cameras & listen devices

superior tanklines..williams tanklines..united oil..cox petroleum all have cameras in their trucks

 

do you mean pointed at the driver or as a dash cam pointed at the road ???

 

any cameras that are pointed in the cab, I believe are all day cabs...

 

They can put any listening devices they want in this truck. All there gonna hear is the truth and some really bad singing.

 

I guess I will never understand why people object to this so much. I've had a cam in my truck (facing road and me) for 5 months now. The company my dad drives for (a very small furniture hauler) has had them for like 4 years.

 

You can add BP to that list. Theirs point at the driver and over the hood. They are not in violation of any law because the camera is not on all the time. It only comes on when the vehicle is suddenly jerked,stopped,swerved. The camera may be on stand-by but not on. I left right before they put them in but my friends tell me the supervisor downloads the info after their shift. If there's a problem then he or she sets a meeting with the driver to talk about it. As of the last time I spoke to the drivers no one had a problem with the system and a couple say they were saved because of it. I just do not like the fact that there's a tool hanging over your head all the time. One more thing to worry about.

 

That is the point who would like a device spying on him on a daily basis ....i wouldnt like it myself .it is like a superviser inside the truck with u.....i would prefer using my own camera saving my **s if anything major hapens ..but a spying cam ..i would hatr that...as a matter of fact one of the reason I love about trucking f
is the freedom of driving coast to coast freely ...the fact of not being inside a building while you being supervised ....and now hearing abt this camera thing that is no good

 

I'm going to put my dog in this fight...... there is no need for a camera to face the driver especially in pvt. fleet. ( Like BP ) 99% of these folks like myself had to have 10 plus years clean in somewhere else before we could even apply ( be considered ) which mean we had to be doing something right. Any type of elog / OBC will capture sudden truck movements. Carbide used Cadec back in the 80's and it even detected the PTO and when we crossed the state line and of course speed and sudden braking...no camera required.

Trucking is no different than any other industry when it comes to things happening...because they do, even to the best. Other industries get sued just like trucking.

Over my career I was blessed to only have a couple of accidents. In every case someone hit me. Safety can whine all they want but if you're out there then there is a risk of being hit....it's called exposure. This camera solves nothing BUT distracting the driver which is the last thing you want to do.

I say if mgmt feels they have to have a camera pointing at the driver then it's time to park the fleet. Truck mgmt needs to grow up! Pay a professional wage and hire a professional and let the man do his job....he will.

JMO

 

I told my drivers they were going to be movie stars.
Some were a bit camera shy but have come out of their shells now.

 

i wonder what will it take for drivers to say, enough is enough?