Camera's in the cab???

In my experience, that two-edged sword you speak of does tend to have a dull side. Although 'most' accidents are considered preventable by the DOT, that camera can well save the 'professional driver' (and having a CDL DOES NOT make you one) a lot of grief from the opinionated public. More often than not, it is the 'four-wheeler' that triggers the accident and the camera can well prove your argument with the 'investigating' officer (let's face it, they don't protect and serve, they investigate and arrest).

 

umm,since you are getting back into trucking,bypass the companies that run an inside camera. a rather simple concept my forum friend.why drive for an outfit that does not trust you from the start? then consider ALL the other ways that the same company that uses a camera will stifle your driving,as in qualcoam,elogs,and all that micro managing type stuff.

you'll be fine and best of luck.

 

With regard to cameras, in cab by the driver,... I have been seriously considering getting one for my own personal use both as a means to document stupidity and provide some personal protection/evidence while out on the road.
Some of you have, I'm sure, purchased cab cams for your trucks. I have done some research but am reluctant to take the recommendations of a manufacturer over someone who personally uses the equipment.
Any advice that can narrow my search?
There are so many of them out there.

Thanks in advance.

 

Interesting. But that was their camera they were using for vlogging I would guess. Right? The manufacturers and trucking companies tout that the in-cab cameras they install only record for a few seconds when triggered by a critical event. If no critical event, video from just a few seconds ago is recorded over. I'm sure the video that could have proved she wasn't using a cell phone would have been long since recorded over by the time she got pulled over and realized she needed the evidence.

From what I gather, when someone says "In-Cab" camera they are referring to a camera facing the driver. When they say "Dash-Cam" most people understand that to mean a forward facing camera to record traffic.

Just thought I would throw that out there... Seems you are using the terms opposite of what most people use. And that does seem to be a point of confusion. Most drivers are not against company installed dash-cams, but they don't like the idea of an in-cab camera.

I don't use a dash-cam, but I'm pretty sure there are some good threads about the equipment in the electronics section of this site.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd0KQv57Rq0 for those wanting to know why companies are putting cameras in trucks, bad apples everywhere

 

In the video about 20 seconds in you can see the drivers wallet propped up to block camera, this idiot needs a long vacation at the grey bar motel

 

I couldn't help but notice, the camera didn't stop the driver from playing on his phone!!

The killing of that trooper is horrible. Yes, the driver needs to rot in jail. But no camera is needed to prove quilt.

 

Camera is solid evidence, with out, could be a lesser charge, camera shows the recklessness of his action, to try and see this doesn't happen again, I would have no problem with the camera being installed in every truck

 

They know he was looking at pictures on facebook. I bet they had that information before they even saw the video.

 

The example of domestic violence gives me an idea: if it's okay for companies (the company you drive for or the insurance company that loves this kind of thing) to put inward facing cameras to capture the driver's behavior, why not have government or insurance company cameras installed in our bedrooms at home...to protect against domestic violence? If it's okay to record the driver's actions in his home on the road, why not in his other home as well? Where is the fine line dividing privacy and protection?