Companies currently using driver cameras...

The company gives you 150k-200k rig to drive, the insurance company lowers the rate when the camera`s are installed, if you are involved in accident then the camera could save you & the company some money.
If i was an owner operator i would install driver facing camera`s too.
I wish state troopers would give more tickets for people talking on the phone while driving.

 

No other profession would be driving a 80k vehicle 65mph on the interstate either. People who complain about "invasion of privacy" all the time are kids who were made to stand in corner when they got in trouble, better known as a " timeout kid".

 

What about when the company writes up the drivers for not having both hands on the steering wheel at 10:00 and 2:00 positions?
Or being at the shipper/receiver and moving the truck 2-3 feet without your seatbelt on?

 

My driver facing camera can be blocked by “aggressive use of a sun visor”. And I’ve been slapped on the wrist in the safety department for it.

The problem is, our camera feed is now monitored by either an algorithm or a 3rd party. So I play the game when I have to.

Also, I’ve noticed no shortage of incoming phone calls FROM the office since the new cameras were installed. So, it’s enforced only when it benefits THEM, but if they need you to reach out? #### the regulations!

 

Sounds like a company not worth working for. We’re still in high demand, you need to leave companies like that. Especially if for all the trouble you go through to get a CDL you’re making less than a local pizza delivery guy.

Demand for final mile delivery is the craziest I’ve ever seen. I could probably make more with Doordash or Amazon than some office jobs I’ve worked.

 

A company with 50 trucks roughly cost 1 million to insure. If a cam company says we’ll save you 5k per truck if you install these. What do you think a company gonna do? Leave 250k on the table? Insurance for a O/O cost 20k a year. This is the reality of company driver. Insurance keeps going up to a breaking point. A local mom & pop endump with couple hundred trucks had to put them in my area.

 

This billboard is exactly the reason every professional driver needs a camera to document what really happened in an accident. The camera does not lie in court and the attorneys hate them. One of my better friends was an Attorney for the Hammer. She viewed my footage after I was sideswiped. She said “I couldn’t defend that lady with your evidence, but I sure could without your video”.

 

I think somebody has a camera facing him and is bitter.