Driving habits of rural folk

[Industrial Toys]

A friend of mine rigged up some winch for the inside of a hearse of a local funeral home. Maybe they also do stock removal. lol

 

[5030]

My employer installed a combination dash and driver cameras in all our big trucks/semi. Certain driver actions initiated recordings for so many seconds prior to and after the event (hard braking, etc.) I made the mistake of watching a head on collision video on my PC one day. It still gives me the willies. Mack vs Ford Ranger.

Glad I'm retired from hauling steel for a private concern. Between electronic logs and cab cams I'd not be driving a big truck anyway. Don't need no clown watching me pick my nose or scratch my balls.

I'd never drive for a company that did that crap. (cameras).

 

[JethroB]

Glad I'm retired from hauling steel for a private concern. Between electronic logs and cab cams I'd not be driving a big truck anyway. Don't need no clown watching me pick my nose or scratch my balls.

I'd never drive for a company that did that crap. (cameras).

It is pretty common in recent years unfortunately. I would not like it either. Necessary to get somewhat reasonable insurance rates even with $25K deductibles on collision. Too many Dial A Lawyers out there.

 

[5030]

It is pretty common in recent years unfortunately. I would not like it either. Necessary to get somewhat reasonable insurance rates even with $25K deductibles on collision. Too many Dial A Lawyers out there.

Still somewhat involved in trucking. My hunting buddy runs a private fleet of 30 trucks all leased to a Fed-Ex. All Freightliners all less than 2 years old and all with drivers and none of those trucks have cams inside. They run teams and coast to coast. Never heard him say anything about insurance issues. In reality a 25K deductible on collision damage on a 150 grand tractor is chump change. The owners pull over a million a year. I know them too.

 

[Sigarms]

Glad I'm retired from hauling steel for a private concern. Between electronic logs and cab cams I'd not be driving a big truck anyway. Don't need no clown watching me pick my nose or scratch my balls.

I'd never drive for a company that did that crap. (cameras).

I have no doubt that some clown doesn't want to watch you pick your nose or scratch your balls. If you read what you quoted, "certain actions initiated recordings for so many seconds prior to and after the event..." This is called CYA. There are enough idiots driving cars. Having a CDL assumes you can handle more responsibility and drive more responsibly.

That said, with todays electronic generation, I can get scared thinking about it. We fired a driver (younger guy) because he would actually post crap on his facebook page while HE WAS DRIVING. Also fired a driver (again, younger guy and when I say younger, mid 30's or so) AFTER he spent 6 months in the hospital because it was determined that he was texting while driving.

Worst case, most companies are at least going to GPS for truck location (added the fact that you can see how fast they are driving).

 

[defranks]

My brother drives for Wal Marche, and his truck will "tattle" on him if he exceeds the speed limit for more than a moment. The truck is governed, too. I think he said it won't exceed 65 mph if it falls off a cliff. But his attitude is that the company pays him to drive their truck, and he'll drive it the way they want him to. I believe he also had to agree to surrender his phone if he's ever in a wreck.

Since the conversation has switched from rural drivers to trucks, one of my pet peeves is big trucks drag racing up the hills. Here in my part of TN I-40 is a major E-W route for the trucking industry, and it's also hilly. There have been plenty of times when a driver has pulled into the left lane ahead of me to pass another truck, causing me to brake and follow him at 50 mph while he passes another truck doing 47 mph. I actually understand it, trucks run at different weights and have different gearing, but it's still DARN annoying to be stuck behind a truck for a mile climbing a hill.

 

[Sigarms]

My brother drives for Wal Marche, and his truck will "tattle" on him if he exceeds the speed limit for more than a moment. The truck is governed, too. I think he said it won't exceed 65 mph if it falls off a cliff. But his attitude is that the company pays him to drive their truck, and he'll drive it the way they want him to. I believe he also had to agree to surrender his phone if he's ever in a wreck.

Since the conversation has switched from rural drivers to trucks, one of my pet peeves is big trucks drag racing up the hills. Here in my part of TN I-40 is a major E-W route for the trucking industry, and it's also hilly. There have been plenty of times when a driver has pulled into the left lane ahead of me to pass another truck, causing me to brake and follow him at 50 mph while he passes another truck doing 47 mph. I actually understand it, trucks run at different weights and have different gearing, but it's still DARN annoying to be stuck behind a truck for a mile climbing a hill.

Sometimes there nothing better than old technology. Knew a HVAC contractor who was coming home from the movies late at night with his wife (about 15 years ago). This one section getting back to major highway you go past a couple of strip clubs in that section of town. Needless to say, he didn't have GPS in any of his work vans, but what does he see in one of the strip clubs parking lot? One of his vans with his company name on it. To get away from any excuses, he stopped in at the strip club and found his employee there using a work vehicle. The guy was let go and since then the owner has installed GPS tracking units in all his vehicles.

That said, not certain how stupid you have to be to pull into a strip club parking lot with a lettered company van after working hours LOL Now, if he was the owner, that would be a different story...

 

[ovrszd]

I value the trucking industry. Highly value them. I am very attuned to truck traffic anywhere near me on the highway. I adjust my driving to minimize impact on theirs.

 

[5030]

My brother drives for Wal Marche, and his truck will "tattle" on him if he exceeds the speed limit for more than a moment. The truck is governed, too. I think he said it won't exceed 65 mph if it falls off a cliff. But his attitude is that the company pays him to drive their truck, and he'll drive it the way they want him to. I believe he also had to agree to surrender his phone if he's ever in a wreck.

Since the conversation has switched from rural drivers to trucks, one of my pet peeves is big trucks drag racing up the hills. Here in my part of TN I-40 is a major E-W route for the trucking industry, and it's also hilly. There have been plenty of times when a driver has pulled into the left lane ahead of me to pass another truck, causing me to brake and follow him at 50 mph while he passes another truck doing 47 mph. I actually understand it, trucks run at different weights and have different gearing, but it's still DARN annoying to be stuck behind a truck for a mile climbing a hill.

Simple answer... Leave earlier. The ONLY thing you HAVE to attend is your own funeral. Everything else is optional. You are obviously one of those inconsiderate drivers with poor driving habits.

 

[5030]

I have no doubt that some clown doesn't want to watch you pick your nose or scratch your balls. If you read what you quoted, "certain actions initiated recordings for so many seconds prior to and after the event..." This is called CYA. There are enough idiots driving cars. Having a CDL assumes you can handle more responsibility and drive more responsibly.

That said, with todays electronic generation, I can get scared thinking about it. We fired a driver (younger guy) because he would actually post crap on his facebook page while HE WAS DRIVING. Also fired a driver (again, younger guy and when I say younger, mid 30's or so) AFTER he spent 6 months in the hospital because it was determined that he was texting while driving.

Worst case, most companies are at least going to GPS for truck location (added the fact that you can see how fast they are driving).

Have to tell you, for the 2 years preceding my retirement, I was the safety and compliance officer for the company I retired from and they has 105 drivers on the payroll and no tattle tails in the trucks at all. Boy am I glad I'm out of that arena. The biggest tattle tails were the drivers themselves ratting on each other....lol