Companies currently using driver cameras...

Recently hired with a company that has the inward-facing Samsara camera (in addition to outward-facing). They used to be a stopper for me, but everything else about the job looked great, so I made an exception. Outward-facing is useful, but in my opinion the inward-facing cameras are just a useless gimmick tech companies came up with to extract funds from gullible trucking companies. I ended up deciding to just completely ignore the thing. When the chime sounds and the voice says things like "Please reduce speed" "Put down phone" or "Distracted" I just keep doing whatever it is I'm doing and ignore it. If management gets on my case about it I'll ignore them too, but so far they've been cool about it and haven't said a word.

 

Some record audio, some don't. There is no way to block the audio of what you are saying or doing without a louder noise to mask it.
But even the outward only facing cameras might record audio, which would include what is said or done inside the truck - since the camera is mounted inside.

And the outward facing camera can, and does, record reflections off the glass.
The driver facing camera is a more direct feed, but that reflection has nailed drivers to the wall.

 

We live in the wrong world to get worried about cameras. every where you go your being recorded. the number one thing that gets drivers in trouble isusing electronic devices. Personally I thing phones should have a disable function when driving.
How about stay off your phone except handsfree use when driving.

 

Hands-free is no panacea. In some ways phone conversations are even more distracting than texting. One of the tip-offs that a driver is being distracted by talking on the phone is having to pass them repeatedly when you're the one who's been traveling at a constant speed the whole time.

 

Its the only legal way to talk on the phone while driving. Personally I do not use my phone while driving. if I need to make a ca;; I find a safe place to stop.

 

Just talking to someone else in the car is a distraction.

Watch nearly any TV show or movie when two people are talking in a car with one of them driving.
How often does the driver look over or back to the person they are talking to, often for several seconds?
Sometimes it results in a near miss or a crash of some kind.
It's a subtle detail that doesn't get talked about that much.

Handheld, Bluetooth or in person...
When you need to keep your eyes and mind on the road, conversations of any kind are a distraction.
Even if you don't look over to the person you are talking to, the process of listening to and formulating a response makes you lose focus on your driving duties to some degree.

Our minds and brains are not capable of true multi-tasking on a conscious level, they are only capable of task-switching.
Look up the difference.

 

Acme Transport, Ltd. out of Surrey, BC has cams facing both directions. Their American division is headquartered (office only - no yard) in Ferndale, WA and called Acme Transport USA.

 

When it was still Interstate Distributor Company, in 2016-2017 I ran their GP dedicated between Fontana and SLC only (we never went to Phoenix). One day I got a call from my DM about a hard stop at a yellow light in SoCal while bobtailing. When you've driven millions of miles and your boss starts telling you how to navigate yellow lights, it tends to rub you the wrong way (on the plus side, he did at least have some driving experience). It didn't play a role in my deciding to quit after six months though. That was mainly because of the low pay (only 36 cpm).

 

After recently driving 11 weeks for a company (Acme Transport USA, Ltd.) with inward-facing cams and receiving calls from safety about it, I felt motivated to return to this thread and update the list. The 4 1/2-year-old comment quoted above is right: updating the list is time consuming and it doesn't take long for new lists to get buried in other posts. A wiki would work a lot better. If I build one, it'll be at truckerprivacy.org (just bought the domain today). Will report back if/when I get around to doing anything.

Here's the current updated list. It has 188 entries:

48 States Transport (Orlando FL)
AAA Cooper (Dothan, AL)
ABF Freight
Acme Transport USA, Ltd.
ACT (Liberty MO)
AD Transport Express
AG Trucking (Goshen IN)
Air Liquide
Alan Ritchey
American Central Transport
Amerigas
Arctic Express (Columbus OH)
AS Kinard
Barnes Transportation
Barr-Nunn
Bay and Bay
Beacon Transport
Berns Transport
Big Blue (Warren OH)
Bison USA
Black Horse Carriers
Blair
Boyd Bros.
Brenntag Midsouth
Bulkmatic
Button Transportation (Dixon CA)
Calex
Cardinal Logistics
Cargo Transporters
Carolina Tank Lines (Burlington NC)
Carroll Fulmer
Carter Express
Central Oregon Truck
CFI
Charger
Chizek Transportation
CKJ Transport
Classic Carriers (Versailles OH)
Climate Express (Union MO)
Con-Way
Continental Carbonics
Core Trans
Cowan Transportation
CR England
Crete Carrier Corp
CRST
CTI
Custom Commodities Transport
Cypress
D&D Sexton
Davis Express
Davis Transfer (Stark FL or Carnesville GA)
Day & Ross
Decker
DHL
DL Landis
Doug Andrus
Eagle Express Lines
Eagle Transport (Rocky Mount NC)
Equity Transportation
Estenson Logistics
Experior (Alsip IL)
Exxact Transport (Lakeland FL)
FedEx Ground
Fleetmaster (Roanoke VA)
Fortune Transportation
Fraley and Schilling
Freymiller
G&P Trucking
Gardner Trucking
Gemini
Godfrey Transport
GP (Columbia SC)
Great Plains Transport
Groendyke Transport
Gurney Trucking
HA Puryear (NC)
Halvor Lines
Hardy Brothers
Heyl Truck Lines
Hirschbach
Hogan Transport
Holland Enterprises
Hurricane Express (Colcord OK)
Iron Mountain
Jacam Catalyst
Jacobson XPO
Jeff Foster
J&R Schugel
JB Hunt
JBS Carriers
JLE Industries
JS Helwig
KAG
Keller Logistics (Defiance OH)
Kennesaw Transport
Kodak
Leavitt's Freight Services
Leonard's Transportation
Lily Transportation
Linde
Linden Bulk
Lipsey Trucking LLC (Chattanooga)
Long Haul (Albertville MN)
LP Transportation
Mabes
Marathon
Martin Brower
Maverick Transportation
McElroy
Melton
Millis Transfer
Monterey Mushroom
Morristown Express
MTB (Birmingham AL)
MTS Martin Transportation Systems
MVT
NAPA Transportation
NFI
Nussbaum
Old Dominion Freight Lines
Orica
Ozark Motor Lines
P&S
Paper Transport
Parke Cox Trucking
Payne Trucking
Penske Logistics
Perdue Farms
Performance Food Group
Pilot
Pottles
Praxair
Pride Transport
Prime Inc
PTL
Q Carriers
RE West
Red Mountain
Redbone Trucking (North Salt Lake UT)
Regency Transportation
Reinhardt Food Service
Rinaudo Trucking
RO Harrell (South Boston VA)
Robbie D. Wood (Dolomite AL)
Roehl
Rowland Transportation
RTI (Kansas City KS)
Ruan
Rushline Hauling
RVBP
Ryder Logistics Transport
Safeway
Saia
Sharp Transportation (Wellsville UT)
Sharps Transit
Starz Transport
Stevens Transport
Sun Coast Resources
Sysco
Teton
TLI (Little Rock AR)
TLX/AWL Transport
TMC
TransAm (someone said they took them out)
Transport National
Transwood
Tribe Express
Trimac (someone said they don't)
Tuff Transportation (Winter Haven FL)
UPT
US Foods
USA Truck
UsXpress
Van Wyk
Venture Logistics
Veriha
Walmart
Walthall Oil Company
Walton Milk Hauling (Alexander NY)
Waste Management
Watkins Refrigerated
Watsontown Trucking (Milton PA)
Werner Enterprises
Western Express
White Mountain Trucking
WW Transport
XPO