For those who have mandatory driver facing cameras?

I can eat, drink and adjust the radio and I’ve never been messaged or called about it.

I don’t really eat or adjust the radio/temperature controls while driving though, it’s too dangerous in my opinion.

 

I feel sorry for you. Been there, quit. Told the owner I'd stay if I could install and control a camera in her bedroom. She declined my offer. I moved on to a better job.

 

@Fabellagirl --

DannyB above is right -- if your job is making you miserable, you really need to move on to another job.

This Forum can help you A LOT with that. It's a good group of helpful drivers here.

Tell us your experience level, types of freight you've pulled, what endorsements (if any) you have, your needed hometime interval, & your zip code (or nearest city/state). Of course -- also give us the freight type(s) that interest you....

-- L

 

See, that's the thing. Of course, moving to another job would seem to be the logical choice, but where you going to go? I think it would be the same $#i+, different shovel, meaning ALL companies someday will need to comply. I remember it was the same when drug testing came out. Initially, it was just the bigger companies, and you could fall through the cracks by going to a smaller company, or like in my case, bought my own truck, but eventually, everybody had to test, and I feel it will be the same with driver facing cameras. That, or no insurance for you, and believe me, that will spin off a group of outlaws that will make us look like kindergartners.

 

There will always be jobs driving day cabs. Everyone’s main argument about the cameras is invasion of privacy because the truck is their home and all that. So that would lead me to think that they’d be fine with them in a day cab since they’ll be going home or to a motel at the end of their shift.

 

How much footage is a company legally able to see? Like supposed to be no more the 10 seconds before or after a event right?

 

Pfft, they make their own rules. Who is going to stop them, the well organized trucking industry?This wonderful machine I'm typing on has made me more skeptical than ever. An "event" could be picking your nose. Goes way back to the , when you hung up the phone, did it really hang up, or does turning the TV off, turn it into a transmitter? Someone who was a big computer fan, said to me once on surveillance, "what, you think they have rooms full of people watching monitors all day"? I said, "yes, I do".

 

When I worked at Sun Coast Resources, they had cameras in offices, loading bays, parking lots, everywhere. Supposedly not in the restrooms, claimed that would be illegal( most of us doubted their claim).

 

I doubt there is a limit. The 10 second thing is just what the average system sends in to review, but anything stored is fair game.
No one quite knows how much memory those cameras have, but these days memory is pretty cheap.

 

Law doesn't address it. Not everything is a legal issie, especially if you aren't working for govt.