Driver broadcasting unsafe driving.

Did Scottie change it up.

 

I don't agree with making it illegal, but highly agree part of the mind is on the conversation. Which was my original point, they are driving distracted to make money.

 

In the case of the OP's report on this driver streaming and reading/reacting/responding to the live feed on his streaming device while driving, yes that is distracted driving.

If however he or she was just streaming and driving but not looking at the phone, that is A-OK. No different than running dashcamera.

We have to set the moneymaking aspect aside, that has nothing to do with the debate other than to distract the people making comments here from the real problem which is distracted driving ie. reading comments from the live feed while driving and responding to those comments.

 

Disagree. If their is money involved, and it is a "live" operation, the driver is going to have his mind on it. If he has no monetary asperations, then why bother with it in the first place. Dash cam is a passive device.

 

You are right. Medical research shows talking on the phone is the distraction. There is no difference between holding the phone or hands-free. The same effect happens when talking to a passenger. That effect is somewhat reduced by having 2 sets of eyes looking forward. Outlawing manual phone calls was just the sort of feel-good, do nothing, politicians love to make before moving to the next hot topic. It allows them to claim they did something without real inconvenience to the people that simply must talk on the phone 24/7.

 

If we are going to go there, then let's talk about mileage pay. When drivers are paid by the mile and restricted to 70 hours a week with a huge bulk of those hours regulated for On Duty time for just about everything which reduces driving time, drivers having 'money on the mind' to feed their families feel enormous stress to break speed limit laws in order to maximize miles/dollars which is arguably more unsafe than talking to a dashcam while going the speed limit.

 

That's way irrelevant to our conversation. Your getting into the whole trucking concept. Dashcams are passive. Your phone live streaming is active.
It is what it is.

 

I stand by what I said earlier. If they use the live streaming camera the same as they use a passive dashcam then there is no distraction regardless of monetary gain.

 

Nevermind not going to argue with the loser.

 

What loser?