Walmart here I come!

have had several e mails on this so let me post what I know so far....
With a few slaps on the back from NTSB( who want access to our CER's with an eye on using them to rate drivers) and probably some free Caribbean vacations...Wal Mart Transportation has decided to do another test at two DC's to test two camera systems that are activated by a CER. As they have already conducted tests on multiple systems in the last two years, I can only assume they are narrowing it down to two vendors in an attempt to sweat out a better deal from these finalists.
The first system is a look ahead camera only. The second(and one that gets our SVP excited to the point of soiling himself) has a forward facing camera and a driver facing camera as well as a microphone that will hear everything in the cab. It will record for 10 seconds before the cer and 6 seconds after. Neither system records at the sides of the truck where most accidents happen, interestingly. As I cannot find an incident on the internet where a driver facing cam helped save a company or driver from a bad civil or criminal court decision, I am assuming the driver cam is a driver gotcha. ( if anyone knows of such a decision, please post a link here)
The test concludes in 6 months and the first ones will be installed shortly afterward. If the test drivers have a little imagination, they probably know what to do to get the driver cam system shot down as being ridiculous but time will tell.
Anyway, I hope this gets everything out in the open. Any questions, I will answer as best i know...be careful out there

 

I really doubt that unless he's working extra.

 

I agree

 

I wouldn't expect a walmart driver to lie to another walmart driver!

 

That's the funniest thing I have heard all day !!

 

The good news is you can apply again when it has been 10 years since the accident and it will not be a factor anymore. Keep your head up and maintain a safe driving record. When it is time to reapply, the process will be easier and the end result even sweeter!

Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

 

It can be done if you average $373 a day for the 182 days worked. Even easier if the driver is getting every quarterly safety bonus.

I have never been on the 5-5 program, but I would consider it sometime if a spot opened up. I would max out the 5 days every week and even work into the 6th day any week the other driver would not be working their first day back.

 

Yes it can I made 70 last year on a 5-5 without working any extra days !

 

I'm sorry you feel I'm being untruthful but what I said is what it was. Why would I have applied in the first place had I thought it was going to be an issue? I can read, and the requirements said no preventable DOTs in 10 years.

 

If you say so. If I'm not good enough for them now I'm not going to be good enough for them in 13 months.