In Cab Cameras

if he sent it on the drive line then thats it. i always make sure im on duty or off duty and engine is off. then i dont move for 7 minutes. you can send a message on qualcomm or peoplenet on the drive line and its the same

 

You don't see that as an odd situation? You are telling me he pulled over to send a text and someone just happened to audit his phone records? Although it would have been a hassle, he could have stepped in front of the truck and soon after, pressed the in-cab record button showing him texting outside the truck at that time. Or he could have called. They have policies in place to allow calls on the drive line at your own risk. Why take the chance with texting..? There's more to the story.

 

I'll see if i can gather some more information from some sources with some credibility. I heard about it a while ago but never any hard details. Only one i knew any facts about is a driver that was texting while driving around the yard in sutherland. I think a driver told someone in safety and also had video proof from the cameras around the perimeter of the building.

 

There's plenty of stories of mega driver getting fired for not wearing seatbelts on private property yet getting fired anyway after that tearless retina snitches them out. The camera is repulsive and anyone dealing with one is a fool.

 

Seatbelts dont save lives. They are there to make the fat ones uncomfortable in their seats clearly. And i guess I'm a fool for dealing with a camera day to day. I'm also a well paid fool but im fine with that.

 

Been a couple guys which is why safety warns you to stop, go on duty, send your text, make sure it is sent, wait at least 4 minutes so that the on duty time records (might be 2 minutes now with peoplenet?) , put your self back on drive and go.

What guys stated they were doing was pulling over and sending a text. However all safety knew for a fact was that at XX:XX the driver showed sending a text message while on the drive line.

By policy he was fired. They have no choice with being the single biggest target for lawsuits in the country, and the massive fines associated with texting in a commercial vehicle while driving for the company. They have to have a hard policy as proof they do not condone it.


Does it suck for those fired? Only of in fact they had stopped. I know I have sat in more than one annual class and been warned. Also the autotext response can get you fired. They can not discern what text is sent.

 

They usually don't watch the OBC as hard because at 2 mph it goes into safe mode unless you have two drivers logged in.

 

I tried getting more info but no one seems to know much. Although if he had a camera in his truck, i doubt he stopped to send the text. They aren't going to get rid of you in a situation such as texting while legitimately stopped. Ill keep trying to find out more though.