I don't understand why or how
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by djbattle, Aug 22, 2019.
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I'm a driver with 3 million miles, and experience tells me that you can see whats potentially going to happen if your attention is where it belongs. You want to eat, pull over take a brake and feed your face, I see tractor trailers swerving all over the raod , on and off the shoulders and when you get up beside them they have a subway in one hand and a big gulp in the other. No Good, drivers need to start exercising good driving habits. Good safety records of drivers that have a million or more miles are not accident.tarmadilo and FlaSwampRat Thank this. -
How do these same "bullies" (as you put it) find people to run truck for them at 35 cpm with experience?
People gotta eat, and they'll put up with a heap of bull to make money. It's a matter of how much Kool-Aid you can get them to drink to think your policies and practices are on the up-and-up.
I've heard driver-facing cameras are a real issue for some insurance companies, and they'll spend weeks combing through a driver's history just to find a single point where they can catch them doing something that can be defined as a "distraction" to deny any claim the company might have.
I'll put up with a fair bit of bull (I did for the first four years of my career in this industry, and drank the Kool-aid enough to start dispensing it), but if the company can't trust me to drive the truck safely and professionally, then I won't need to work for them any more.Speedy Sailor, shogun and CorsairFanboy Thank this. -
It seems to me the inward facing camera main use by companies is to spy, correct and micromanage drivers. There are plenty of companies out here that have outward facing only. It's all you need to prove who was at fault in almost all of these cases.Speedy Sailor, TokyoJoe, CorsairFanboy and 1 other person Thank this. -
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If the companies were honest about it that would be one thing. But most lie and say they’ll only look if there is an event.
My friend worked for a company that installed inward / outward cams and fed the employees that line. Her sunvisor would cover the inward cam. She gets a call from safety one day that her camera is covered. She said she’s using the sunvisor and the safety lady said it looks cloudy on the drive cam so she probably doesn’t need the sunvisor.Speedy Sailor, smokey12 and tucker Thank this. -
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Both views together totally exonerated me and Valley Bulk. -
And if so, did it happen with a camera in your face?
For the moment, I’ll assume not.
I rest my case.
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