SAFETY * USA - New cameras to catch Metrobus drivers' mistakes
Bladensburg,MAR,USA -The Washington Post, by Ann Scott Tyson -August 27, 2010: -- Metro is installing cameras on its entire fleet of 1,500 buses as part of a five-year, $3 million program to monitor bus driver performance and improve safety... The new camera system focuses on drivers and activity outside the buses, transit officials said. The cameras record constantly during bus operations, and when a driver makes any extreme movement -- such as turning the bus sharply or braking or accelerating quickly -- the cameras capture the eight seconds before the incident and the four seconds after. The video and audio of the incident are then automatically downloaded wirelessly from the bus... More than 1,000 Metrobuses already are equipped with security cameras aimed at passenger areas and outside the front of buses to document and deter accidents, crimes and conflicts, Metro spokesman Reggie Woodruff said. If the video on those cameras is not retrieved within a couple of days, the cameras record over it... He said Metro will begin turning on the cameras in October, and all will be operational by January... (Courtesy of WMATA - A technician installs DriveCam equipment at the Bladensburg Metrobus division) Labels: safety on buses
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