Technology: all the ways a driver & equipment is tracked/traced?

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  1. ihaveaquestion

    ihaveaquestion Medium Load Member

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    probably will forget listing a few things from this original list, but what are all the ways, companies or government is watching directly or indirectly each & every piece of equipment
    1. DMV records
    2. VOE
    3. Authority paperwork
    4. Elogs
    5. Bill of ladings
    6. Driver license search
    7. License plate search
    8. Vin number search
    9. Truck GPS/Antenna
    10. Trailer GPS/Antenna
    11. Weigh station check-in’s
    12. Port of entry check-in’s
    13. Maintenance records
    14. Inspection reports
    15. 100+ different tracking apps
    16. Nervous broker calling every hour
    17. ?
    there’s gotta be more, ways, equipment this just what I thought of, off the top of my head of various ways drivers/equipment technically trackable/traceability
     
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  3. LOTSO

    LOTSO Heavy Load Member

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    Go to Oregon and they have cameras in the trees taking pictures. If you're off on your mileage and argue with them they will send you the photos.
     
  4. dptrucker

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  5. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    18. Any diagnostic software from the manufacturer, such as SmartLinq from Peterbilt. If your truck throws a code and it’s not a “it’s fine to keep driving for a while” code you get an email that lists the fault and where the closest dealer is to you.
     
  6. ihaveaquestion

    ihaveaquestion Medium Load Member

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    oh yeah telematics, Freightliner, virtual technician service. If a driver pulls all the fuses related to connectivity they won’t be able to ping the truck, but let’s say someone steals your truck. There’s an antenna in the dash behind all the controls that’s the back up antenna… of course they sell all these services third-party add-ons.

    which reminds me is the newer trucks the radios have Wi-Fi so technically Hackable
     
  7. ihaveaquestion

    ihaveaquestion Medium Load Member

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    I’ve seen it lol, the photo album collage of ones whole Oregon trip with a three cent per mile fee currently.. so if you did like 1000 miles in Oregon it’s 30 bucks & then a whole bunch of photos that they keep in the database for a year in case of audit from any agency in the country
     
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  8. ihaveaquestion

    ihaveaquestion Medium Load Member

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    I forget what state I was in it. I think it was Washington going into Montana and there was this helicopter school over there that I didn’t know of. For 10-20 miles all I was seeing was black helicopters probably Apaches in the sky... I was asking myself wth is going on… it was just a training school nearby

    but those drones are out there flying around speed tagging, allegedly lolol
     
  9. w.h.o

    w.h.o Road Train Member

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    Are you using a VPN just to log into this site too?
     
  10. fishonron

    fishonron Medium Load Member

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    I'd put Cell Phone/Google at the top of the list.
     
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