The TRUTH About Driver-Facing Cameras in Semi Trucks

[@B2Speaks]

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[@georgemartin6619]

Man I totally agree....they called me backing up and said my seat belt wasn't on it pissed me off

[@jesusnameaboveallnames6048]

If it's illegal to place cameras in hotel rooms, it should be illegal in a sleeper truck as well.

[@pacino9688]

If you think that's bad, the other side of it is that they are listening to all of your conversations when you're talking to someone.

[@trarussell1456]

Facts everything single thing

[@337Brian]

Wow😮

[@akbuilder7626]

This is why we need a union for ALL drivers.

[@danstafford5977]

Drivers inward facing camera is a form of distraction... it's also a stress factor... because some people don't like to be in front of an audience... it's like giving an audition.

[@ne9835]

Yeah, I HATE THEM!! Especially I'm the type of person that doesn't like anything camera related, whether it's taking pictures or videos. I'm currently driving for a company that have them now but I'm a rookie, I'm gonna do a year with them, get my experience, then bounce!!!

[@jphillips5346]

You are absolutely right. They can log in at any time. Watch and listen to your conversation with family which can be uncomfortable. Manager actually showed me at last job in real-time.

[@pridemizzle1565]

Who wears a seatbelt when backing into a dock lol. Really weird for them to call about

[@johnwolf1475]

those ca,eras are the best to incriminate the driver

[@CSc-yb3zc]

🤪HECK YEAH ESPECIALLY IF YOUR A NEW DRIVER 🤪IF THE CAMERA FACING THE ROAD THAT AINT A PROBLEM BUT WHEN THE CAMERA FACING YOU WHILE YOU DRIVING 🤪THATS A DISTRACTION AND SOME PREDATORIAL S***!!!!!!😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@davidh1927]

They cannot violate your constitutional rights..no matter who owns the truck

[@WestsideBlack214]

My brother!! I totally agree I just started a week ago as a temporary system driver until my dedicated run start. I’ve had my first call from safety about the phone, which it got resolved in my favor considering I didn’t have a mount yet. I highly disagree with the inward facing camera. But I don’t believe insurance is the only reason why it’s being used.. remember we are in a financial crisis in the world!

[@ICYPROFITS]

I dont care about invasion of privacy. The truth is they will show that video in court and you will go to prison or be sued and lose everything you own. As drivers we all do some type of distracted driving wherher its reaching down to grab a bag of chips, reaching for paperwork, adjusting the seat all while going down the road. Let those cameras catch that when theres an accident..its yo ass.

[@EmpireStateExpress01]

Great video! Insurance companies are the main part of the reason why trucking sucks now. I believe they are the culprits behind the ridiculous standards for hiring experience drivers. You have 10 plus years of experience, but it's not within the past 3 years, so we (the company) can't hire you despite your clean record. The dude has only been out of the truck for 4 years. Make it make sense. The only thing that changes in trucking consistently is the amount of new useless regulations. Yet, a new CDL holder can come out here, no problem & and get cleared by insurance easily.

[@timexcape7961]

And yet I can get a federal trucking job due to experience from 4 years ago😂.

[@user-zs4um9lw3n]

With all the latest safety and collision mitigation systems, combined with e-logs and cameras, trucking should be safer than ever. I don’t know how I’ve made it 35 completely safe years without them…

[@jasonbailey4411]

Does your dispatcher have a camara looking at him that should activate when they are talking to you and lying about how busy he/she are. So you can see for yourself. That's a BIG NO. When they call you why not go face to face since the technology is there? Outward camaras great in board into my house,is an invasion of privacy. Period.

[@1stRoadhammer]

I literally have the inside camera electrical taped so they can’t view the inside of the truck - we got the “new” system last fall, and it was PROMISED that they wouldn’t not activate or view the inside camera - It got back that they broke the promise - so a large majority of us decided to hold them to their word and taped the inside camera

[@BeautifulJ-ee2dt]

Can they suspend you for that?

[@1stRoadhammer]

@@BeautifulJ-ee2dt depends on the situation and how the agreement was reached, I’m old school, I record every interaction with ANY company representative no matter if I call them or they call me and in person I video record and I hold them accountable that way; they get the point where the video can make things interesting, and why we don’t want them to record or even access the in cab audio or video; it our world, our PRIVATE conversations, I NEVER AGREED TO ANYONE RECORDING ME LIKE ED TV 📺 then posting the video on KZbin or TICTOK or Facebook or whatever… I signed my video acknowledgment form by stating “signed under economic duress”, because so many of them have made this authorization or acknowledgment, a form of compulsory infringement of privacy as in you wave your constitutional rights in order to have the job

[@Nerey1997]

the company I work for would fire you for that.

[@shun6039]

Honestly I find it honestly disgusting that alot of these companies are doing this. I use to work for Swift about a year ago and they didn't have Driver Facing Cameras, but they did have Outside facing cameras, and a Microphone now from what I was told don't know if it's true, but there's a little box on the right side of your windshield and it lights up green and blue, now to my understanding green means they are video recording and blue means audio recording. I tested out this theory and anytime I would have conversation on my headset I would notice the blue like blinking, and crazy part about it it was ONLY when I was having a phone conversation, never detected my music. And I honestly feel like that is a MAJOR invasion of a drivers privacy, what I'm having conversations about with my family and friends is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

[@davidh1927]

What if you are speaking with your bank? Or lawyer?

[@stanlojewski6761]

I won't defend having inward facing cameras, albeit I know that sometimes in certain situations it could possibly be helpful. I see them as unethical/invasion of privacy. But that's just me. I never thought I'd work for a company that has them but like you said, so far they don't harass me. You said a comment that I say all the time "just because you can do something doesn't mean you should!" Every single day drivers on the road are doing things that create accidents. Evidently just because they haven't learned the hard way YET, don't mean that they won't....just like others have, doing the exact same nonsense. Stay safe, driver.

[@Smooth-wc6zp]

The pen lazer shined in the lense when camera is activated will protect you from false, bogus charges. Call it a glitch, but you can incriminate your self, or NOT.

[@jessie97]

That's just invasion of privacy. It is not right. It makes some drivers nervous and will make them mess up and make mistakes.

[@MikeMitchell-pi6dv]

It’s all about control. It gets your company discounts on insurance and the company can watch you at all times.

[@drummerboy555]

Your right the insurance companies have to pay regardless So what are inward facing cameras good for? I think its a controlling issue there saying we’re watching you and we’re in control wich they can’t be they have to give the control over to a driver but in order to think they have control is put a camera on you

[@jasonking5710]

No cameras allowed in anyone our ups vehicles

[@jaminova_1969]

Agreed. My company uses them and I thought it was funny that my manager brought something to my attention that the AI flagged me for which was a seatbelt violation. I always wear my seatbelt but the AI noticed me adjusting it because of my 2way radio on my shoulder! The real issue I have as for inward facing cameras is privacy. Do I want to be under constant surveillance even on my break, for example on a private phone call?

[@user-to9em9ii2x]

If i had inward facing camera i would be hanging a piece of cloth in front of it when i stop for the day.

[@charlessavoie7408]

That's what I do.

[@souris101111]

I could see the benefit if the footage shows the driver always focused and acting like a professional driver at all times. If possible, it could be good footage for a potential employer to see how good a driver you are. But isn't it considered the company's personal property? They'd be unlikely to lose a good driver to another company.

[@Rizzlyricist]

I wouldnt mind them. People work at Walm-Mart (let alone office jobs) with thousands of cameras watching them.

[@B2Speaks]

Yeah but they don't sleep inside of Walmart. Most truckers sleep in their trucks

[@Rizzlyricist]

@@B2Speaks I feel you on that part!. Though cameras are an intrusive portion of privacy, the truckers that sleep (to me) are typically the ones who over-eat and indulge in unhealthy habits. It does kind of suck that these cameras are being rolled out during this current era of me wanting to get into the industry though. But I need the money and freedom 🫡. I currently hold a security license and is taking time out to slowly study for a cdl as patiently as possible. I've seen local schools [florida] that offer training for at least between $3k - $6k. This [local training] will be the best option for me I think. Because I'm not trying to fly out to a training center (example: Swift, Springfield, Missouri) a nervous wreck 😭. So doing it local, at least I can drive back home and try again at a later time etc (cheaper than plane tickets). I'm hella focused though. That pre-trip is a brain buster 🤯.

[@ronniewarren7354]

I don’t like them that face the driver, but totally agree with the outward facing ones! I wish your company would hire out of my area Houston, Texas I would apply.

[@YAHsKid]

As a women and soon to be trucker, this makes me uncomfortable. I will definitely be covering the camera when it's bed time or during changes. Total invasion of privacy.

[@sonstar6230]

They turn them on anytime they want there's one of biggest companies a worker got caught watching women in there trucks and they removed the camera shortly after

[@Blacktopcowboy]

Inward facing cameras are just a form of micromanaging. There’s nothing that adds to safety. It could be a drunk driver that slams into the truck after running a red light with the truck driver just sitting there, and that camera will trigger an event, and even though the driver wouldn’t be at fault, the company would still probably pay the medical expenses for the drunk driver that was either killed or injured. Just because it be easier to shut up, but out fall driver and avoid a lawsuit to prove the innocence of the driver of the truck. So you’re right trucking companies really don’t even benefit from having inward-facing cameras. What it does do though is it allows of the terminate drivers for anything a lot easier. So you need to cut down on your fleet, all you do is start looking for problems. You touched your phone two times in an hour. Or what if you were trying to look at directions? You picked up a drink and ate some chips OK well you’re sitting in a truck for up to 11 hours a day driving. You’re going to get hungry and you can’t always stop and take a sip or eat some food I’ll park. what if you sneeze? Tons of scenarios that a manager should be able to see and say hey, this is an employee working they’re paying attention. Nothing to see here. But all it’s going to take is upper management telling them hey we need to look for anything, and everything that shows the driver is distracted. and God forbid, the cameras have AI. The AI in the trucks can barely distinguish a shadow sometimes. You’ll have the truck breaking because you’re going under a bridge. How does the AI know that you’re distracted, or you’re tired, it doesn’t. Oh, it’s looking at, his hand and eye motions and trying to determine if this is something he distracted or a fatigued driver does. Which tells me that that data will also be sold to improve AI going in future cameras. So not only are you going to be watched, but the company will probably be selling your data of you being recorded. even if the mega carriers don’t realize this is what the camera companies are doing, it is. When you go on the website they want to know what you’re searching for. So why wouldn’t a camera company want to sell the bad habits of drivers or the inaccuracies of the cameras, AI to other tech companies in order to improve it? So many predatory scenarios that could be going on. I’m not for it one bit. If a driver wants to be monitored, let him buy a camera for himself and submit it when there’s an incident. some states don’t even allow recording of two parties unless there is a verbal and written consent. So how does that work when you work for a company and they’re recording you while you’re over the road? Did the laws for where the state the driver CDL is in reside where the companies? It’s just bad all around.

[@jermainesimmons8723]

I don't care for driver facing cameras, it's intimidating and violating your privacy.A couple of times for no reason my camera came on when I wasn't driving and that felt creepy.

[@Tooter666]

Just so you know. Lytx has implemented ai technology, its actively monitoring your movements in cab now an recording events it deems as a distraction or unsafe event. I was flagged for holding my vape in my hand an was almost suspended for it. So its not just event triggers now

[@cryptocowboy433]

They need banned and the people at LYTX should be sued for violating peoples privacy.

[@truckerbaby171]

They are watching you at all times they micro manage you look you right in the face. Oh and listening to you 24/7. I know this for sure ok. Be careful what you say and do.

[@user-zv7ov4rm5w]

I was driving for a pretty big company at the time. And I was venting at traffic like every other driver at times. I get a call 5 minutes later. My dispatcher called and asked if I o k🤔. There are no cameras in the truck. And i'm still trying to figure that one out

[@B2Speaks]

Yeah, that's creepy right there!

[@dsquires6525]

Does your truck have a front facing camera? As a former dispatcher, some of those cameras record audio. Saw it first hand.

[@Mills-eb2jc]

I QUIT driving in 2010 because of electronic logs and driver cams. Companies listen to ALL your activities and well as watch you at will. The company I quit actually had driver facing cams and if you had to swerve or hit the brakes, the company "safety person" would call you to discuss "what the driver was doing" before and during the hard braking. If you have a sandwich or drink in your hand you would get written up. What BS...deliver your own products.. I dont need to drive for ANYBODY. Oh and trucking RETIREMENT PLANS dont exist...you drive until you cant or die....that the business model.

[@stuartloggins3691]

Do X rated stuff in front of the camera and talk about crazy shit.

[@cash6879]

If you're on the phone and using hands free device and get into that accident that injures or kills someone compared to the person on the phone to the ear..one may do sometime in jail. Camera would help in that instance. We had a person get robbed and the camera caught the person.

[@B2Speaks]

I have zero problem with DRIVERS having a personal camera recording them while they drive and sleep in their truck. The problem is the footage that companies record of drivers go to a third-party processing center, then is sent to the trucking companies. By the time it's all said and done, dozens of eyes(including AI which is vulnerable to cyber attacks) have maybe viewed a driver in the course of a private matter. Like a private, hands-free conversation with their doctor, wife, or even a prayer. Outward facing cameras are cool and EVERY company should be mandated to have those. But when it comes to inward facing cameras, that should be left up to the driver. Thanks for watching!

[@robertcameron5364]

I agree with you,, if a man spends 300 for all his endorsements on his lic. & a company hands him the keys to a million dollars worth of equipment & freight & the company cant trust that man or woman to drive the unit responsibly i ask just what the hell has the truck driving world come to,,, also i'd like to ask the owner or president of a company how he or she feels about me putting a camera in his office & recording his actions all day long then i'd like to ask him if his wife will be ok with a camera in their bedroom at night recording their moves? i know what the wife gonna tell ya,, as far as insurance is concerning, it is a cost that one must assume to operate a semi truck,,, if you ask me all these companys are doing is putting an undue stress upon a driver & that's claimable under OJI in most states

[@chosen2865]

When the truck is parked, cover the camera

[@MarcDemmon]

Mean while the company have them stored for life

[@randletv]

Eventually all companies will have cameras

[@gts3004]

Apparently these trucking companies are too stupid to understand that the appeal of a trucking driving career is that other people aren’t around. The camera is allowing other people to once again invade your space. Find another career.

[@MarcDemmon]

Not only that every thing being recorded can come back to hunt you 4 years later storied in Google

[@boom1925]

Nooooooo!!! I was going to drive for Nussbaum.

[@charlessavoie7408]

Nussbaums a good company.

[@malikford4786]

These trucking companies and insurance companies can go to hell drivers owner-operators as well as company drivers should band together and shut down the interstates and refuse to move any freight in protest before the federal government demanding they abolish this inward facing camera crap In addition, this is just pitiful no wonder there is a shortage of truck drivers in this country by having inward facing cameras , this is no different than being in jail where you have absolutely no privacy.

[@TheTruckerJon]

I hate the cameras

[@user-lg4mc9qy2r]

Its ai it reads your face you will get points to get fired if you grab for something or if you look sleepy the truck will force u to pull over and shut the truck down theu know eat their doing

[@marlosocool]

Is there a union for truckers?

[@PARMYGUY]

AGREE AGREE AGREE

[@michaelmccoy2621]

They are slowly running drivers off

[@dblackman95]

It has to be insurance savings

[@ILHillbilly67]

Now it’s an insurance thing they get a 10 to 15% discount just because of the stupid camera. So it’s no longer the company making the decisions it’s the insurance company and the accountants they get to make all the decisions for all of the trucking companies. The lot that they’ve always tried to sell me on in the company I’m currently in is that is there for accidents in the past two years I have been harassed yelled at complain because I am looking at something or I’m taking a drink out of a cup while looking at the road. Consequently, the thing I’m looking at is the dash because I was having an issue with my truck overheating. I was looking at the temperature gauge because it was bouncing around like a jack rabbit. I had my job threatened because I “didn’t have my eyes on the road“ or I was distracted with the drinking water out of a cup. Stupid safety personnel that has never touch a truck in their life and has absolutely no concept of what we do in the trucks. I’ve always advocated for every female truck driver that exists to cover that camera up every single time that they’re even thinking about doing any sort of a clothing change. They are wireless Wi-Fi cameras let that sink in.

[@supertech1718]

yeahh i will look tired alot of distractions !!! but for insurance or for company ohh u were distracted u look tired or u weren't driving that truck if something happens first thing first driver responsible so on facing camera big NONO NOOOOO if they need robot let them hire robots they can watch from office noooo fcking prb

[@CSc-yb3zc]

😏 🤪IF YOU WORKING FOR A COMPANY THAT HAS FACE FORWARD CAMERAS IN THEY TRUCKS FIND ANOTHER CAREER OR QUIT THAT COMPANY ASAP BECAUSE THATS SAYING THEY ARE WATCHING YOU FOR AT LEAST ABOUT 3 MONTHS TO A YEAR 🤪AND THEY ARE GOING TO TRY AND DESTROY YOUR CAREER AND ROB YOU AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!!😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@user-mo6jw8sl5b]

Your company will pay but they will come after you for any money you have and any money you make in the future

[@johnwolf1475]

I THINK ITS A 4 AND 5TH AMENDMENT VIOLATION only to incriminate drivers. yelling at the windsheild to keep awake. hpw many of us no matter how much sleep you get still have to fight for two jours and then the 2nd wind kicks in and you could drive for the next 20 hours straight only to get screwed with that 30 minute break ? taking a piss, especiallly when stuck in traffic. checking maps especially when they lock down qualcom maps so frikken stupid... miss your turn and its mapping time but hey lets just lock the map the micromanaging doesnt make it safe- relaxed drivers do and the cops not being asshokes would also help driivers that are relaxed, well paid and happy are the safest drivers

[@Rassy636]

You’re not an owner op with a camera facing in your truck …you’re a glorified company driver at that point.

[@chriswashington5440]

Lease driver for mega carrier,are foolish think they owner operato Fleets costs/expense go to drivers. Complete trap

[@michaelmccoy2621]

Soon there won't be any trucks on the road

[@JoeyKO757]

I don’t work for companies that have them, simple

[@k.c.marshall921]

They will be with all trucking companies soon

[@JoeyKO757]

@@k.c.marshall921 not all of them

[@user-kw7zb8qw1u]

Cameras protect you for instance a trucker or car throws hits your shit they have 5 people n say u one or two team driver hit them instead word for word you lose but if u have cameras it could be 10 n u make all of them look like idiots

[@B2Speaks]

Yes a outward facing camera. Not a driver facing camera

[@user-kw7zb8qw1u]

@@B2Speaks I say in n out the more the better NASA

[@chriswashington5440]

What makes you so knowledgeable

[@B2Speaks]

Experience is what makes me knowledgeable. If you don't like what I say, then it's millions of other videos on youtube you can go watch...

[@brandonchandler9032]

Experience and common sense is what makes him so knowledgeable. I'm a driver to and I agree 💯 with what he's saying about the inward facing cameras. Inward facing voice recording cameras take it to far. Nobody want to feel on edge like they're being watched and listened to. We truck for the freedom of it not to have people babysitting us by watching and listening to us. It's a invasion of privacy to that's your office and your home. This is about control.

[@batman6749]

your a company driver know need to cry about it come be a owner operator if you don,t like your present company

[@brianhoppenrath8379]

If your afraid of the cameras your doing something wrong

[@B2Speaks]

You're wrong

[@petericyou856]

100% illegal invasion of privacy sue them