Camera? Not on my watch

I believe there is some truth to this.
If a driver is involved in an accident the camera footage will be reviewed and even if the driver had the right of way for example, you can bet the company will micro-analyze EVERYTHING the driver was doing at the time of the accident. Were both of his hands on the wheel at 10 and 2 position? Was he constantly scanning mirrors and everything around him? Was he smoking, eating, drinking or any other thing that would possibly take his attention from the situation? Did he react quickly enough? Was he traveling at the proper speed for the situation?
You can see where this type of thing could lead in a court case. Seems pretty one sided to me...

 

They recommend you place your hands at 9 and 3 now.

 

so what happens if the camera lens gets dirty? is the driver responsible for cleaning it? lets say you sneeze and some snot covers the lens or you accidentally touch the lens after eating some greasy ts food.

 

Very true.

 

The ones I've seen have a lens as small as the camera lens on a phone and are designed in such a way that it would be very unlikely to be touched or smudged. I guess in the rare case the camera couldn't see clearly the company would probably notify the driver something was wrong.

 

I agree with you, and I don't care to have the camera, I was just saying that if everything else was what I wanted, I would probably give it a try.

 

That's not true is a driver gets in a wreck and the camera shows he was texting it will let them know why he wrecked so they can fire his ### and he can be held responsible.

 

.... After being called in the safety dept a few times I'm sure the driver will feel lucky to have a job and appreciate the 27cpm and be ready to jump through any hoops and never question the dispatchers ever again !
... See where this is going?

 

The bottom line is the driver wasn't paying attention. That will be obvious on a forward facing camera. Who cares why the driver wasn't paying attention? It's not ok to lose all privacy just to know weather the driver was texting or scratching his balls or just day dreaming.

 

I have no expectation of privacy in the drivers seat. If I expected privacy I could just drive down the road naked.