Got a good looking job offer with Pride. However when I asked my recruiter, she did disclose to me that they "do use cameras on their trucks, but however, that they do not face the driver, only outbound, towards traffic, and are only activated by an incident". Which sounds like my dash camera that I own and already use. I went on to ask her if they utilize Bendix, On Guard, or any of the like. After explaining to her what they are and how they work...collision avoidance systems that beep at the driver when they think that you're too close to the vehicle in front of you, and including up to applying the brakes for you if they think you're really way too close or about to have a collision. She checked with her safety person and told me "we only have the ones that beep at you when you leave your lane". So that doesn't sound too bad to me, since staying in my lane has never been a problem for me. And so long as that camera is only recording the road, I've got no problem with it. I'm familiar with Bendix and On Guard, and well aware of just how easily they can annoy the hell out of me when stuck in rush hour traffic, or pretty much anywhere in California, at almost any hour of the day. I have no experience with a lane departure warning system. So I'm just wondering if those who have, could tell me what it's like. Does it beep at you all the time, even when you're staying perfectly centered in your lane? I wouldn't think it should be too annoying, but I'm just wondering if it's the kind of contraption capable of annoying a driver so badly, that I should possibly consider this a deal breaker with Pride. If that very last sentence sounds a bit absurd to you, then perhaps you haven't had the same kind of experiences that I've had with On Guard and Bendix devices...*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP, practically all day long, 11 hours a day...ugh!* Also are there any Pride drivers reading this, who could verify to me what my recruiter told me about the cameras? That they are in fact only outward and non-driver facing? Or did my sweet little old lady sounding, kind hearted recruiter, actually try to pass off a little while lie? I know, I would be shocked too (sarcasm). Thank you.
I've had lane departure warning systems in trucks I've driven in the past. As long as they were adjusted right, they werent too bad. They had a little camera on the upper center part of the windshield that "looked" at the lane marker lines. Had two speakers, one one the wall right by the drivers left ear, and one on the passenger side of the cab in a corresponding spot. When you started to get too close to the line, you'd hear an artificial "rumble strip" noise in the appropriate speaker. "Bbbrrrrt Bbbrrrrt bbbrrrrt". The company that had them has since quit getting them, I've been told, because they were not accurate enough to justify either the cost to get them or the aggravation they caused. A small circle of black electrical tape over the camera lens made them a lot quieter. Having said all that, it wasn't Pride I was with then, and they may not have that brand of system.
your post got me curious so I looked them up here. https://www.thetruckersreport.com/t...hreads/pride-has-added-driver-cameras.298481/ read the first post. looks like they removed the in-your-face cams but who is to say they won't bring 'em back on any given day? and do they still pay zip code miles and do mandatory per diem? screw that.
Mr Ed is basically correct on the lane departure warning system. I have it on my truck, it's the left and right speaker as he said. To me it doesn't bother me I've sorta gotten use to it...lol...I mean usually like construction zones when they have lane shifts in place it may go off more, but to me it's not all that bad and I wouldn't let that alone stop me in a company I was interested in. It's more like a vibrating buzz sound. Which speaker that goes off corresponds to the lane of departure, it sees that line like a hawk...lol