Does Conway Truckload use dashcams?

Con-way truckload has them in some of the new trucks some of the training trucks some of the newbs trucks I haven't heard about if they take them out after six months or not

 

They r forward and rear facing cameras

 

and the office can ping them at any time in real time regardless of what they say.

I've seen em do it.

this was at a freight yard in Alabama was waiting on my behind schedule sub service load to be loaded up sitting in the office.

 

I don't think you're saying this correctly. I highly doubt they can pull up real-time view of the drivecam. Even if they could(which I doubt), you would see something going on by the light turning red or blinking. They can pull up previous footage of the drivecam at anytime. Why do you think the drivecam has to reset at 2am? To upload/complete the footage, and delete the old(if event hasn't occured). The drivecam is always recording. However, it only saves the portion of each event. It may record from 00:00 to 24:00 but only saves a few minutes before/after each event.

 

I'm sure they can remotely trigger the drivecams to record, and probably have it upload that segment of video right away, instead of at 2 am. It probably costs more, so the companies are not likely to do it.
They are able to change the settings remotely on the drivecams, meaning via the cell phone link. Why do you think they wouldn't be able to trigger the cam to record, and upload?

 

I'm a future rookie driver. I was told, in writing, that a camera would be installed in my truck after finishing. It would be in the truck up to six months then removed. And that it could not be accessed real time.

 

While I am sure they can trigger it to upload at any time it still will only upload something if an event has occurred. Otherwise, there would be nothing to upload. I personally really enjoy the drivecam and wouldn't mind one being in every vehicle out on the roads today.

 

Hypothetical: let's say that management can spy on drivers. Either real time or by uploading a chunk of recent video. OK. So that would mean one of two things, either Conway would need hundreds of employees to sit around spying via dash cams, or they do it so rarely that the odds of seeing someone do something wrong are remote.

In other words it ain't likely.

Dash cams send a chunk of video to the safety folks when triggered. Crash, sudden stop, sharp turn... The idea that any company could sit around monitoring 100s or 1000s of cameras on the sly is just plain silly.

 

You ever see a security gaurd watching a bank of monitors? Every few seconds the monitor switches to a new camera, maybe a dozen or 2 monitors. You tune out the mundane, but it is pretty easy to spot the unusual at a glance. 1 guy with 24 monitors, each spending 3 sec per cam, can check on 2500 trucks every 5 1/2 hours.

Sure they won't spot something every time, but they'll eventually learn which trucks are good for breaking up the boredom; like the big guy in truck 34506 who likes to wear pink panties & is often seen struggling with a wedgie. And that the wife in team truck 31497 is good looking -- and look she's driving on a rough road now. Someone get her a sports bra!

Do you really want this for yourself & fellow drivers?

 

I know what I saw with my eyes.

Whether you believe me or not is your decision.

I'm not arguing.