Swift maybe my way out of here

What is the starting pay for EMTs where you are?. I did the EMT thing in South Florida in the early 90s and it was minimum wage ($4.70 per hour IIRC) with no shortage of people wanting positions at the company.

I loved the job, but could only afford to do it part-time on weekends.

 

They can still listen...
Go right ahead and speak your credit card and social security numbers over the phone.. there's more than one that could be listening in on that.
Can't ever have peace of mind even in your own truck. Sad thing man

 

What a load of BS..
Companies do have the ability to spy on their drivers live. There's endless personal experiences by drivers proving that.

 

Before I go any further I want to make several things abundantly clear:

• I am not affiliated, in any way whatsoever, with any of the companies that provide cameras used for this purpose.
• As a driver I do not agree with having them inside the cabs of our trucks.
• I have personally seen and used the web interface provided to companies by Lytx.
• Prior to becoming a driver I spent 15+ years in IT so I am very familiar with the underlying technical specifications and capabilities of the DriveCam 3 and also the CDMA cellular networks that it utilizes for communication.

As far as the claims from drivers that say they have been spied on, how many of them have factual evidence proving that or is it merely speculation?
Are they just using that as a scapegoat for a reason their position was terminated since they don't want to admit to the real reason?
Did a driver manager, terminal manager, safety department, or someone else directly admit to a driver that they do indeed "spy" on their drivers?
How many of the drivers making that claim have ever actually witnessed the interface or had the person(s) in charge go over the system with them?

I have read the whitepapers, datasheets, and technical specs for the DC3. I've personally seen and used the web interface that Lytx utilizes and I've seen what information is stored, how and where it's displayed, who it's accessible to, and what else they have access to. If a Lytx rep. decides your event recording needs to be forwarded to your company then they place it in a directory that only the people with proper credentials (login, password, and permissions) have access to and they can only view data provided to them by Lytx. There is no way they can access the camera from that interface. Lytx themselves may have the capability of doing that but I can't verify that.

From a technological standpoint it's difficult to stream even standard definition (480p) quality video over a 4G LTE CDMA network which is what the cameras (except WiFi models) use. Over 4G LTE connection you're going to average about 4Mbps upload and that's enough for a lower quality video, but huge sections of this country are limited to 3G or even 1x and you can't stream any kind of video worth a #### with the bandwidth of those systems. You can encode and compress the video before uploading, but that degrades the video and can introduce artifacting. Audio, however, isn't subject to the same limitations since it doesn't require near as much bandwidth.

Lastly, I would highly encourage anyone with privacy concerns to talk to whichever person(s) or department within their company that is responsible for viewing the events be it a driver manager, safety department, or whatever. Hell, I'd even ask them to pull up a video from your truck (if one exists) to show you as an example that way you can see what they see. It might put your mind at ease a little bit if you can see for yourself how the backend works. Granted, in a huge company like Swift or something it might not be possible to do that whenever you feel like it, but I would still suggest you (the driver) at least make an attempt.

 

Factual.
I can speak for myself when I worked at Crete and was sent on truck recovery and got a truck with a driver cam in it. Was blasted for using a bluetooth while driving.

 

Still waiting for an example of a driver facing cam helping the driver.

I guess if a wasp or something in the truck played a part in something it would help back up your story.

In the case of an accident though I can't imagine the driver facing cam being more beneficial to the driver than to the opposing lawyer.

 

Stuff that comes to mind would be if there were claims that driver fell asleep or was on phone or messing with something on dash rather than watching road etc.

 

Doesn't presumed innocence apply anymore in the US of A?

With a driver facing cam I guarantee they can find something to show driver error.

 

Driver yawned!! driving while tired! arrest him, sue for millions!
Driver reached for the AC controls! Distracted driving! arrest him, sue for millions!

 

Melodie why do you want to leave a good job as an EMT to live out of a truck for peanuts?