Returning to an old job, I just requested an automatic and drive cam.

^ It may feel like our home. Home away from home, etc. but it is not. It is a commercial vehicle capable of doing great damage. You have no right to privacy driving down a public road in a glass box.

Admit it or not, it makes us better drivers. An ounce of prevention.... what the cam should record is a driver minding his/her Ps & Qs. Not texting, watching YouTube, etc. not doing these things as they know they may be held accountable for those actions. Better to record that than a driver caused accident.

I think cams are great. I am a safe driver, the cam protects me and the company (like it or not, we are in the same boat/truck). Supply and demand. As drivers refuse to take a job with a cam, it puts me in a better position to take a job with a cam and demand top compensation.

Like it or not, it is just a matter of time before all commercial vehicles have drive cams. Only a few steps behind full automation.

 

^ Any situation where a false accusation is made. Any accident investigation is going to be a look at two sides of a story. With a cam, you are very much likely to tell an accurate story, other driver, may or may not. Cam will back your story.

Why when you start talking about drive cams installed in trucks do so many start sweating like a ##### in church?

I admit it, when the cams first came out I went all out to avoid having one installed in my truck. I also had the attitude that real truckers only drive manuals. The more gears the more real the trucker. You have 10 gears, I want 13, etc. The reason for my post. Live and learn. Grow and change. If not, the industry will continue to grow and change and leave you in the dust.

 

Don't know and don't really care. What am I doing in the cab that the cam can pick up is also something that anyone on the outside of the truck can also see.

The cams I know of are only triggered during an "event". Are we all so precious? Yes, I think it is possible some on the other end can view more than that but really nothing all that exciting going on in my truck that would keep someone awake.