New Milford, Connecticut School Buses Get Stop-Arm Camera Enforcement via Sitestream
Safety Vision exterior cameras paired with Sitestream's VESPA platform will capture and process stop-arm violations on New Milford, Connecticut school buses.
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New Milford, Connecticut, has launched a school bus stop-arm camera enforcement program using Sitestream’s automated violation-capture system, the company announced Oct. 28.
The program pairs Safety Vision exterior cameras mounted on New Milford school buses with Sitestream’s VESPA back-office platform, which handles violation processing and citation management. When a bus stops with its warning lights and stop arm deployed, multiple exterior camera angles capture the stop-arm deployment, the movement of any passing vehicle and the identifying vehicle information needed to build an evidence package. Flagged incidents go through a review process before any enforcement action is taken.
“There are few traffic safety situations more important than protecting a child who is getting on or off a school bus,” Andrew Noble, president of Sitestream, said in the announcement. “New Milford is taking a proactive approach to student safety. This program is designed not simply to identify violations, but to change driver behavior by creating greater awareness and consistent accountability around stopped school buses.”
Sitestream, a Polaris Group company, describes itself as a traffic safety technology and software-as-a-service provider that partners with municipalities and public agencies to design, implement and manage automated traffic enforcement programs. Safety Vision supplies the camera systems and has deployed tens of thousands of camera systems for cities and school districts, according to the announcement. Together the two companies provide an integrated camera, software, violation-processing and program-management solution.
The program is framed around behavior change rather than citation volume, with consistent enforcement intended to reinforce motorists’ obligation to stop when a school bus stop arm is deployed.
No rollout timeline or fleet size was stated in the announcement; next steps for the program, including any expansion to additional routes or buses, were not addressed.
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