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Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by USA_forever, Apr 16, 2016.
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In reality what you have is dispatch and operations "looking in". Why? Because the load is late and you stopped to pee. Because your 10 hours were up 5 minutes ago, and your not moving. Because bored dispatchers gathered around a monitor for entertainment.
All three of those scenarios were told to me by drivers that were a part of or witnessed those events.
Drivers don't distrust cameras, just the people with access.MachoCyclone Thanks this. -
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If driver facing cameras prevented accidents we would not have all those youtube videos from driver facing cameras screwing up....
Companies also need to consider... just because you have a video of your driver doing something he should not have been doing does not negate the companies responsibility for placing that driver in their truck. They are actually providing evidence against themselves.
Companies do have the right to put cameras in their trucks but drivers also have the right not to drive for them....
The FMCSA has no plan nor suggestion to ever require driver facing cameras...they are not a safety device in any way...
Collision avoidance systems are being pushed by insurance companies and is something we are going to have to learn to live with.Pete379EXHD Thanks this. -
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My company uses driver facing cams.
They record for twelve seconds after an event. Supposed to be an impact or if the truck swerves or brakes hard. Potholes also set them off and funny enough me hitting a deer did not set it off. Whatever it records it sends to a third party and they screen them out and send the actual violations to the company safety guys/gals.
For me its a whatever but I'm a local driver, I sleep at home. But ours also record audio. So you can cover the lens or close you're curtains but if something jars that truck they are going to hear everything.
For me that would be too much.
They can do what they want while I'm driving but if I'm in the sleeper I'm od and that is my time. -
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I think companies main objective is to make sure drivers aren't happy.You do nothing wrong you're just doing your job and then someone at the company just has to change that.Guess they don't care that more people quit on a weekly basis then they hire.
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I want cameras facing politicians in their offices & OOIDAs PAC group to see what it is they're alllllll up to!
OOIDA id you're reading this Show Me Results!Rocknroller4, diesel drinker and tow614 Thank this.
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