The way they operate is unusual. Unlike most vehicles, wherein they lift a load that often obscures the driver’s vision, they then drive forward where the vision is obstructed, making it very difficult for the operator to see what is directly in front of the vehicle.
In every other vehicle video camera surveillance recording system application, the vehicle operator must have a clear and unobstructed view of the area in front and around the vehicle.
Can you imagine any driver in the mobile video camera onboard vehicle applications below not being required to have a clear, unobstructed view of the road in front of the vehicle?
Special Needs Wheelchair School Bus Video Surveillance Systems
Before & After Care School Child Day Care Pickup In-vehicle Shuttle Safety Cameras
Alternative School & Juvenile Detention Bus Security Camera
Head Start Pre-K Pre-School Nursery School Child Safety Bus Camera Recorder systems
No one would consider driving down the highway with a large portion of their forward view obstructed, as this would cause an immediate threat of accident. The Highway Safety Administration has federal guidelines and restrictions on distracted driver issues to reduce accidents. Using mobile handheld devices while driving on state roads is unlawful in most states because the driver will be taking their eyes off the road in front of them.
State Patrol law enforcement routinely checks the driver’s visibility in vehicles and often pulls over vehicles with obstructions on the dash or front windshield that diminish the driver’s view of the road ahead of them. In almost all mobile vehicle applications, the driver is expected to see what is in front of the vehicle so they can avoid accidents.
I was ignorant of how a folk lift was operated, in that, for some reason, I believed the driver turned their seat after lifting the load so that the vehicle could drive back, permitting the driver
When operating a skid loader, forklift, or order picker, the operator is often required to operate with their eyes, not able to see clearly everything in front of the vehicle to a degree. Sometimes, they cannot see what is in front of the vehicle. This creates an occupational employee hazard and is one reason this activity is so dangerous and costly to employees and their companies.
Why do so many people die from Fork Lift Trucks and Industrial Material Handling Lift Order Pickers?
The reason they use camera systems on industrial skid loaders and order pickers is because this is a high-risk activity that incorporates limited visibility, power machinery, and heavy objects all operating around a person or persons.
What are the 3 most common accidents involving industrial material handling forklift trucks?
Forklift Truck rollovers and tip-overs
Pedestrian Accidents
Damage to racks and shelving or warehouse structures
All mobile vehicle video camera applications are employed to help manage risk and enhance driver/passenger/operator safety.
Students With Disabilities & Special Needs Transportation Video Camera systems can offer liability prevention by accurately documenting video evidence of incidents or claims of abuse to disprove or validate what really happened in the vehicle without malice, prejudice or bias.
Bus Seat Cover Vandalism Camera Surveillance systems are used in buses where children are routinely destroying or vandalizing the bus seats, costing the district to bleed funds to restore or repair damaged seats, which is a drain on their funding.
Low Cost HD School Bus Child Safety Camera systems are generally employed as a safeguard to instill the awareness that there is a device recording what happens on the vehicle and if need be the evidence files can be reviewed to keep everyone aware their actions may have consequences.
Professional Industrial Grade School Bus Video Surveillance Camera Solutions are simply the much higher quality version usually required in Federal Transit Applications where funding is less important and having the best quality equipment and most dependable software/firmware are mandated.
However, Industrial Fork Lift Trucks & Extended Reach Order Picker Camera Safety Systems have the added benefit that they can also help reduce the most dangerous employee environment and activity as determined by OSHA.
Should you have any questions or concerns or require more information about various applications or Fleet Vehicle Transportation Video Camera Recorder configurations, we encourage you to let us know, and we will be happy to offer our 30+ years of market experience in sales and service of digital recording devices to respond to your concerns or questions.
