Jumping Ship?

Most people don't want camera's on them. It's our home inside these trucks. I will stand up naked all the time in front of it. Maybe make a porno

 

I have a camera in my truck it records in cab and in front of the truck, It also ##### off when the park brakes are set. It does not record the sound, nor can they access while I'm driving down the road. Iy has a 32 gb mini plugged into it. every couple of weeks they pull it when I go thru a company yard.

The records are saved as video chip shows the show highest speed and if there was an incident like hard braking.

any file marked as an incident will not be automaticly written over, the other files will be over written as memory is used.

The insurance company suppied them free to our company as well as a reduced rate.

The way our company uses them so far is not bad for the driver. But incase on an accident you now there going to hang the driver.

If there was a situation that would envolve me . like driving over hours the camera will simply disappear.

 

The company I just started with has cameras in the truck they record incab and infront of the truck they only save a recording of 12 secs 8 secs before 4 secs after hard braking sudden jolt swirving ect that also record audio if siting still they tell u to cover up the inside camera for our privacy just incase someone hits us while parked I was kinda sketchy about the camera deal until they showed me some things where it actually helped the driver in some accident situations one they showed me was where a truck rearended a car without the video driver would have been at fault but because I the video showing the car cutting off the truck it saved the drivers rear another was a box truck side swiped the truck said the truck came in his lane and hit him but there agian the video showed the truck never leave his lane and the audio picks up the sound of impact so maybe this little bit of insure into the cameras might help some understand they don't record 24/7 they only record when the safety paramitors are set off

 

If all these guys are quiting and some going back otr, Then How come my miles still SUCK. anything less than 2000 is unacceptable for me.

 

Powder joints, The cameras Millis has can been seen at any time. Driving or not. Our safety guy flat out lied to us all about him not being able to access them anytime. There has been driver after driver say they safety has sent them a message telling them things they need to fix while driving. Millis used to pride themselves on honesty, and a hometime guarantee, neither of them are still there. (with that said I don't normally have issues getting home. But I have noticed I'm late a LOT more than I used to be getting home). Also it's hard for drivers who have at least a year in to work here when there are companies after companies offering to pay more cpm with the same or more miles. I too have been SERIOUSLY researching leaving.

 

Sometimes the company isnt all the problem. I have met alot of lazy people at Millis. They want want want, but b!@#$ and moan the second dispatch gives them a short run or shuttle an empty for a customer. I feel no sympathy for those types of always grumpy people. am on track to make $53000 my first year as a trucker. No complaints with Millis here.

 

There will always be lazy people anywhere you look. I was on track to make close to $50,000 (120,000 miles regional) myself and a couple of other drivers I know that left were all hard working. In my case I just didnt like the trucking career but the others didnt like all the changes going on. I believe any time a major change takes place it will make a person reevaluate themselves and take whatever steps necessary to better themselves.

 

Cameras,opti-idle, and other future "beneficial" changes that don't benefit drivers at all is a good part of it. I can say richfield is stacked and packed with empty trucks, including last count 8 T680s that have cameras in them. I've been thinking about switching to regional to get home more often, but have also been looking at local jobs near me. Hopefully it doesn't keep going the way it is or its just going to be another training company that pays a little better than swift, cr england, et. al.