So I've been driving for 2 months. I was very lucky to land this local job making 70k/year straight out of CDL school. I drive around 450-500 miles a day with 1-3 stops each day. This is the best job I've ever had. I love truck driving. I love the small company I drive for. The only negative really is the driver facing cameras. What real benefit do they provide for the motor carrier? They have HD camera systems now that are forward facing (we use those) and also can record both sides of the truck all the way to the back of the trailer. If the other vehicle's driver is at fault, the video will show irrefutable proof of it 100% of the time. Does it really matter what the truck driver was doing at the time of the accident if there's absolute proof it was the other driver's fault? Another scenario, let's say the truck driver was being stupid and texting and was at fault. Does the video showing the driver texting absolve the motor carrier or insurance company of financial liability if sued?
Driver Facing Cam Question
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by AdmiralRodCawker, Mar 6, 2019.
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Answer to your last question is.defintely not. And if I were the carrier, the last thing I would want to do is voluntarily, continually create video evidence against my own company, 24-7-365. But what do I know. I know I'd never work in a truck with a.driver facing camera.
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It protects the trucking company if someone else caused the accident. They can hurt the driver if they catch the driver fallowing to close or slow reaction time. If the driver is doing anything that might be looked as not paying attention. Like eating and driving or even drinking a soda.
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One reason they do it supposedly is to get a discount on insurance. I don't see how it can be enough to get carriers to create evidence against themselves though. One wreck where your driver didn't have both hands at two and ten on the wheel and those savings and a lot more are gone. They're obviously convinced that it makes drivers safer, and they even more obviously want the enhanced control...power...authority....amusement.
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Ok, so I did a little research and think I found the answer. It turns out that as a company driver, if you cause an accident and there's video evidence that you were even slightly distracted, the financial liability shifts from the insurance company and motor carrier, to you. Even taking a sip of soda could financially ruin you for life.
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It's a training aid. They can see what you were doing when a critical event is recorded.
Swift had them and disabled them. The exact reason for that I don't know but you can be sure the number crunchers decided it wasn't in their best economic interest.Lepton1 Thanks this. -
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It is more that they can see you doing bad things before you have an accident/incident and fire you before said accident/incident happens. Think of it as a preventitive measure.
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