Cameras in Trucks..?

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  1. Feb 22, 2013 #1
    RavenRyder

    RavenRyder Light Load Member

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    Has anyone ever heard of any companies who have cameras in their tractors to monitor the driver. If so what carrier does this. I know I've seen that they have them on some buses, but I've never heard of them in a truck.

    Black Horse Carriers took over hauling for Aldi's supermarkets back in December I think. I was considering applying there then I read a Craig's list post today by somebody supposedly familiar with them. This individual claims that they have cameras in their cabs to monitor the drivers. Is anyone familiar with them in general, and if so... would, or could they have cameras monitoring the drivers, and if so is this legal...?
     
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  3. Feb 22, 2013 #2
    Sheriff1/6

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    Swift had them in the training trucks and they recorded what went on in the cab and on the road. I haven't seen one in a company truck since I started.
     
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  4. Feb 22, 2013 #3
    Autocar

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    Yes, they are legal
     
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  5. Feb 22, 2013 #4
    superpet39

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    US foods and sysco nationally have them .....just to name a couple. They JUST installed them at my old job this past monday, and the guys HATE THEM
     
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  7. Feb 22, 2013 #5
    skibum_63

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    I have a video camera in my company truck.
    It points out the window only, and the audio is turned off.
    the day my company trains a camera on me while i'm in the cab, is the day I quit. Then again this company doesn't MIRCO MANAGE the drivers to death, say as swift, prime, england werner, marten, and other mega carries do.

    The camera is to cover my butt in the event of a incident, i.e.: a wreck.
     
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    Boomer 1

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    the day my company trains a camera on me while i'm in the cab, is the day I quit

    Amen!!!
     
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  9. Feb 22, 2013 #7
    RavenRyder

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    I am in no way opposed to the carrier looking out the front window. I have a mount for my camera that I can mount to the front windshield... I'm opposed to it being pointed at me unless I'm on Iceroad Truckers... and I'm just not that crazy...
     
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  10. Feb 22, 2013 #8
    edwright

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    I use an onboard camera wherever I drive, whether or not the company puts one in their truck. It is a license saver and a guarantee that the correct story will be told when and if there is an accident. Amazon has an amazing setup with dual camera, gps tracking, g-force recording, low light pickup and just about everything else you would need for 78 bucks. I would never drive any of my vehicles without one again, commercial or personal. There are too many people that prey on trucks with the old swerve and stomp the brakes trick. The ONLY way to save yourself on that bit of insurance fraud is to have it on video, otherwise you are SOL.
    If interested, its the [h=1]New R300 2.7" 140° Dual Lens Dash Board Camera Car HD DVR Black Box Video Recorder + GPS Logger[/h]
    Ed
     
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  11. Feb 22, 2013 #9
    RavenRyder

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    Hey Ed... I went and checked it out on amazon... reviews pretty mixed... so,so.... Can you give us a review... have you just tested it out and then went and looked at it on the computer... the low price makes me leary...
    On a side note... I saw a piece on the news concerning that meteor in Russia and how so many people had "dash cams" but what they looked like were a mount with some kind of small cam... but it looked like they were using an iphone or some other kind of smart phone... I can imagine with some of the iphones and the high GBs storage that would work good on a long trip to run constantly... but video eats alot of gigs... so I never really tried hooking my camera to the window... you would have to burn a lot of storage over 10 hours driving.

    So tell us about yours... Thanx....
     
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  12. Feb 22, 2013 #10
    Blind Driver

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    Better not put a camera peeking inside my truck. You'll get an eyeful :biggrin_25523:
     
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