Trucking Company Considering Dash Cams - Thoughts?

If i were a company driver and that was on the table, id be brushing up my resume and leaving. Forward is fine... ish for basically dashcam for insurance and proof reasons, driver facing is a company trying to make it more obvious that the driver is a worthless part of their operation and so they can fire drivers for whatever reason they feel like. (Same can be said for forward facing to slightly lesser extent)

When you add on telematics and ai driven reporting, I will not put up with a computer telling an office worker that can fire me that i was tired because I braked too hard on tuesday at 3 am and swerved a little 30 minutes later, when that was me avoiding a drunk driver and then avoiding a massive pothole

 

I as a driver dont mind forward facing cams.
I have my own anyway, so one more is good

 

I would not operate a CMV without a forward facing camera. If i own it, it will have camera's on all 4 sides and in the trailer as well!

 

I was on the fence about forward facing dash cam at first but once boss set more reasonable parameters it became a non issue. At first you needed to count to 5 or so at stop signs or it would flag a stop sign violation. Also when passing traffic on a 4 lane it tagged you for tailgating when you were 3 or 4 truck lengths back of vehicle in front. These were mainly issues in heavy traffic. Driver facing boss was told by almost every driver they would give notice on the spot . He didn’t consider driver facing and only got forward for the insurance savings at the time . Most our drivers have been here 10 to 20 years .

 

I don't mind forward facing. Heck, I bought two with points from Loves about 3 years ago. One caught the guy hitting my truck and running, allowing us to catch him and issue him a criminal citation for hit and run, the other caught someone hitting my personal vehicle and running. Again, reported to the police and caught him a short time later.

Oh yea, on a side note, it allowed me to view who took the crap out of my truck because the guy who did it turned it around to face him when he was removing it from the windshield. It was one of the few things in my truck that I actually got back after I was shot.

 

I can’t believe you don’t already have forward facing dash cams .

I can’t believe anyone doesn’t already have their own dash cam

even if the company has a dash cam I’d want my own so I can see it whenever I want .

 

Why do you ask this?
You know perfectly well that no one wants facing cameras at work.
Or you want a face camera in your office table. (you can't eat, you can't make phone calls, you can't move from your sit for more than 2 times during job time, everything you say will be recorded and "Anything you say can and will be used against you")
"You don't need a driver, you need a driving lawyer."

Your company.

 

No need for driver facing cameras.

Just from forward facing you can see if driver responds to a different event or crash correctly of not.

Dont need some lawyer to come up and say hey we saw driver crewing gum while driving, that's distracted driving!