Sacrificing style for survival during a heat wave over 102 degrees in SC summer, which claimed more than a dozen lives, we used a meat thermometer to measure the average temperature in these buses while installing the systems—about 154 degrees. 15-minute shifts are about all you can handle, then down another 32 ounces of sports drink.

We found during installs in SC during the heatwave that the Students With Disabilities & Special Needs Transportation Video Camera systems installed on the wheelchair lift buses were some of the toughest due ot the heavy tinted windows that tended to make the inside temps even tougher.

In the same week, we were also installing several dozen Private Service Contractor Charter Transport Compliance Bus Camera Systems, meaning private companies that charter Student transportation as contractors for the county. The absence of the heavy-tinted window made the installation much easier as the temperature in the buses was much lower.