Rural area ride share paratransit vehicle camera recorders are installed on their vehicles to document incidents when passengers file complaints about the transport. This product offers a digital, unbiased eyewitness that can be reviewed and used in court if needed to resolve issues passengers claim happened on their vehicle.
These vehicle video cameras are similar in design and function to the affordable, low-cost school bus camera systems used nationwide to provide a digital eyewitness of events that may occur on America's hundreds of thousands of school buses.
While the vehicle video camera systems operate in a similar fashion, there is one common request we receive: “Cloud-based digital camera file storage,” which differentiates the systems significantly. The reason is that, in most other vehicle camera applications, the goal is to reduce the fleet risk associated with transporting passengers.
Fleet vehicle risk management is an important consideration for fleet transportation directors and fleet managers, helping to reduce costs for contractors using NEMT Medicaid Medical Transport In-Vehicle Surveillance systems.
In the same way that Driving While Texting (DWT) Epidemic Vehicle Driver Cameras help document those eating, drinking, smoking, texting while driving, and other distracted driver activities that can negatively affect the safe operation of your fleet vehicle, how you store the video and where you store it can likewise affect your company or district and open up ancillary fleet vehicle risks in many unforeseen ways.
Risk Considerations for Cloud-Based Data Storage:
Chain of Custody - Since most video evidence used in court requires a clear chain of custody to be admissible, is it wise to let an unaccountable third party manage this for your company or district?
Unaccountable Third Party Access - When you have an unaccountable third party managing your data storage, you give up control of your data, exposing it to the actions and whims of people you have no authority over.
Data Sale - In the past, cloud-based data has been hacked due to failures in data file integrity and security by unaccountable third parties trusted with that data.
Data Access - In the past, customers paying top dollar for these cloud-based services have been unable to access their own digital files due to site upgrades, host migrations, and other digital issues that occur when they are unable to access their own data.
It is at best unwise to let your vehicle's digital camera files go outside your direct control, and at worst criminally negligent, depending on the data contained in the footage. For example, if your driver is in a bad mood and annoyed by a small car cutting in front of him, and he says something frustrated, like “Do that again, and I’ll run your ass over,” it's more often than not hyperbole. If that small car again cuts in front of him and an accident occurs that causes the driver to unintentionally crush that car, the footage could be evidence of premeditated vehicular homicide, leading to a long jail sentence for your driver and millions in liability lawsuits from the victim’s family.
By keeping this video under your company's or district’s control, you may allow a judge to view it, but you won't have to worry about the video leaking to mainstream media, which could make your driver look aggressive or potentially involved in violence and might falsely imply your company’s complicity.
However, if someone who hates capitalism and wants to ruin your company’s reputation anonymously releases it, you are blindsided by a threat beyond your control.
Actions have consequences, and if you let others manage your video files, you lose agency over them, whether you realize it or not.
Private Service Contractor Charter Transport Compliance Bus Camera users are often smaller private companies. If they allow access to their camera data outside of their control, they risk losing their Pupil Transportation Chartered District contract and could be blacklisted due to something a driver might say in a moment of frustration.
When two little girls are laughing right behind his seat and annoying him, a joke made in passing could be misinterpreted as a threat. When an unaccountable third-party cloud company posts that comment on social media, it can ignite a firestorm that is difficult to extinguish.
In summary, when considering the Cloud-Based Storage solution for your Rural Area Ride Share Paratransit Vehicle Camera-equipped vehicle fleet, keep in mind that the things you cannot see and do not expect are still there and still pose a verifiable threat to your company or district.
Should you have any questions, concerns or require more information about various applications or Fleet Vehicle Transportation Video Camera Recorder configurations, Testudo Lifetime Forklift Camera System Warranty, 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.
