Three drivers given first and last warning

My company doesn't have inward facing cameras. So they don't monitor phone usage exactly. But, they do have a zero tolerance. If Mr. DOT cites you, you're gone plan and simple.
That said, I have my phone and my tablet on a mount and use them when I drive. But, I seldom actually touch them while actually driving. I set them up before I start. One runs Google maps usually to give me traffic info, I do not use it for routing myself. My 10.5" tablet I run Trucker Path on so I can basically see where I'm at and what truck stops, rest areas, etc are coming up and about how far. I also have my 8" Garmin as my main routing device, along with my company 8" tablet. You might say I'm an information junky. If, for whatever reason, one of them hiccups on me while going down the road, the redundancy of multiple devices means I don't get caught in a jam. I can just set it back up next time I stop. For phone usage, I have a Bluetooth trucker headphone thingy and voice command on my phone. Easy Peasy.

 

We have them, and it’s loosely enforced. Basically, you can chance it if you like, and it’s unlikely that you will get in trouble. But, get in an accident or a citation, you’ll be fired immediately. As was stated a few comments ago, we are adults and treated as such, but if we f up, we need to accept the consequences, like adults.

 

Spotify allows voice commands.

 

I run my phone mostly on voice commands. Only time i touch it when i drive is to undim the screen while its on the mount to check my ELD. I would still never work for a company with inwards facing nanny cams. #### that im already monitored 12 ways to sunday let me at least scratch my nose without some hopped up HR divirsity hire with an anti white hardon screeching at me like a howler monkey that just had a cattle prod rectally inserted for doing so.

And yes that has actully happened and is a big part of why i hate the post office.

 

The big question is HOW did the company become aware of the drivers using the phone ?

what alerted the third party company ?
Does the third party company have fancy Software that knows what a phone looks like ?

i know one driver that decorated pop tarts to look like a phone screen and eats them all the time to drive his nanny cam monitor nazis crazy

he’d poke at it and hold it to his ear for a little while long enough to trigger the A-I software and then start eating it .

 

Doesn't the company get a pretty big fine also? I thought I read here $10K.

 

With all those electronic devices I see up on the dash/ windshield when passing trucks. It amazes me who is paying attention anymore to driving.

 

The best companies are the ones that require you to watch Netflix on your phone while driving so you don’t fall asleep

 

It’s a necessary evil in my line of work.

Have to use it.