Insurance requiring dashcam to get authority

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  1. Regional

    Regional Light Load Member

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    Hello guys,

    I am currently in the market looking for truck insurance in order to get my authority active but many insurance carriers are giving me a dash cam to install otherwise they won’t give me insurance. Some are even requiring to log into my log book. How can I avoid this ?
     
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  3. ibcalm19

    ibcalm19 Road Train Member

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    Wow, that's new to me.
     
  4. Iamoverit

    Iamoverit Road Train Member

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    How's your driving record? Usually they only insist on things like that when you are a very high claim risk.
     
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  5. NightWind

    NightWind Road Train Member

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    Well don't have enough info to say much other than tell em to take a hike. They aren't the DOT or lawyers so they have no biz in your biz
     
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  6. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    They want to have access to your logs to verify you’re going where you say. You can thank all the new authorities who dropped their radius way down to save on their premium and then proceeded to run coast to coast for that one.
     
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  7. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    How’s you driving record?
     
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  8. NorthEastTrucker

    NorthEastTrucker Heavy Load Member

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    Too much accidents have been occurring so for any new authorities. This is the new way of insurance companies keeping their eye on you. In their opinion, seeing is believing.
     
  9. Bonita Nut

    Bonita Nut Light Load Member

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  10. Regional

    Regional Light Load Member

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    My driving record is clean. Nothing bad on it. I’m just under 21 maybe that’s why?
     
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  11. Regional

    Regional Light Load Member

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    It is clean with no issues. Maybe I am under 21 that’s why they are doing this?
     
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