: -- ... More school districts are turning to high-tech supplements to a driver's eyes and ears: video cameras... Fights on school buses are rarely a problem, drivers say. Most infractions are minor ones, like changing seats, throwing objects out the window or moving around on the bus... Though the surveillance systems are expensive, they are effective at curbing bad behavior and pay for themselves by reducing vandalism, local transportation directors say... (Photo by DON KOHLBAUER / Union-Tribune - San Marcos school bus driver Sherry Murphy (left) dropped off a middle school student last month. The school district plans to outfit all of its 25 regular education buses with video cameras and digital recorders by the end of the month)
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