Sleeping at the wheel

Agreed. You don't see him jump until maybe a second before impact. That's scary stuff.

 

So the camera did zero to make this driver safer, but let's use this incident as a springboard to demand they be installed in all trucks. HUH?

I think the regulators need to be regulated.

If they want to pass a useful law, how about tougher texting / phone use laws. 30 days suspended first offense, 1 year second offense, 5 year third offense. There, I just saved 100 times more lives than mandated driver facing cameras.

 

I agree with you.

So...if he wasn't sleeping, but was clearly facing the road...was it intentional?

They might want to cop to the sleeping.

 

problem is everybody gets sleepy at times.you have to know when to pull over take short nap,but your 14 hr rule makes that inconvenient.

 

Do you really mean to suggest you think the study states "install camera" = "prevent all crashes"...?

 

You only forgot license suspension does not prevent getting behind the wheel.

 

True enough, but then there are another set of consequences to be applied.

 

All the technology in the world won't prevent all crashes only we as drivers can ... I see a lot of guys taking a power nap sitting up parked waiting somewhere .. To me that's a dangerous habit I trained myself when I started driving to always go lay down for a nap The only side affect is I can't sleep sitting up on airplanes or watching tv lol but I feel the chances of drowsing off while driving are greatly reduced IMO

 

Those Black Horse guys run mostly nights, from what I've seen. I believe that they are the in-house carrier for ALDI supermarkets. And ALDI's DCs typically start receiving around 4am. The ideal solution for safety would be to require shippers and receivers to ship product in the morning, and receive product in the afternoon /evening. I don't see how cameras benefit anyone but personal injury attorneys.

 

I'm not sure that would be any safer or logistically feasible. I'd rather be delivering to stores in the wee hours when there's no traffic. If you suddenly added dozens or hundreds of trucks to a typical city during rush hours that will create a more dangerous situation, whether you are awake or not. Many cities have worked hard to get their businesses to get trucks in and out of the city during the night.

Then there's the issue of the amount of warehouse space in a typical supermarket or similar retailer. It's TINY. If they aren't supplied during the night stocking hours then there will be a serious shortage on their shelves.

Cameras benefit a truck driver that has a collision caused by another driver that then tries to blame it on the big bad trucker. Cameras hurt a truck driver that screws up, as in this case.