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.
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?
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.
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 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.
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 .
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
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.
@@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. pulse.tenstreet.com/includes/login_html.php?uri_b=pulse_100&login_method=pulse_app_last_ssn_dob
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
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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
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.
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!
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!!!
@@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.
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. 🤨
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
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!
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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
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.
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!
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
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
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.
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¢
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.
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
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 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.
@@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.
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.
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.
before any lease operator or owner operator uses their authority or insurance. You cannot complain, plain and simple. By utilizing their authority or insurance, they have the power to enforce this. Why they do this? Any owner operator or lease operator who receives a violation or gets into an accident while working for any company authority will also be affected by their actions.
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
@@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 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.
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.
@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.
Kudos, for caring Mom! Hey if the Cameras will keep the Prime drivers from running me off the "ROAD" or "ROAD RAGING" When they get stuck trying to pass me. Then I'm all for it. There must be a reason for the fleetwide implementation. Although, I much rather "SHUTDOWN" Next to "PRIME" Than "SWIFTY SWIFT"!
Either you accept it or you don’t. Meaning either you drive for them or you don’t. Prime is a private company and put anything in their trucks they want to. Now it’s on the person to either decide they’re willing to accept the lack of privacy or not.
@@marcusagrippa8078 I, personally left JB Hunt and became an independent contractor almost 3 years ago and never looked back. No more weekly rule changes, no more monthly videos and testing and no cameras watching me like I'm a criminal
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 .
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.
OTR work is getting worse and worse. I think they want to get rid of the old drivers and hire new guys for cheap. It starts with a camera and then people start getting laid off.
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.
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
You're inadequacy in intelligence is ridiculous. 41 Years taught you nothing. A company truck is a WORKPLACE. Companies can do whatever the fuck they want.Now go back to first grade and learn something.
Guys it’s really simple DONT DRIVE for ANY BIG companies doesn’t matter if they pays good or offering medical insurance or even vacation in full DONT SELL YOUR SOUL YOUR FREEDOM TO ANY MEGA CARRIES
For those safety meetings. Every single time Dennis hosts them he says something along the lines of “we hope you’re listening while driving and being safe” meaning they encourage people to listen hands free while working and getting the most current information on everything going on at prime. But comes back “we have to do something cause of the guy who was watching videos while driving” Now, was that driver listening to the safety meeting kinda like you listen to audiobooks and podcasts while driving? Or was he hands off the wheel and occasionally glancing up to the road and actually watching a video? Cause when they say people are watching videos while driving, they never specify what they mean. I see drivers with their phones mounted in crap locations, so did somebody spend all of half a second to “yup this guy is 100% watching videos while driving” or was he listening to a video with his phone mounted in a crap location? They never specify how they know for 100% certainty he was listening or watching. But every meeting he says they encourage LISTENING to the meetings. My truck will be paid off very soon, if they call me saying I need to make an appointment to have it installed, I’m most likely going to leave. Cause they say one thing, and do the opposite. They never investigated what that one driver was doing, so if they use it as an excuse to “yup we have to do this, can’t have a driver do this” If they make in-house emoloyees take random drug tests and can’t have anything in their system other than Tylenol to comply with DOT regulations, they can have cameras in their personal cars, just like their regulations force us to follow. But they pick and choose the rules to enforce, and that’s exactly the problem. One driver out of 9500 is not a safety issue, if they do things like this and use “we have to” What will they do next? Im going to play it by ear and see what they announce. Then we’ll see what happens
We are professionals with years of experience, driving experience, never work for a company who has cameras in the trucks, it's a excuse to monitor you and fire you when you pass them off...
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.
@@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..
Drove a few years for a company that had inward facing cameras. I didn't really care. But when I parked I covered it up. And although I found it extremely useful when GPS said I was over the posted speed limit. After safety reviewed the camera footage they seen the GPS in fact had the speed limit 20 mph below the posted speed limit. 1.3 mil. Of OTR. No accidents, no tickets.
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.
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.
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.
I worked for a company that uses this technology and the camera accurately records your eyeball movement. And if you look down for to long at something it will send a mssg to safety as "distractive driving ." Yes the technology is real and can be very nerve racking to a driver along with the 100 other things on a drivers mind when he or she is driving. Love your video's MT!! Thank you!!
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.
Am a o/o parked my truck last year worked for carolina freightways for 2 months stupid ai camera call you out on everything, I could look down nor the gauges or to the right side, could get close behind cars after being cutoff, keep distance, dont brake to hard, dont speed, f that i went back to my truck
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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?
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.
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
@@mr.monkeytail9059damn yall are rich now lol
@@shawnshawn1366 😂ig them folks got tired of running 62
@@mr.monkeytail9059 they always going 60 when I see them
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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.
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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@@ScreamingSVTcobra03 Smh grow up
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
Dennis was an incapable dispatcher and sucks as safety...
Isnt he thr same guy who talks bad about trucker brown?
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.
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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?
So glad I retired from trucking, I don’t want any part of this nonsense
it does feel good much more fun to observe
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
Why put a cámara inside the cab that’s violently your driving privacy, just put one facing outside or a 360•
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.
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
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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.
Their CSA scores are good? Man they are paying off someone.
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!
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.
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
This shit should be illegal
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
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!
Dude your mom is awesome bro.. thank you for all you do.
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
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
Not just no, but Hell no.
That song from the 80s
“I always feel like somebody’s watching meeeee👁️
And I don’t have no privacy”
Whoa oh 👀
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.
That’s why I am independent yes I have camera only pointing to the outside at Traffic
Prime is one of the worst companies to work for
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
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…
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!
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
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?
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.
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¢
So your telling me out 9442 drivers in the company only one driver was doing wrong, so 9441 driver are safe drivers I call bs on that
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???
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.
Any driver that says they like being watched all day is either lying or trying to get a raise
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.
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.
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
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.
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
More weaponization of safety
before any lease operator or owner operator uses their authority or insurance. You cannot complain, plain and simple. By utilizing their authority or insurance, they have the power to enforce this. Why they do this? Any owner operator or lease operator who receives a violation or gets into an accident while working for any company authority will also be affected by their actions.
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!
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!
No facebook for office drivers or anything else til your off the clock
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 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
Brilliant news!
It’s About Time!
No benefit at all for drivers. Driver facing cameras benefit the company and the company only.
How about paid better cpm and stop scamming the driver with those lease trucks.
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!
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
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.
HI MOM!!!!! I grew up in the risk management industry this is to show the Judge about safety, thus push the liability on the individual.
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.
Thanks for inviting us in. I do things because I can, in the truck. When I can’t, I don’t.
That is bs just a excuse to put cámaras on the truck
Also they need to short man power on drivers without fire them
Kudos, for caring Mom! Hey if the Cameras will keep the Prime drivers from running me off the "ROAD" or "ROAD RAGING" When they get stuck trying to pass me. Then I'm all for it. There must be a reason for the fleetwide implementation. Although, I much rather "SHUTDOWN" Next to "PRIME" Than "SWIFTY SWIFT"!
If a company doesn’t trust you to drive their truck without having to babysit you they probably need to rethink hiring process
Prime will come up with a way for the lease driver to pay for it.
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?
That’s good all drivers have to be alert specially delivering all the Walmart goodies
Privacy rights violations
My thinking, too!
Either you accept it or you don’t. Meaning either you drive for them or you don’t. Prime is a private company and put anything in their trucks they want to. Now it’s on the person to either decide they’re willing to accept the lack of privacy or not.
@@marcusagrippa8078 I, personally left JB Hunt and became an independent contractor almost 3 years ago and never looked back. No more weekly rule changes, no more monthly videos and testing and no cameras watching me like I'm a criminal
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?
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🎯
OTR work is getting worse and worse. I think they want to get rid of the old drivers and hire new guys for cheap. It starts with a camera and then people start getting laid off.
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.
Why Would Anyone Drive In These Conditions?......That's alot of Pressure
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
You're inadequacy in intelligence is ridiculous. 41 Years taught you nothing. A company truck is a WORKPLACE. Companies can do whatever the fuck they want.Now go back to first grade and learn something.
Owner operator here I love my freedom 🫡
More and more insurances are requiring cameras. I'd like to see you create your own insurance
Guys it’s really simple DONT DRIVE for ANY BIG companies doesn’t matter if they pays good or offering medical insurance or even vacation in full DONT SELL YOUR SOUL YOUR FREEDOM TO ANY MEGA CARRIES
It's just camera companies selling their products.
To get rich
This was 1of the best videos ive seen. THANKS
Any trucking company with cameras ,do not drive for them,
For those safety meetings. Every single time Dennis hosts them he says something along the lines of “we hope you’re listening while driving and being safe” meaning they encourage people to listen hands free while working and getting the most current information on everything going on at prime. But comes back “we have to do something cause of the guy who was watching videos while driving”
Now, was that driver listening to the safety meeting kinda like you listen to audiobooks and podcasts while driving? Or was he hands off the wheel and occasionally glancing up to the road and actually watching a video? Cause when they say people are watching videos while driving, they never specify what they mean. I see drivers with their phones mounted in crap locations, so did somebody spend all of half a second to “yup this guy is 100% watching videos while driving” or was he listening to a video with his phone mounted in a crap location? They never specify how they know for 100% certainty he was listening or watching. But every meeting he says they encourage LISTENING to the meetings. My truck will be paid off very soon, if they call me saying I need to make an appointment to have it installed, I’m most likely going to leave. Cause they say one thing, and do the opposite. They never investigated what that one driver was doing, so if they use it as an excuse to “yup we have to do this, can’t have a driver do this”
If they make in-house emoloyees take random drug tests and can’t have anything in their system other than Tylenol to comply with DOT regulations, they can have cameras in their personal cars, just like their regulations force us to follow. But they pick and choose the rules to enforce, and that’s exactly the problem. One driver out of 9500 is not a safety issue, if they do things like this and use “we have to”
What will they do next? Im going to play it by ear and see what they announce. Then we’ll see what happens
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.
We are professionals with years of experience, driving experience, never work for a company who has cameras in the trucks, it's a excuse to monitor you and fire you when you pass them off...
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.
Drove a few years for a company that had inward facing cameras. I didn't really care. But when I parked I covered it up. And although I found it extremely useful when GPS said I was over the posted speed limit. After safety reviewed the camera footage they seen the GPS in fact had the speed limit 20 mph below the posted speed limit. 1.3 mil. Of OTR. No accidents, no tickets.
This is what happens when new people come into trucking.
Pandemic drivers ruined trucking
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.
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.
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.
I worked for a company that uses this technology and the camera accurately records your eyeball movement. And if you look down for to long at something it will send a mssg to safety as "distractive driving ." Yes the technology is real and can be very nerve racking to a driver along with the 100 other things on a drivers mind when he or she is driving. Love your video's MT!! Thank you!!
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.
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
Am a o/o parked my truck last year worked for carolina freightways for 2 months stupid ai camera call you out on everything, I could look down nor the gauges or to the right side, could get close behind cars after being cutoff, keep distance, dont brake to hard, dont speed, f that i went back to my truck
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