Companies currently using driver cameras...

Agree on front and side cameras. Not on the driver though. Sideswiped on the right while taking a moment to glance at the left mirror. The hammer will give it to you. Only outside cameras, you win.

 

An attorney once told me, don’t ever provide the enemy with any ammunition to use against you. I have cameras on all four sides with an outside view only.

 

Rules are rules i guess, my company says we have to wear a seat belt at the receiver & shipper too, they recommend that we drive with the 10-2 but they do not enforce it.

 

It`s ok you will adjust.

 

Yes, rules are rules... I don't drive now, but I may drive again when/if this job plays out and it won't be with a camera on me, unless it's my camera.

 

They tried that.

Then the government started giving out free money.
So they squeezed their wallets and offered more.

Then people said, “I could die from a cough, I’m not going up to stranger’s houses, ringing dirty doorbells, having them sign for packages, while sharing a truck with another driver on a different shift, did I mention I have no idea who touched those boxes in the last 48 hours.”

So they sighed and offered more.

Then they legalized “medical”.

Oh, oh, I NEED it, I have a “condition”!

I don’t, but I want more $ than him.

Amazon, “#########.”

Government considers ban on H1-B visas

Amazon sobs.

 

The idea that (and at least one company I know enforces this) you need to wear a seatbelt while backing into a dock is absurd. I need to be unrestricted as I'm flipping between looking out windows and using the mirrors.

 

I imagine after five years, cameras will probably be the norm. The next discussion threads here will probably consist of things like: "Got fired over a camera" or "What company doesn't completely freak out over your actions on the driver camera?", or "ex drivers stage coup against their teen/20-something bosses at the McFastFood place they were employed at."

 

FIVE years?!? Hahahaha

nah man, it’ll come up with the next insurance company renewal.

They’re even forcing them on owner/ops. With considerable resistance.

Your only hope is a company that’s a little slack on maintenance. Most cameras are wired via the fuse box (sometimes really badly, like drilled holes etc.) so you behave yourself for a week, then find where the camera’s tapped in, pull the wire, then start writing up blown fuses in your DVIR. (Oh yeah, and complain that something dumb is broken like a cigarette lighter, radio or map light.)

Most companies will roll their eyes and say deal with it. Safety might realize after a few days that the camera is down, and route you in for a fix. Swap in some blown fuses before going into the shop and let a tech think you’re an idiot.

Repeat as needed.

After a while they might suspect either sabotage or the installer screwed up. And they can’t really prove either. So they either have the entire wiring system on the truck checked for a short, or they let you deal with it.

Corporate lethargy will probably take the path of least resistance until they can prove it’s you or you have an accident.

 

I’m glad I work for a relatively smaller family owned company (500 trucks). We do have driver-facing cameras, but in two years I’ve never heard a peep from anyone about anything i might have done. In fact, I drove for two months with a sock over the camera as an experiment. I talk to other drivers and they tell me the same thing.