Dash cam maker claims driver facing cameras prove driver did the right thing

Driver cam maker says inward facing camera proves driver acted appropriately. To me it didn't make any difference. You can tell by the drivers actions displayed on the outward facing he did the right thing..what difference does it make? You decide..

https://cdllife.com/2018/dash-cam-m...ve-maneuver-to-argue-for-driver-facing-video/

 

Watched the video. I’m sold. I’m putting one in my truck and forwarding every second to my company at the end of my day. Had he not had that camera, he’d be dead. (End sarcasm)

 

I’ll agree with it. But I’ll also state I don’t want a driver side positioned camera.

Many of the Crete guys here can probably tell you about the videos they’re shown. The capture is 3rd party, critical event activated, and only reported if the call is for good cause. The only reason to fear driver side camera? You spend most of your day distracted and/or on the phone.

While I’m sure some hack could get in it at some point. The reporting company has no desire to see Billy Big Rigger with his junk hanging out.

 

I myself couldn't imagine having a inward facing camera pointed at my ugly mug all day. Quite invasive to say the least...

With that said, I think you can clearly see the driver make the evasive move on the foward cam alone. At a minimum, I'd take out this drivers face cam for a job well done. He no longer needs his privacy invaded..

 

The only reason to fear them is because you are distracted or on the phone? Don’t you contradict yourself saying you don’t want one? So are you distracted or on the phone?

Some of us just prefer a symbolance of privacy from unnecessary intrusion. I believed this when I was a cop, too. I didn’t want to know any more than necessary, I didn’t want to see people’s texts, emails, etc.

Yes, it’s the company’s policy to make since it’s there equipment, and it’s up to them to fill that seat when I clean my stuff out.

 

Actually I do believe it’s contradicting. But company policy is the same here for lease drivers as company drivers.

No cell phone use, even with a headset.

Why hand them cause? Even the video states that forward looking provides 95% of the decision. The other 5 would be used to terminate the driver for not following company policy.

Companies already take more control than they deserve. I talked to a JB Hunt local driver yesterday. Their local trucks have the cruise disabled. Despite the fact they’re driven on interstates. SMH

 

Already have self installed outward dash cam. Inward dash cam no thanks. I use my phone for GPS and could look like i'm texting when just observing. No thanks.

 

Mack, I witnessed an accident I wished I had a camera rolling at the time.

The driver they chased down, ran off the road to avoid it. Kept it on the wheels, came back onto the road. Kept on trucking, until the blues come on.

It was the truck behind him that hit the idiot that ran a stop sign in a construction zone. That driver never checked up, and bailed into the woods at the next exit ramp.

I stopped when State Trooper pulled the lead truck over. Offered the driver my name and phone number. Provided a statement to the trooper, then went my merry way.

Not sure what became of that. I never got a call.

 

Swift put those things in a couple years ago. They lost many drivers over it.
The cam also did nothing to prove much, and eventually the inward facing cameras were disabled.
If even Swift can not find a good enough use for them, of what use are they?

It wasn't really an issue with me. When driving I am doing nothing that would trigger an event when I am doing something I didn't want them to see - such as lighting my pipe, which takes both hands. Or using my GPS to find the next place to stop.
I do those things when there are no other vehicles around me, camera or not.

They are a non-issue if you are doing things exactly correctly. But they can be used to show small things to incriminate a driver at a bad time.

We are not machines, and should not be treated or considered as such.