Do all companies have following distance safety alerts??

No. Not all large trucking companies have annoyance devices in their tractors. Can I tell you which ones do, how many, and which ones do not? No again.

You may try calling the safety department of any company you are interested in to find out what particular annoyance devices are installed on their tractors.

 

yes, and many are different.

ours used stern warnings like:

"hey Richard Cranium, back the effing hell off"....!!!!

 

No, i didn’t ignore your question.
You didn’t like the answer.
Newer trucks have that tech as standard equipment, and the only way to disable it is as an owner operator, and even then, you’re insurance may require it.
So, to avoid that stuff, you have two options.
Drive better, or drive better in an older truck.
I used to drive like you do, and had a close call that changed my mind.
Driving aggressively may work in a sports car, but it definitely don’t work in a tractor trailer.
Physics isn’t in your favor.
Driving aggressively does a few things.
More wear and tear on your equipment
Higher risk of wreck and damage
Higher insurance rates
Less money in your pocket.
I learned that lesson myself, and it wasn’t an easy one to learn.
I watched 2 dozer operators on a job.
One was smooth and steady, the other was aggressive and go go go.
The smooth operator got substantially more done in less time than the aggressive operator.
Like 40% more production.
Each day.
Over the course of a week, smooth was so far ahead of day it was embarrassing.
The mechanics hated fast guy because they often had to work nights and weekends fixing his machine, because it was tore up.
How does this translate into your question?
Like this- the harder you operate, the more you fight against that technology that isn’t going away anytime soon.
It’sa way for companies to protect themselves against you and other similar drivers.
The tech creates a paper trail that points a finger at you in the event of a catastrophe, and limits their liability to a degree.
They can demonstrate that you were a horrible driver and they tried to fix you though training and counseling.
Yes, the cameras can do that.
They can read speed limit signs, too.
Just wait until you get to play in that sandbox. It is coming to a truck near you.
My company has those cameras.
Most drivers hate the new trucks for these reasons.
So, we put the new kids in those to help them learn faster.
It works.
Accept that your driving skills could stand improvement.
Then do better.
It’sa bitter pill for sure, but one that will help you stay out of trouble in the long term.

 

If you don’t like that tech, look for a company that pulls with w9 or 379.

 

Careful with a dispatch service, they want you covered and work on the next guy. Don’t want to haul for cheap and have no chance for customer freight. Better to lease on to a established company or go full bore on your own.

 

Most of the large fleets do because they’re convinced, that with the ability to nanny every aspect of driving a truck, they can hire a fleet of dimwits they can not only control, but get away with it for months before the half wit Gomer they hired figures out they’re getting hosed at every turn.

It’s their business model for as long as I’ve been driving (11 years) and it gets worse and worse every year. Take a look at most of the low brow, nasty, crack head looking goobers driving now days.

About the only way to get away from that crap is to find yourself a small, local outfit that actually still hires drivers and not some idiot with a pulse.

 

Most of these devices our installed by manufacturer, freightliner etc.. Seems like most companies our renting trucks from Penske or Ryder also which have this equipment installed. I'm more old school myself but yeah I wish all trucks had following distance alarms though