Prime Inc. Public Announcement To 9442 Truck Drivers Exposed (Mutha Trucker News)
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- Prime Inc. Public Announcement To 9442 Truck Drivers Exposed (Mutha Trucker News)
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Enjoy your channel. Tough to see what's happening in your industry. Have an excellent evening 😀
Sorry my man, couldn't finish the video because there is already too much talk and no action. Those drivers should have all pulled the brakes and changed carriers or run their own rigs as a true o/o. I am so tired of talk, when are the actions of holding these companies to account like they do the drivers. If they want robots, then let them talk to Elon musk as we walk out the door. Enough is enough already.
Say hi to your mom for all of us, tell her she is youtube famous.
These front facing cameras you have window curtains in your trucks for a reason close the curtains can’t see inside the cab. These front and rear facing cameras save your butt or hang your butt. Why your truck roll over what was the driver doing to cause the roll over.
We risk our own lives, those stupid 4 wheelers lives, we give up our marriages and our children. Yet they want more. All we had left was solitude. Now they take that away from us?
Driving 62mph 70hrs weekly paid 60k yearly maybe and not home alot 2 days a month probably! And now facing cameras! Fuck all that and prime 🖕🏼
65* they don’t run 62 anymore
Right
It's a lie. those cameras are ALWAYS recording.
Even when you are jerking off in your sleeper?
Exactly
If driver is able to prove it that’s a lawsuit.
The definition of “recording” is fudged for legal reasons. It goes into “soft” storage in a rolling time frame. Then when a trigger happens it can select a block of “soft” memory and transfer it to “hard” long term memory.
You give your rights away in the fine print. We use to cover the camera with tape.
I haven't worked for a company with inward facing cameras for 7 years when they got them I quit
i have a frontward facing camera and i personally dont care because i want a camera there to record my outward driving because i dont use my phone when driving, they just tell me to stop speeding and by speeding i mean traveling 15mph over the speed limit which is completely understandable because i shouldnt be going 15mph over anywhere for any reason
@daMillenialTrucker What the hell is wrong with you…. user name checks out.
Guttsy guy! Good for you!🦇
Hello
Our local civil construction company just installed cameras on our trucks. All road trucks and my lube truck also have cab facing camera
Take your skill somewhere else. That easy . Next A.I. will be in your sleeper making sure your eyes are closed
People don’t get this. It starts with cameras looking at you while you drive and only escalates from there
if you don't have bed linen in your truck you can get a ticket
Lol...other companies have been doing this for ten years...grow up...go get your own MC number and feel the sting of the fines...better yet...leave trucking.. we don't need your immaturity .
@@Icantevenstandit wouldn’t be much of a comment section without a boot licker
That’s what I’m thinking next it’s the bunk cam. There’s no end to the invasion of privacy and spying until we end it.
This should show the lease operators, you're nothing more than a company driver renting a truck.
Yeah and paying the truck for the company.
Those lease payments aren’t light, 1200-1300 a week
Nailed it perfectly
I call lease purchase guys "Company drivers on punishment"... like you have to pay to work,you have to pay for the repairs,you pay tolls,you pay fuel,you can't do with the truck what you want,you can't run loads for any other company AND you get no health insurance, no retirement and by the time you are done paying off the truck,it's worthless. It's truly set up for you to fail.
Rent to not owning a truck 🚒, SMH.
Don't be fooled I work for a company a couple years ago that put those cameras in the trucks and 60 drivers quit within 2 weeks almost everything you do is going to be considered a distraction
Yup. I left my last company because of this system and now it looks like I’ll be leaving prime too. I’m just going to get out of trucking altogether I think. It’s time to go back to a job that has a steady paycheck and actually pays me for the hours I work.
I have an idea how about FIRE the driver that screwed up instead of making ALL the drivers pay the price...
Yup...agreed
That's the American Way, don't punish the whole for the one.
There is no driver. It’s a made up story for the company to not take ownership of the decision
Well, that's what they should do , but they won't. They are just using his screw up as a pretext to justify doing what they have been wanting to do for a long time.
That would be “accountability”, right?
Don’t drive for Prime.
Many companies doing it not only prime. No more bottles time for pampers
Amen,my truck my rules
@@kelvintorrence5994 True but that can change. Growing that insurances are requiring you have both facing cams.
@@kelvintorrence5994 Many insurances don't require it yet. But if a law passes knowing fmcsa they might do it some day.
EVER
Who in there rite mind would work for prime in the 1st place 😅😅😅😅😅
Thanks for the heads up I was thinking of applying
Apparently Blacks
What company do you suggest for recent graduates?
@@JohnQuest413 If you are physically able. Flatbed Stepdeck is the way to go. You must be physically capable of lifting 90-110 lb. Tarps. Add 10-20 lbs when wet and or iced. You can earn more, but you will have to work. Strapping, chaining, handling dunnage, tarping, etc. Most flatbed companies do not take on the new CDL holder. You need to do a Google search for flatbed & look to see if they are hiring. The hiring platform most trucking companies use is, the street pulse. Make an account you can search companies there. The starter companies, are a hit or miss. Depending upon who your fleet manager, trainer, office manager. Look at as a first step, after you have 6-12 months more doors will open. After 24-36, 24 being the first big one, more doors will open. Most insurance companies will not insure drivers with under 24 months experience. Until then, your choices are limited.
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@@justinwalker3374 Smh grow up
Prime going bankrupt in 3….2….1 bye bye 👋
I pray you are correct
I knew it as soon as they bought the hopper bottoms, the ultimate death rattle.
Theyll never go bankrupt😂 the drivers pay fuel, truck pmts, percentage, lease fees…… its all profit for prime. They dont pay for a thing! The idiots that pay to drive their plastic trucks do😂
@@JimmyD6977 there is a new sucker born every minute business strategy
if they rely on truck payments then i agree they will go bankrupt moving freight should be the focus and were the money is made, truck payments should be a side line I mentioned this last year at the safety meeting cause if you have a 2018 or older truck you have to get new equipment by the end of this year.
Dennis was an incapable dispatcher and sucks as safety...
Isnt he thr same guy who talks bad about trucker brown?
Reality: 1 insurance discount ruined it for 9442 drivers, but they gotta pin it on drivers somehow.
I believe Prime is self insured. I cannot see Robert cutting a check to an insurance company.
@@michaelwright1602 self insured to the minimum but you still need to have insurance which we all have in our trucks
@@michaelwright1602 yeah you’re probably right about that
@@michaelwright1602 Even if you're self-insured, you are still under bigger umbral of other underwriter.
Prime has lease suckers. Take the wannabe owners away no Prime. Prime owns you. They ought quit. Learn where the money comes from.
Privacy rights violations
THAT'S A LIE THEY NEED TO SAVE MONEY ON INSURANCE SO BLAME THE DRIVER UNBELIEVABLE
I'm quite sure that they are self insured my guy.
Prime pays out hundreds of thousands a day for there drivers hitting shit other cars buildings electric pols traffic lights bridges
@@coreysmith2196 All Carriers Are Self Insured Up To A Certain Point After That They Have To Have Insurance Try Pulling A Load Without A Milton Dollar Policy
@@brucebrown5464 Then Why Do Carriers Have Million Dollar Policies This Is What I Am Referring Too Not Incidents! Accounts Bodily Injuries Hazmat Spills Etc
Hello good morning
As a 30 year veteran, what happens when a person is in violation of the rules? Instead of punishing the perpetrator all drivers are punished. Is that right?
Like peer pressure is going to work when the driver doesn't have 9000+ sitting in the cab with them...these pencil pushers don't have any active brain cells imho
That is common in many companies. Unionized are some of the worst. Union will use, "others are doing it " or "singling this person out".
It happens when they hold all the power. If the industry in general is letting go of a lot of people while sucking people in the front door with lies about how recruits will enter a thriving industry that holds your skills in high demand, should you pay the corporation a large tuition and complete their program, they can place their pompous hands on their pompous hips and make all the rules governing your life.
Watch Prime Inc be the only carrier to force Lease drivers and Owner Ops to pay for installment. Then $25-$50 a week to “rent” it.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
You already know 😂🤣😂
Exactly! 😂
Werner did that shyt 24yrs ago said i have to have qualcom for loads so shippers can track the loads then charge me for it. Plus there insurance only covers accidents up to 65mph any thing more its on the O/O & lease opp. I Ended up geting my own more coverage & cheaper price it was a fight to do that cause they wanted me to use theres and they kept trying to charge me for there's.
😂😂🎉
I love how 9500 drivers are mad about this but not one of them have quit over it people always bow down and kiss the ass of the people that pay them I don't understand it
I left in November. This was one of a couple of reasons. Other than that had a good experience for 11 years.
Of course they quit. Prime turnover has to be like, top 5 turnover in the industry if I had to guess. WTF you talkin' bout Willis?
I'm leaving tomorrow because of it lol.
People are in debt and have a rent or mortgage payment every month. They need to save like 4 months of expenses so they can easily leave this crap.
They already got their trucks governed at 62 miles an hour how much worse of a company do you want to work at
Just another reason to not work for prime
Any driver that says they like being watched all day is either lying or trying to get a raise
So glad I retired from trucking, I don’t want any part of this nonsense
Why are they invading the drivers privacy?? They think prime drivers are cattle?
Put AI cameras in the office drivers ass
The solution is don’t drive a truck for companies that have driver cams .even if that means being broke find something else to do
They pushing p, they can't keep the lens clear.
Most of the drivers just deal with it just to not have to find another job because there lazy and comfortable there
Because insurance companies. Insurance companies say you will get a discount or if you don't put cameras in we will cancel you and once you get cancelled you will never get a company to insure you
Because they got pedos like Mark Staite diddling little kids in their trucks
The day they put reverse cameras in my truck,is the day I stop driving!I have been driving for 37 years.I am so grateful for the opportunity to drive a big truck with without that technology!
Put tape over lens and when you drive pull it off. If they say domething about the lens being covered, you know DAMN WELL , the csmera is ALWAYS ON F";# THAT!
I left in November as the writing was on the wall (o/o with 3 trucks.) Many in Prime groups have the attitude 'well, if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear.' Much like the Germans of the 30s. Very sad to see Americans tolerating this. Prime has not been direct on this issue, probably trying to head off a mass exodus until they think they are ready. The only people that will be left will be news, essentially replacing the defeated with the gullible. I had a great experience there, but won't tolerate being celebrated for safety and service for 11 years only now to have them want to be in the cab with me watching me pick my nose. More often than not this will provide plaintiffs lawyers evidence rather than clear you. It will also allow Prime and the insurance to throw drivers under the bus and disown them for violating any policy, and leaving the driver stuck with the liability. That's my humble opinion.
I find it baffling that companies can find drivers that are willing to put up with this kind of nonsense but they do but for me life is too short to work for a company whose goal is to find new and exciting ways to grip at you until you are fired or quite in frustration. This is hands down 100% proof that there is no such thing as a driver shortage.
This shit should be illegal
I call BS! In a rational mind the only person that should be penalized for their actions should be the driver that committed the violation. Not the good drivers that drive professionally. 🤨
sounds like an excuse to downsize and provide a method to do so
Every company is struggling. I hope enough of the prime drivers quit!!!! We don’t need mega carriers in the industry or anything dealing with the ATA.
I quit a company due to cameras. If you don’t stand for nothing what will you have????? NOTHING!!!
YEAH YOU ARE RIGHT BRO, i I QUITED TOO BECAUSE CAMERAS,FU%&$ PRIME.
Ya gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything,
@@caroltalbott469 exactly my wife and I were team and taking 2500-2700 home a piece every week. We quit and brought our own truck because we technically live in our truck and don’t want no spy on us.
Their CSA scores are good? Man they are paying off someone.
I would sue prime for invasion of privacy. If you are a leased on truck driver you are an independent and therefore is illegal!!!
Gotta read the fine print.
There have already been a few lawsuits, and the courts so far have ruled in favor of the companies. Bottom line, if it's their truck it's their property and they can do whatever they want. Unfortunately for us, most companies are going this route. Unless you are a true owner operator, or work for a smaller mom and pop company that can't afford to to invest in this "technology", we are all pretty screwed.
@@todayslist37737 regardless of fine print if a company controls your everyday as a truck driver you are no longer a independent contractor you are by federal law an employee of the company. I would sue them in federal court or the labor board
Unless you have your own authority you are not an independent. That is why some of us have done that. Beholden to no company. Prime would never allow it. They’d lose control of the truck and driver.
Crossing fingers I make half of what I invested buying truck so I can leave trucking. Growing that insurances requiring cameras
When they start putting driver facing cameras in there that's the time to quit add violate your constitutional rights I'm in a truck driver 41 years I've never worked for a company that has driver facing cameras
Not just no, but Hell no.
Why put a cámara inside the cab that’s violently your driving privacy, just put one facing outside or a 360•
That song from the 80s
“I always feel like somebody’s watching meeeee👁️
And I don’t have no privacy”
Whoa oh 👀
That’s why I am independent yes I have camera only pointing to the outside at Traffic
My wife drives for Amazon and they have those netrodyne cameras and they don't stop recording even when they say they aren't recording. She says you cant look down or itll ding you so no more getting stuff from cup holders or adjusting ac or grabbing a cigarette, or sunglasses off the dash, following too close etc. Essentially hands 10 and 2 the whole shift. Prime has shown me and my trainee their words arent worth a piss bottle. Which the industry already knew.
what about the small few who still have 10 speeds?! Iam one of those people
@shawntruckingwithbs5302 your gonna get dinged and reported. Which they'll see you changing gears and probably disregard it but still get dinged
Prime is one of the worst companies to work for
I was literally looking into working for Prime now I change my mind completely. You can’t change your clothes without the camera up in your business…! What about the female drivers? This has to be against the law. That is invasion of privacy
Did you watch the video?
The timing on this. With the bad rates and company losing money, they used this to get drivers to quit instead of laying off that way they don’t pay or claim unemployment benefits. More ways to punish drivers but at the same time lower insurance rates
Most of primes drivers lease so prime won’t be paying that anyway.
I bringing home over 3k every week.Promise you prime isn't going anywhere
@@RiZenAsH true but there trying ways to reduce drivers.
@@RebelMontanaoh I know I’m one of them. I’ll be leaving as soon as I find something local that can cover the bills. But I’ve been thinking about this for over a year now. The cameras are the final nail in the coffin. I just don’t know if leaving one trucking company for another one in this market is a good idea. Hell, idk if leaving any job right now in this economy is a good idea. You’ll be the low man on the totem pole and the first fired if layoffs hit.
This is wonderful news for Prime ( satire). The lease operators are quitting in droves due to lack of loads and not able to make revenue, causing them to go in the hole financially for several weeks / months at a time. Now driver facing cameras. That will help keep drivers in the seats for sure!
This is crazy glad I have went local I don’t want to deal with this A.I. system
Local company can also implement this. Doesn’t matter if otr or local. It all comes down to the company.
Local is worse.
I’m going local soon and I could care less if they have a camera. Drive my shift for the day or night then go home. I only have a issue with cameras for regional/OTR jobs
those cameras are always recording… if they’re listening to me talk all day they’ll think I’ve lose my mind because i most definitely have developed a coded language. also, i don’t really mind the outward facing cameras. it’s the inward facing cameras that’ll make me find another company.
Ive had this system in a truck with my previous company and I’m not going to deal with this again. I like working here at prime but this is where I draw the line. The rates aren’t good enough for me to turn a blind eye to this. I think my time in trucking has come to an end. The money isn’t there anymore and I’m tired of working 70 hour weeks to end up making less than if I worked a 40 hour week at a convenience store. I need to be compensated for the hours I work. Nothing like working 70 hours a week to bring home less than the McDonald’s employee that just charged you $20 for a combo.
Local driving is where the money is!! Get an hourly job! Never made so much than I do now!
I know right? I’m going local tanker that’s where the truck drivers money is at apparently
any tips for newbies going into prime?
@@bodienecups7498go somewhere else
Yeah, don’t go in…
Now if drivers pee in bottles while driving they’re going to get charged for indecent exposure and have to file as a sex offender
They shouldn't be doing that anyway. Not only is it distracted driving, but it's just plain gross. Use a rest stop. No wonder drivers are looked down upon.
U Stuck In An Accident Or Stopped Construction You'll Change Your View On What's Gross Or Not.
@@KILRtvwhen you drive a truck, you can make a comment. Until then you know nothing about our profession
@@KILRtvDrivers who be discreet throw in trash can I am ok. It is a part of life sadly no rest area all places
@@DJ-WHAT-DA-KUT , you know exactly what I mean. I'm talking about the people that do it WHILE driving, because they can't be bothered to take a 5 minute break somewhere to take care of business.
So the basically gona baby sit how u drive, I’m to grown to be watched how I drive, as long as I don’t hit nothing don’t be calling me!
they will be listening too! and I promise you it is going to always be recording and listening. in a year or two they will get caught and they will say oops our mistake.
They damn sure will be. I left my last company because of this system and I’ve had my dispatcher comment on my use of profanity.
If a company doesn’t trust you to drive their truck without having to babysit you they probably need to rethink hiring process
I think Prime Inc is asking alot for what they are paying. Their money would be better spent on a bump for the drivers. That driver on his phone was looking for something more than 28¢
I drive for a big company once.
Walked into the dispatcher area one day and most of them were doing anything BUT dispatching. Tossing a mini football, chatting with others about the weekend and so on.
If the drivers are supposed to have a camera on them, then us drivers should have a camera on the dispatchers.
JB HUNT in PHX tossed a mini football inside their office.
Hello good morning
I want my lease price reduced if they're putting this in my truck. This isn't what I agreed to when I signed my lease
My company has had this close to 6mons. It IS for insurance. It's always uneasy thinking someone is watching but "not recording" job is stressful enough
They put a ton of rookie unqualified drivers out here. That suck as a company and they need to be put out of business or start using and trining good drivers.
Cameras are always recording, double green means they are monitoring.
Supposedly, they only retain the recording if an event occurs. Who knows what they really can do.
@@Greg3070 : it can do just about everything a security camera can do. Remember, the camera just transmits what is being recorded the footage is then stored at different location. Most systems store all video for 6 to 12 months and then automatically deletes, if no one saves it. But they can log in watch you even if no incidents occur.
I would never have that in my truck cause it's a violation of privacy that driver should be fired and marked a unsafe driver
Also it's another distraction for the driver to see and through there sites off from there driving.cause more accidents
My little company has them, the sun shade falls directly in front of the camera... Blocks everything. Never heard a word from any of them. I really do not care anymore, just make sure the money is in the bank.
@@michaelwright1602🎯
Dude your mom is awesome bro.. thank you for all you do.
More weaponization of safety
He just assumed a driver was watching a video. A good excuse for spending tons on money and further lowering a drivers privacy.
My company uses that same thing I cover the inward camera
Tampering with company equipment. Grounds for termination.
@@TheTallMan50 my safety and repair shop seen it and is fine with it
@itsadunndeal33 For now, maybe. Let's just hope that you don't wind up in a situation where they'd need footage of you driving in order to prove you weren't responsible for an accident. Safety won't be fine with that.
How about rear facing cameras in all vehicles.How about one facing front ,one back ,one at the driver .Then how about one on your head so you can be monitored to make sure you didn’t have a beer then also one while you sleep because you have to get your sleep a full 8.Of coarse this all in the name of safety.But bidding contracts so cheap you can’t afford to pay a decent wage is not unsafe,making sure your profit is growing quarter by quarter at the expense of paying a decent wage and properly training and hiring good people is not unsafe.Running a company so poorly is not unsafe.FFS.The problem is at the top The CEO is the problem.End of story.
No facebook for office drivers or anything else til your off the clock
I got my license through them. I did my year to finish my contract. Quit on the exact day. Once you get your license I was treated like a veteran driver. High value load no stopping for 100 miles after loaded etc…not getting the right fuel mileage we need to turn trucks speed down. Hey dispatch my son is going to be born here in the next month do u think u can run in circles around the house
Yeah sure no problem… mind u I was a day late to his birth… this is a gimmick company way back in 07-08… cannot believe people still buy into their shenanigans.. get your license finish your contract and run for your life back!!!
Oh by the way those mobile cameras that look down into truck windshield are on I40 east bound after the 2nd tunnel before the weigh station
Any trucking company with cameras ,do not drive for them,
Aren’t they concerned the driver would be distracted watching the green and red lights? Then once they know they’re being recorded, could it interfere with their normal routine of safety? I think drivers should standup and say it’s is distraction.
Prime will come up with a way for the lease driver to pay for it.
Mclane has that tech in most of their trucks….
The company I work for uses Driveri, and it is incredibly frustrating. Our company has the inward facing camera disabled, so that is nice, but the capability is there if they ever wanted to watch us.
Allegedly
@@moonshinershonor202, I have a cap over the inward facing camera in my truck, just in case.
My company uses Driveri as well
I helped do a demo run as a volunteer for Stevens Transport before they made it fleet wide. (Now they just have the outward capability turned on, with the inward reserved for "risky drivers"
The demo run had the inward facing cameras that would recognize cellphone usage, seat belt usage, yawning, ect. Blow a stop sign for the sidewalk and it'd ding you.
Now they'd review any dings and remove the inaccurate ones, but it really was annoying having someone call you over the pettiest thing.
I'd purposefully trigger it just to screw with them
@@RebelTvShkaI can't yawn???
Prime is worried about its CSA rating. That directly affects if companies will use Prime as a trucking carrier. I have never been about penalizing the many for just the few. For one, you end up losing good drivers who don't want all the big brother technology in their truck.
How come they don't do anything to the people driving in cars watching videos they pull down their visor so they can watch your TV driving but yet it's always the truck's fault I used to drive for 14 years I know a lot
ive been driving 3 years with my cdl im always on my phone texting and driving watching youtube videos movies etc qnd ive never had a wreck these companies cany expect us to not to text n drive to keep up with friends and family
What an idiot. You’re the problem
The industry needs to stop relying on made up CSA b.s!
This is unfortunate trucking is a career I went into to have some level of freedom and privacy to not have a manager breathing down my neck watching my every move well one of the only jobs left that has some level of freedom is getting that freedom taking away it will only get worse until they have total control of the driver they will own you
How about paid better cpm and stop scamming the driver with those lease trucks.
Don’t drive for prime. Crete doesn’t use inward facing cameras. If a newer driver you only gotta roll with an inward facing camera for a little bit.
No benefit at all for drivers. Driver facing cameras benefit the company and the company only.
Don't let 1 driver ruin it! That is just Wrong!
All these sensors and cameras makes us drivers worry more about them triggering that we loose focus on the road just let us do our thing big off you hardly pay us anyways
That is bs just a excuse to put cámaras on the truck
Also they need to short man power on drivers without fire them
Just got my cdl. I will not work for a company with cameras.
Well you will have a short career
Get 1 year experience 1st young buck
That’s good all drivers have to be alert specially delivering all the Walmart goodies
Those same cameras are in Amazon truck and AFP trucks those cameras are not accurate they give bad scores on drivers worst system ever. It’s just to take away bonus and incentives for drivers it’s a joke!
I work for a small company with about 200 driver or so. We got inward facing cameras that talk and watch us. It's not that big of a deal. Dispatchers aren't calling our phones unless it is something agregious, and that would be rightfully so. Big deal Prine are installing inward facing cameras. Good for Prime, hold everyone accountable.
What about recording for accidents? Do the have at least SOME outward facing cams??? Just curious.
Nah it’s weird to be spied on when you’re driving
Good deal sheeple!
The fact of the driver is OK with it and says it makes them a better driver, is the reason why we will eventually have more driverless, technology and drugs. They are the kind of person that would probably say yeah eating bugs is OK because it’s good for the environment. This is an invasion of privacy, and an overreach in technology. Forcing drivers to have a camera in their truck, facing them as a privacy issue. What about the laws in each state? In Tennessee you can’t be reported without consent. If I don’t consent to this on paper, does that mean I have to just tolerate it because Prime is based out of Missouri but I am a Tennessee resident and work in Tennessee? it’s bullshit. Does the camera even have an outward facing camera? Or is this purely to watch the driver? It’s ridiculous. I’ll stay as long as I have to with Prime, but the second they say bring a Trucking to put a camera and I’m gone.
The more technology you put in a rig the more drivers will not want to drive for that company. Drivers are being watched and punished for just trying to do their job. I worked in Boston and NYC. The truck dad sensors on each side, front bumper and cab interior cameras. In normal traffic all three exterior sensors would beep for lane intrusion because of traffic. The camera would be used against you if you blew your nose or scratch an itch. It was tied to your monthly safety bonus that no one received after all the equipment was installed. Technology should stay out of my cab and my life.
All inward cameras are a violation of privacy if leased on, but might not for a company driver. I can already see a lot of write ups and people being fired. The more access the company's have, the less freedom for drivers. Imagine you are driving, eyes are closing becoming drowsy you pull over to rest and miss your appointment time, now you will get talked to or written up leading to termination 😮 from the company you will now carry that record over to the next company for them to see.
I am not a truck driver. But if I had a camera in the cab watching me, I would find another career.
Roger that on it right now.
Our company has them. It has saved drivers from BS complaints by other motorists. It also can catch truck stop incidents. I've been driving with this for a couple of months now and I haven't had many issues with it. This is just another way for companies to cut down on law suits and an attempt to weed out non professional drivers.
INWARD FACING CAMERAS. Not dashcams. Please learn the difference.
@@WillCarter1976we have inward facing cameras at Penske. They’re watching everything we do. As long as we don’t fall asleep or play with our phones it’s not a problem. We’ve had them for years. These are all local routes.
Most likely it's going to increase law suits ... Any .. A-N-Y competent lawyer is going to foia and attack anything they can..inward facing cameras is like and extra weapon in litigation solely against the trucker..
@@WillCarter1976 they face both ways
Companys are hiring these non professional drivers . Then they give them a list of things they cant do.
Many of these companies are going to far with this technology. Many years ago while waiting at a delivery I was talking with a company driver he was telling me about a driver getting fired for not putting on his seat belt just to move forward a 100ft before going inside after pumping fuel. I turned down a local job because of cameras outside the truck watching while you make deliveries. Some of the drivers I knew from working there before were telling me horror stories about this parent company and the knit picking going on.
Why Would Anyone Drive In These Conditions?......That's alot of Pressure
I drive and train for prime inc for 10 years. I will quit b4 I have a camera in my truck
I'm out tomorrow
Did you quit?
This is what happens when new people come into trucking.
Pandemic drivers ruined trucking
All companies are going to cameras in the truck...these managers are just using the drivers as an excuse?..
I recall back in the mid 1980's, Prime was a Premier Fleet to get on with. If you Qualified. But as time went on the started accepting anyone with a Pulse.
It's just more and more regulation from the mega carriers and FMSCA all the while taking more and more money from truckers. All of us truckers need to come together and have a nation wide strike before all these new AI self driving trucks start rolling out. What there gonna end up doing is saying self driving trucks are more safe than humans and they don't have to pay for robots to drive, there goes all of our jobs.
Owner Operator at Prime and no one truly knows if it doesn’t record when the system looks like it’s off . Any camera can still record if the light isn’t showing on. I had a camera in my house that could turn the recording light off and you’d never know it was recording . All drivers have is to take Prime word on it. There was supposedly a time when Robert Low (Owner and CEO) said there would be no driver facing cameras in the truck which I don’t know how true that is but now Prime is getting them . Hopefully it isn’t for the drivers that own their truck but we do not know yet .
Yes, Low used to promise “no inward facing cameras”
@@empress_me yeah and if that’s true I find it hard to trust Prime
8 years ago everyone at Prime knew people who watched screens while driving down the road. Now it's a problem? When did the laws change?
That’s cameras always record you never know what your company is going to look at or see and if you try and cover it up it talks to you and tells you to remove what’s covering it if you don’t I’m sure that someone from the company will call you and ask you to take it down
I always love how they never punish the ones that do the infraction. But those who have nothing to do with it.
Companies have found the perfect liability relief!
And the ones that can get away with it are going to!
Bargaining Companies have agreed to contracts with no inward-cams.
The best reason ever to organize!
Could also be that there's too many drivers and their trying to thin it out a bit. A lot of trucking companies are just letting drivers go. It's hard to manipulate the market if you don't have a driver shortage. I'd like to know who's responsible for their trucks being governor so slow. It sucks getting stuck behind a pramm truck. Rate are low because there's too many drivers. There's never been a driver shortage
Brilliant news!
It’s About Time!
some do have audio. It varies by company. Melton definitely has audio
my company has had that camera for a year and we are in missouri as well...this is not 'new' technology, its just 'new' to prime
My son drives for a different company. He sees drivers watching their phones all the time! Easy to see especially at night. Extreme driver's inattention is causing many incidents.