School Bus

Tait has partnered with some leading bus industry integrators to provide safety-enhancing mobile radio communications solutions for school bus services, ensuring situations on buses can be dealt with quickly and efficiently.

Safety and security

Tait has incorporated advanced safety features within our mobile radio products to improve the safety and security of children using school buses.

These features include:

• Covert panic buttons
• Built in location services
• Stealth alarm transmissions
• Hands-free transmit and receive in emergency mode
• Listen-in microphones options
• Remote control inputs and outputs

The advanced feature set includes:

• One touch telephone-patch operation
• Traffic light control
• Pager messaging

All these features are available in a radio that meets many of the military specification (MIL810) requirements, ensuring a rugged and reliable mobile radio unit.

Integrator partners

Together with leading bus industry integrators, Tait has created solutions that offer:

• Sophisticated automatic vehicle location
• Location based travel permissions and alarms
• User identification
• Student journey monitoring
• Two way messaging using mobile data terminals

Other solutions that expand the use of radio beyond the bus include:

•  Radio based real-time arrival signs
•  On demand bus call points

Ongoing enhancement process

Tait continues to listen to users’ needs, adding more features that will allow our children the safest and most secure experience whilst using the school bus service.