Camera and speeding

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  1. Apr 8, 2016 #1
    Weepee

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    With cameras inside the detect if you are speedig?
     
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  3. Apr 8, 2016 #2
    Blackshack46

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    What? Elaborate more on the other day and time for you and your family????
     
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  4. Apr 8, 2016 #3
    Lepton1

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    Are you asking if a company has driver facing cameras inside will they detect if you are speeding? It doesn't matter. That company already is tracking your speed on the EOBR. Many companies with EOBR's already track if you go faster than the maximum allowed speed, whether you take a turn too fast, or have a hard braking event.

    I would think that with the addition of outward looking and driver facing cameras they could also note your speed compared with the posted speed limit. Some truck specific dash cams that you can buy in a truck stop can also include your speed, so that's something to think about for any driver that wants to upload YouTube videos.
     
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  5. Apr 8, 2016 #4
    Balakov100

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    Can't imagine it's not clearly visible on the video.
    Unless it's embedded in the file only.

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    My $200 Dashcam does both.
     

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  7. Apr 8, 2016 #5
    88 Alpha

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    This is my guess and I may be wrong, but it sounds good.

    If you have a forward facing camera (company-supplied or your own), your speed can be determined by an expert witness in court. It would seem to me the expert would know the length of the dotted line, use your video to calculate how long it took you to get from one dotted line to the next, then convert that calculation to speed.

    If you have a qualcomm, your company can certainly set speed (over speed and excessive over speed), idle (over idle), and rpm (over rpm) parameters and be able to see those numbers, at least as a percentage of how much you are doing each.

    If your truck is equipped with an ECM, my guess would be anyone who can access the ECM can see your numbers.

    Can your company see your speed in real-time? Not sure about that, but at the very least, all it would take is a couple of mouse clicks to find out your most recent numbers.

    Welcome to Big Brother's world. He is watching, he is always watching. With virtually everyone and their sister having cellphones with video-recording capability, businesses having cameras viewing the streets and even interstates installing video cameras to monitor traffic, you can assume you are being recorded when you are in public.
     
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  8. Apr 9, 2016 #6
    Moosetek13

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    I've seen readouts from our (Swift) Qualcom, and nothing to do with a camera.
    They can be sure of what speed I am running at any given moment, down to at least a few seconds.
    There is a running log that they will go to if something happens, or any time they want to check on you.

    88 Alpha is also correct that a forward facing camera can be used to get a very accurate estimate of your speed based on the lines. The lines are a certain distance apart, and the camera is running at a precise speed.
    It is some very simple math.
     
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  9. Apr 9, 2016 #7
    Moosetek13

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    55.24 mph.
    Down to 100th of a second.
     
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