Hence Team Tracko are trying to take Tracko Commute - School Bus Tracking system to the level where we can minimize these kind of dangers to null. In following content we will explain you how using technology we can tackle the real life challenges and incidents happened in the past.
Vehicle tracking
Do you remember there was a recent incident in Mumbai, where no one knew where the school bus was missing for nearly 4 hours. This worried both the parents and the school, there was panic and big mess on news channels too.
Now-a-days parents are extremely worried when their child travels to school. Not only parents but even the school is concerned about the student’s security. As the school gets over, the parents start observing the clock and try to analyze where their child’s school bus must have reached. Realizing this situation, Tracko School Bus GPS Tracking System comes with a facility of Live Tracking.
An Ais140 standard GPS tracker is installed in the vehicle to track the bus . This is the advanced GPS, which includes embedded sim with connectivity of 2 networks, eliminating the possibility of the sim card being removed and maximizing the GPS - server live connectivity. The dual network feature allows the GPS to have consistent connectivity with the network, allowing users tracking the school bus to receive consistent location updates. Besides, if anyone tries to remove the GPS from the vehicle, tamper alerts are received.
So in the case like above, if the parents and the school were able to track the bus, it would have been possible to take an action then and there if needed and parents and school wouldn’t have grown anxious.
Panic Button
The Nirbhaya case is well-known by everyone. When that incident happened no one was aware of anything like that going on in the bus. So the first and most important step the victim/patient should take here is to raise the alert. But is there a way technology can help in these kinds of panic situations?
According to the AIS140 standard by the government, it is compulsory to install panic buttons according to the number of seats in a bus so they are easily accessible by students in an emergency. Tracko school bus tracking System follows this regulation and in addition, provides one panic button to the driver as well. Whenever this button is pressed, the school and the transporter receive an alert and can take the measures needed.
In the Nirbhaya case, if emergency buttons had been available at the time, the situation could have been handled and accurate steps would have been taken right then and there. However, the situation can always differ. In case if the driver develops health problems, or if any of the students does, the panic button can be pressed and appropriate action can be taken immediately by the concerned authorities.
Announcement Inbox
Communication is extremely important when students are traveling. The parents would always want to know their child’s location.
Furthermore, if the bus in which the student is traveling changes, or if there is a delay due to traffic or any other reason, it becomes difficult to notify multiple parents at the same time.
To address this issue, Tracko School Bus Tracking System includes an Announcement Inbox where the driver/transporter can send/broadcast a message to multiple parents with a single click. These messages can be send in regional languages. This keeps the parents informed so they do not grow anxious about their child's whereabouts.
Attendance Tracking
Consider a recent kidnapping incident that occurred in Balewadi, Pune,
where a child was abducted before boarding a bus. Parents were able to see the bus location but how will parents know if the student boards or disembarks from the school bus or not?
To tackle these kind of scenario, Tracko School Bus Tracking System introduced Student RFID Attendance tracking System contains RFID cards and RFID readers to ensure security and to confirm whether a student has boarded or got off from the bus.
Each child receives an RFID card. When the child gets on and off the bus, the students scan the RFID card on the RFID Reader. As the student scans the RFID card, green light blinks, a beep sound is buzzed and the parent app updates the student's attendance. Another important feature is that in the Driver/Attendant app, they can view a stop-by-stop list of all students, which helps the attendant in verifying the present and absent students easily.
Emergency Alerts
Managing student transport is a challenging task for schools and transporters as student safety is at stake. And managing a fleet of buses without intelligent technology is impossible.
TRACKO School Bus Tracking System has its key focus on giving the ready to use analysis, alerts & alarms so the management focuses on solving the challenges rather than finding them later.
For example,
Schools receive an overspeed alert if the driver exceeds the speed limit above the set limit by management, which can lead to a road accident. As well they can see the driver’s driving performance on the basis of Harsh Breaking, Acceleration, Rash Turn.
If someone attempts to remove the GPS tracker installed in the bus, school gets notified for GPS tampering, same for the accident, stay and much more
As a result, the school can take all necessary precautionary steps after receiving alerts to deal with the situation.
Camera
In addition to all the features above, TRACKO School Bus Tracking System provides a high definition camera with 2 way audio to increase and ensure security.
This helps in monitoring the students and the driver during the journey. The data collected in the camera is also accessible via data(SIM) and wifi sharing which eliminates the possibility of loss of data captured in the camera.
The camera supports 2-way-communication which is controlled by the user who has the camera app. Incase of any panic situation occurring, immediate action can be taken. Even if the school multiple times receives complaints from parents about abuse/ fights inside the bus, these incidents can be verified using these cameras.
Home Reach Detection
One of the key features provided by Tracko is the Home Reach Functionality. This function is activated only during the drop shift.
Each student's home location is marked by a parent app, once the student reaches home from drop stop, the parent can update the status as a Home Reach.
This helps the school to know that the child has reached home, and tickets can be raised in the case where the updates are not made by parents. Management can take necessary action in these cases.
Student safety is one of the most concerned topics for parents, schools and the government too. Tracko School Bus Tracking System ensures to improvise the platform to achieve the best possible security for the students while commuting.