I know this is an old post but I just so wanted to throw my own opinion in. Personally I'm not to thrilled about having a camera on me 24/7 . I like my personal space and even though they say it can be covered and it doesn't always record I only have their word to go on and that's not really enough for me especially since I was told by the same people that there is no microphone and I can plainly see there is one. Now I understand them wanting to watch us "work" but the camera could be placed behind me facing downward toward the dash instead of straight back at my sleeper bay. Also audio really isn't even necessary and is to much. An in cab camera behind you would show what your doing with your hands and feet, plus even see the speedometer to help show more of your speed and it would still allow total privacy during your off duty time. And in my case I'm getting called into the terminal tomorrow for "texting and driving" but if a cam had been behind me they would have seen me using my gps instead because the navigation on my qualcomm has froze up on me 7 times in the past month. My phone is setup for voice to text so I never even have to look at my phone unless I'm using my gps to find a truck stop. My phone text for me, reads my text to me, makes calls for me and even tells me the time and what city im in by voice command, but it doesnt tell me where the next truck stop is or if that truck stop is full unless i look at it like i do a regular gps. Fortunately I can prove my phone was out of minutes that day if I have to. Another idea might be if Im off duty the camera goes off duty too. I might would even feel better with the covering camera idea if I knew there was no audio. I don't do illegal thing but I do like to keep some things I do private.
They can watch me work but I don't want them to watch me live.
Posted: 8 years, 5 months ago
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In Cab cameras on the driver
I know this is an old post but I just so wanted to throw my own opinion in. Personally I'm not to thrilled about having a camera on me 24/7 . I like my personal space and even though they say it can be covered and it doesn't always record I only have their word to go on and that's not really enough for me especially since I was told by the same people that there is no microphone and I can plainly see there is one. Now I understand them wanting to watch us "work" but the camera could be placed behind me facing downward toward the dash instead of straight back at my sleeper bay. Also audio really isn't even necessary and is to much. An in cab camera behind you would show what your doing with your hands and feet, plus even see the speedometer to help show more of your speed and it would still allow total privacy during your off duty time. And in my case I'm getting called into the terminal tomorrow for "texting and driving" but if a cam had been behind me they would have seen me using my gps instead because the navigation on my qualcomm has froze up on me 7 times in the past month. My phone is setup for voice to text so I never even have to look at my phone unless I'm using my gps to find a truck stop. My phone text for me, reads my text to me, makes calls for me and even tells me the time and what city im in by voice command, but it doesnt tell me where the next truck stop is or if that truck stop is full unless i look at it like i do a regular gps. Fortunately I can prove my phone was out of minutes that day if I have to. Another idea might be if Im off duty the camera goes off duty too. I might would even feel better with the covering camera idea if I knew there was no audio. I don't do illegal thing but I do like to keep some things I do private.
They can watch me work but I don't want them to watch me live.