A method for processing data from a mobile asset comprising: receiving, using a video analytics system onboard the mobile asset, data based on at least one data signal from at least one of: at least one data source onboard the mobile asset, the onboard data source comprising at least one of: a mobile asset data component, at least one microphone, at least one fixed camera, and at least one 360 degree camera; and at least one data source remote from the mobile asset, including at least one of a weather component and a route manifest and geographic information system component; wherein, the method further comprising: processing, using an artificial intelligence component of the video analytics system, the data into processed data, the processed data relating to an internal status determination and/or an external status determination involving the mobile asset, the internal and/or external status determination including at least one of object detection data, object location data, obstruction detection data, and cab occupancy data; sending, using the video analytics system, at least one of the data and the processed data to a data recorder onboard the mobile asset; encoding, using a data encoder of the data recorder, a first record comprising a bit stream based on the processed data; and storing, using an onboard data manager of the data recorder, at least one of the data, the processed data, and the first record at a configurable first predetermined rate in at least one local memory component of the data recorder, and replicating, using a remote data manager, at least one of the data, the processed data, and the first record at a configurable second predetermined rate in a remote data repository, the configurable first and second predetermined rates being greater than zero seconds and up to five minutes. receiving, using a video analytics system onboard the mobile asset, data based on at least one data signal from at least one of: at least one data source onboard the mobile asset, the onboard data source comprising at least one of: a mobile asset data component, at least one microphone, at least one fixed camera, and at least one 360 degree camera; and at least one data source remote from the mobile asset, including at least one of a weather component and a route manifest and geographic information system component; wherein, the method further comprising: at least one data source onboard the mobile asset, the onboard data source comprising at least one of: a mobile asset data component, at least one microphone, at least one fixed camera, and at least one 360 degree camera; and at least one data source remote from the mobile asset, including at least one of a weather component and a route manifest and geographic information system component; wherein, the method further comprising: processing, using an artificial intelligence component of the video analytics system, the data into processed data, the processed data relating to an internal status determination and/or an external status determination involving the mobile asset, the internal and/or external status determination including at least one of object detection data, object location data, obstruction detection data, and cab occupancy data; sending, using the video analytics system, at least one of the data and the processed data to a data recorder onboard the mobile asset; encoding, using a data encoder of the data recorder, a first record comprising a bit stream based on the processed data; and storing, using an onboard data manager of the data recorder, at least one of the data, the processed data, and the first record at a configurable first predetermined rate in at least one local memory component of the data recorder, and replicating, using a remote data manager, at least one of the data, the processed data, and the first record at a configurable second predetermined rate in a remote data repository, the configurable first and second predetermined rates being greater than zero seconds and up to five minutes.