Cameras and E-logs and Automatics oh my!

First; there are no laws requiring carriers to install cameras at this point in time but if there should come a point in time that it happens, well it is becasue we let it happen. Also, if it were to become a law, then IMO, every vehicle on the road should be held to the same standard because God and most sane people are well aware that most wrecks involving trucks/trailers are usually due to the fault of an automobile. Which btw is every driver on the road in personal vehicles and company vehicles alike that are driving while texting, talking on the phone, putting on make up, playing with their laptop, driving while extremely tired but they are not held to our standards. So again, there comes a point when statistics & facts need to play a part in these rules instead of simply saying; btw, a trucker can only get good sleep if he sleeps between 1-5am because the natural clock of a human being dictates so. Well, that is a load of horse manure and there are multiple medical journals, texts and studies that state otherwise as not everyone has the same circadian pattern but the government thinks that we are all alike. The truth is, that the government wants us to be alike and that is where the problem lies. By taking away choice and freedom, dictating when a person should sleep or drive, you are essentially creating a problem; hence a public safety concern.

So, you go ahead and say, get used to it, that we should have camera's and you do not see it as a problem but if that is the case, then everyone should do it!!!!

 

I'm all for cameras watching me drive and even sleep. I sleep naked, so they can watch all they want. I've actually driven 500 miles wearing nothing but tighty-whitey's, work boots, and a smile. The way I see it (no pun intended) they can watch at their own risk. I don't have anything different than anyone else, mine is just a lot bigger than most.

 

LMAO...I can't comment but I do love your thoughts on the matter!!!

 

Most of my best thinking happens when I'm naked. I should have enrolled at Harvard by now

 

thank u for making me spit out my pepsi i'll be sending u the cleaning bill lol

 

So choosing the right gear, which happens to be in the transmission, has nothing to do with safely going down a hill? I guess I should just start rolling off in neutral since the transmission is doing nothing...

 

Sorry to hear you don't have long to live anymore.

 

I should have wrote, "SOME cameras don't record all of the time." There are systems out there that only record certain events and there are systems as you indicate.

 

Not sure who you're directing this to as I didn't see anyone in this thread say anything about it being about civil liberties. A privacy invasion, yes, but civil liberty breach ... no.

And the cameras needn't be on the driver to "protect society from dangerous drivers" and "set certain standards for safe operation and to have reasonable enforcement of those standards." It has nothing to do with the cameras on the drivers. Cameras on the front, rear and sides of the vehicle can do all of this. It doesn't matter WHAT the driver is or was doing when he/she committed an unsafe act ... an unsafe act is an unsafe act and the end result is all that matters and once again, determining if a driver committed an unsafe act can be determined by cameras OUTSIDE the vehicle.

You say you would have a problem if cameras were placed in your home, well the truck IS home for many drivers and as such a reasonable degree of privacy is and should be expected. REASONABLE can be accommodated by cameras on the outside of the truck, not the inside.

 

Jumbo,
Nothing Personal but I doubt you are pulling anything close to what I am doing or the other 5 trucks at our company... Most of the times we are pulling 9 axle config behind the 4 axle truck, that is small set up... 200,000 plus superloads I am not saying an auto won't do it but I doubt they would last long.. Many times we load out and top speed is sometimes 25mph... One of our older drivers is on his way from Upstate NY to Houston Texas with a 150ton load that is 16 ft tall and 16 ft wide 39 ft long top speed has not gotten above 25 mph.. I don't know what company work for but if the Auto works for you Congrats.. and as for the Elogs.. ( i used them before no issue's) and with what I am doing now it would not matter to me... Except I work for a small company and it is not financially feasible...