DriveCam....

What he said, thanks L.B.

 

It would be no more than a remote login into the qualcomm. These cameras are hooked into the qualcomm system, or they installing another data device onto the truck to transmit the video. Its would be no more than a piece of software, click the truck number and click the camera you want to view. I can set that up in my house for under $200. Unless its closed circuit which these are not, the cameras are remotely accessible either by Safety in BRF once they get it completely rolled out, or the company administering the cameras for them. They can say they aren't remotely accessible or can't be turned on when ever, but that would be a bold face lie. I like everyone else has said I don't care about a dash camera, wouldn't care if they rolled them out to every truck and put on on each side like US Xpress does for the blindside instead of a mirror. But I'm required to sleep in the truck, I don't want one that faces in on me, it in no way helps me.

 

I can pretty much guarantee that Millis reads this forum and all the others, So they know what's being said and how the current drivers feel about this subject. So we'll see where this goes. I know a few guys who just got new 680s and had no camera's installed in them, and I know guys who've been there 15yrs and have them in their new trucks, who knows what they've up to.
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Should make for an interesting Qualcomm conference on Friday, huh?

 

I'm thinking some of the stuff on here might have triggered that

 

i think DB needs a tin foil hat for the "people" spying on him lol

 

I keep thinking about the armadillo hat from Dukes of Hazzard....lol

 

Well if drinking some pop or smoking a cig is going to be a safety issue and get me in trouble I might as well start looking now lol ... thats all I do when I am driving, I smoke like a chimney ( ok not quite that bad ) which millis allows in their trucks its not against our policy's and I refuse to go 4-6 hours at a crack without drinking something or at least munching on something as well like peanuts etc. I rarely have the radio on and I only talk on the phone when I stop.

I honestly don't see this kind of system as a way to help the driver in my opionion. There are other options out there that are much better at promoting good driving habits in real time by talking to you as an example in real time. How do I know this, I drove under such a system for 5 years at my previous employer. That system didn't even need cameras or use cameras and it dropped safety violations by 60% in the first year if memory serves me correctly. That fleet had 15k drivers out on americas roads ( Not a Freight company btw ).

Now I am not totally against the system if a drivers habits prove valid. However as of right now I don't feel confident that I am trusted out there. My compromise would be start paying me a fair hourly wage if they have access to cameras and the qual comm system now. The "old" we don't know if you are really working out there argument won't work anymore with this technology so you are getting paid piece work ie mileage pay. Just my opinion and I am not bitter about it, but am far from totally convinced as of right now with this system.