Camera's are coming to a truck near you or Yours.

People wonder why this industry is going where it's going...so many new drivers are willing to just bend over and let he co's run them over...until this changes...it will get worse..

 

Only time will tell. You or I can only speculate what will happen in the future should these cameras become widespread. I cannot agree they are here to stay, because frankly, they are in very few trucks at all right now.

I will be on the side fighting for my privacy, not giving it away freely.

 

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It is there truck. Its not yours. You work for them. I wouldnt allow it in my home, just as you would not. I assure you they only care about safety..

Dave

Be Safe Ouy There

 

Amen

Dave

 

just merely working for some company doesn't mean you give up your rights!!

 

It's about time for drivers to stand up against the companies instead of bending over and asking how far they want you to bend over.. stop laying down and taking it. It is just like the fmcsa with new rules they dream up and we as a industry just take it.

 

Being in a truck, an office, or a factory does not take away certain privacy rights regardless of who owns the property. Dave, I am sorry my friend, but to say Swift (or other company you imply) only cares about safety, then cameras is not the answer, hiring qualified drivers instead of inexperienced drivers is the solution. Do you think a carrier like Swift could ever reach a higher level of safety like Walmart Transportation as a result of using these cameras? Of course not. Cameras do not drive the truck, they only witness what occurs.

 

safety is not the only concern. Mitigation of corporate liability is, I believe, the primary reasoning behind this. I've been doing this a while now, and I consider myself to be a VERY safe driver (my record speaks for itself). But it would be impossible for me (or anyone for that matter) to drive 600 miles in a day with both hands on the wheel and eyes straight ahead. I frequently change the radio station, take a sip of coffee, light a smoke, etc, etc, during the course of the day. It does not affect my being a safe driver because I know when it is safe to take my hand off the wheel to pick up my coffee cup and when it is not. Now say there's an inward facing camera, I take my hand off the wheel to adjust the ol' cash and prizes, then 8 seconds later (which is an eternity at 70 mph) someone in a car slams into the back of my trailer. Well, I just violated company policy by not having both hands on the wheel and corporate can't be held liable. The camera can't see the back of the trailer, all it sees is me taking a hand briefly off the wheel. It's me, the driver, that gets thrown under the bus, so to speak. I can imagine countless scenarios of the like.