re: Anybody drive a truck or work vehicle with camera inside watching you?

I’ve gotten company drivers out of 5 accidents in 2023. I could prove that our drivers were attentive and the accident was not their fault. We’ve also been able to use videos as coaching on what could go wrong and how important it is to pay attention and drive safely.

I think many people would change their tunes if they had a fleet to manage and saw the checks that have to be written for vehicle insurance and how accountability and behavior tracking can minimize the amount paid.

Granted, with those systems there is always a chance for abuse by management towards employees but if you have a boss who has time to do all of that then you should probably be putting in resumes elsewhere.


ETA: employees also have the right to the footage if used against them for firing, etc. It is not always in the employers favor

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A society where corporations have unquestionable control over their workers is almost as bad as socialism.

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“Unquestionable control over their workers”? You serious clarke?

You’re being melodramatic. We are talking about people driving company vehicles, on company time, with company logos in many (if not most) cases.

The types of company vehicles I see with dash cams are not typically “perk” vehicles that someone is using to commute to an office. They’re normally larger trucks or vans that are hauling deliveries, tools, equipment, or personnel to and from customer locations. And “personal use” of these vehicles is often prohibited - largely because they’re mobile billboards that say “sue me!”

If you’re driving a box truck, flatbed, tow truck, etc. for work, then driving safely is quite literally one of your primary job duties. It’s a little silly to think companies shouldn’t monitor your performance of that job when the tools exist to do so. It’s no different than being supervised on a manufacturing line, or by a foreman on a construction crew. It’s a blue collar job like any other, and this idea of driving being some sort of sacred private time is precisely why companies feel the need to monitor it in the first place - because for some reason, people consistently show different driving behaviors when they’re being monitored.