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Reactive, not proactive
Current market leaders focus on post-hoc documentation, mailing a ticket weeks after the child was already in danger.
The crisis
A safety system that only watches.
According to the NASDPTS, millions of children are placed in the “Danger Zone” every year. While cameras record license plates for citations, no system currently intervenes to stop a tragedy before it happens.
The scale of the problem
The scale of the problem
Each dot = 5,000 violations
01 / 03 · Annual violations
43.5M
Estimated illegal school bus passings in the 2022-2023 school year.
SourceNASDPTS National Stop-Arm Violation Survey, 2022–2023(opens in a new tab)
02 / 03 · In the danger zone
17M
Occurrences where children were directly in the crossing zone during a violation.
SourceNASDPTS
03 / 03 · Daily incidents
95,000
Vehicles illegally passing stopped buses every single school day.
SourceNASDPTS
01 / 03 · Annual violations
43.5M
Estimated illegal school bus passings in the 2022-2023 school year.
SourceNASDPTS National Stop-Arm Violation Survey, 2022–2023(opens in a new tab)
Each dot = 5,000 violations
02 / 03 · In the danger zone
17M
Occurrences where children were directly in the crossing zone during a violation.
SourceNASDPTS
Orange = children in the crossing zone
03 / 03 · Daily incidents
95,000
Vehicles illegally passing stopped buses every single school day.
SourceNASDPTS
Each dot = 5,000 vehicles · one school day
One stop, in slow motion
What one violation looks like.
- Every school day, a bus stops.
- The stop arm swings out.
- A driver doesn’t stop.
- A child is in the crossing zone.
- A camera records the plate. Nothing warns the child.
- 01Every school day, a bus stops.
- 02The stop arm swings out.
- 03A driver doesn’t stop.
- 04A child is in the crossing zone.
- 05A camera records the plate. Nothing warns the child.
Why watching isn’t enough
Three reasons the status quo fails.
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The critical window
There is a critical 2-4 second window where a child decides to cross. Current systems offer zero intervention during this moment.
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Developmental vulnerability
Children aged 5-8 have the least capacity to judge vehicle speed, making real-time alerts a necessity, not a luxury.
The status quo waits for the violation.
We believe the most valuable moment for intervention is during the violation event itself. That is why we built a prevention-first architecture.