Driver Facing Camera

you guys make a valid point. but what about drivers that dont want to be recorded regardless of making $$? whatever it is its for noobs that what to get into the industry. for all we know hes scaring them off. some of us that choose this job for the open road and solitude that comes with it thats being violated . if one wants to put his face on social media then this person has no problems with driver facing camera. but what about those that do have a problem with it>? do we have any rights?

For instance, the company made me sign a whole bunch of papers about it. when i got home i was thinking hey i dont drive perfect all the time. i dont think anybody does. i know i will have to eat and drive one day. i know i will get phone calls/txt msgs from brokers and dispatchers. i know there will be drunk drivers at the night. i know there will be other drivers using there phones and not paying attention causing me to hard brake or swere into another lane. all of this will be recorded and i will be penalized for it and i signed for it knowing this. this is why when they called me to pick up a load, i declined. i realized this isnt what i signed up for because this is the nature of the job. a professional driver is what its is, we recongize a problem and compensate for it. it wont be pretty but why get penalize for it if we can avoid an accident.

from far as i can tell, all trucks have a black box. combine that with highway facing cams, this info of the driver should be enough. vehicle telemetry can be read off of it just like any other device thats on a transportation vehicle like airplanes,trains and busses. as far as i can tell those operators sleep in a hotel or in there own home after there shift. why video record on OTR driver that live in a truck on top of that with audio? most trucks dont have apu, most trucks have to remain idle during our 10 hr break. guess what that in dash camera is recording something even your conversations on the phone. why is this legal?

 

i strongly think and ill have to agree based on the facts that a driver facing camera in some instance can save the driver in an accident only if the driver is a robot. but if you are human, its there to hang us even at no fault. because a defense lawyer will find away. god know how much trouble i got out of because my defense lawyer knew somebody that knew somebody that was able to pull some strings back in my younger days . i just had to ask on the forums of other people if they feelt the same way.