Drive(r) Cam

Tmc uses those smart drive cameras. The videos are sent out to an independent contractor that reviews the videos and sends the ones with possible violations to tmc safety. I was called several times about no seat belt. Each time i was at a consignee or a shipper. They didn't hold any of them against me. This could be a similar policy swift has

 

I still get a kick out of the paranoid tin hatters who think that Swift or any other company using driver cams ( and that includes Freymiller, so you can drop them off your better company Chinatown) are using the cams to spy on the drivers or to otherwise try to push their drivers out the door. It's been said before, but I'll say it again: Swift does NOT control the cameras. The incoming videos, that are only triggered by some kind of event on the truck, are reviewed by the camera company and if any designated violations are viewed they send that video to Swift for review and coaching. And as for watching during off duty hours, Swift is changing the operation (or ordering the camera company to change it) so that the inside camera and microphone is disabled when off duty or in the sleeper. Exactly how that is gonna work, I'm not sure, but it should be a step to prove to you idiots that Swift doesn't care what you're doing on your own time.

I also find it humorous that drivers complain about the driver facing camera but are ok with the outward facing camera. Let me assure you, the outward facing camera WILL get you in just as much trouble and likely fired as the driver facing cam. I'm currently facing getting fired because of several videos they claim showing me following too close, not taking into account that most of these videos show nothing more than normal everyday flow of traffic with cars and trucks merging in front of me and then pulling away. Granted, some of the traffic doesn't clear away as quickly as others, but there is still no danger as traffic is moving along. The always ask "what if?" So? What if? If I worried about what if all the time, I would never get out of bed. I do my best to be safe out here everyday, all the while observing these super truckers that are always bashing on Swift and how unsafe we are running ten or twenty feet off the bumper of the car in front of them. And they stay there. They don't back off. They just sit there, close enough they can probably see what the driver is tapping on his phone. All the while, I'm trying to maintain at least a minimum of 200 feet or more, and I'm the one that's called unsafe.

And for all of you who are gonna say "why fight for a job at Swift?" I actually like working for Swift. They aren't a bad company when you know how to work the system. And I've looked around at other companies, including more local or regional to where I live, and I can't find anyone who is gonna pay close to what I'm making now. So I'm kind of stuck.

 

Same here, caught on two occasions, both cases I Goaled and didn't bother putting it back on. Seems to be a non issue. But at least once I've looked up to see the red lights going back and forth after a student took a pothole to fast.


I've already pretty much forgot the camera exists. Had it since April I think.

 

don't forget to be on your best behavior, posture and smile often, no cursing allowed, you're on camera

 

Tsk tsk drivers, i cant belive you accept these reality shows for your company to display. Really wish there were less you

 

If a company is going to go this far it seems to me they can take a peak any time they choose too.

 

My truck (I drive for Duncan & Son Lines) has a camera. Not only does it chime anytime it "thinks" there is an event (like the monster potholes in SoCal) we have a "button" that we're expected to remember to push anything there is an incident (so it can capture the last 30 minutes). Here's the kicker.......we (the drivers) are expected to remember to have the video card changed every 30 days. Our safety department (2 women) have to randomly review the cards for the 180 company trucks in our fleet.

The camera can save (or bury) a driver's career in an instant. No "he said...she said", it's right there in living color (and audio) for anybody to see. I ran a camera in my personal truck when I was an O/O for Swift.

Yes, the camera in my Duncan truck has an inward facing lens to record what the driver was doing at the "moment". If it every records an incident there will be some awesome audio along with the video. I rant constantly about the crappy drivers around me as a form of stress relief. Did the same thing working traffic as a controller for 32 years.