Driver Facing Camera

hi! I am a long time lurker on the forums but i had to create an account today to ask this question. What do you guys/girls think about driver facing cameras? I personally dont like it the idea of it. Especially the part about recording audio? I just turned down a job because of it. And the strange thing is, its a small family owned company. I thought only mega carriers did this? Is this going to be the new thing in the industry?

They also made me sign some papers acknowledging that i am being recorded and any unsafe driving will be deducted from my pay. For example they seem to run tight schedules, there will be times i will have to eat and drive. there will be times were ill have to read a txt message from dispatch. my seat belt needs to be on while loading and unloading in the dock. so ill have to stop the truck everytime to take a bathroom break and more scenarios that i cant think of right now that this driver facing camera seems to be designed to penalize a driver for his/her hard earned pay

Im just trying to figure out if i made the right choice about turning down that job. I like the idea of highway facing cameras, that seems like a great idea. but why record an OTR driver? would you guys/girls have done the same thing? or did i over think things?

 

lol they should be called that. they pay drivers 20% of the load and want them to run north east load. I think they could afford a reasonable 25%. but you would have to work for them for 6 months to get that.Would i be considered "petty" if i name the company on a public forum?

i figured this was probably for an insurance discount. The thing is, they will not hire drivers with any moving violations or tickets. they want safe drivers. so insurance for safe drivers got to be cheap. But im thinking god forbids if your involved in an accident and the outside camera shows the other person at fault but the driver facing camera shows that you might have been reaching for your water at the same time might cause a discrepancy especially if they took a good defense lawyer. I dont know what that it could be, but it just sounds like a scenario in which insurance company wont cover the driver if he/she is injured despite at no fault.

I think Sysco drivers drive a day cab and go home every night. If i was getting paid hourly wage with health insurance and going home every night, then i dont really see an issue with driver facing camera. but an OTR driver that lives in the truck for weeks at a time? it just dont feel right.

I agree. there are alot of jackoffs out there. But one would think the highway camera is enough proof?

sorry to offend you. now i feel like crap because i dont have bladder of steel. Have you ever been stuck in traffic in the northeast? I hate northeast loads and perfer to run midwest. atleast i can stop and stretch my legs during a bathroom break.