Sounds like a small barn. Anyway just got a call from a friend of mine that works at the DLS terminal. It seems many of the new trucks are there waiting for logos and prep work and will distributed to the designated terminals shortly. All Freightliners fully equipped with the new cameras.
Train knows I'm picking since he started with it, so yeah, it is a team thing, a team your not part of anymore. Old fellas like us don't have egos or bear grudges.
Sorry for the intrusion onto your board Saia guys. I'm a driver for Con-way/XPO and I just have to say something about the driver facing cameras that we've had for some considerable time now. The reasons our management wants to watch us as drivers are as follows, 1) seeing if you were falling asleep at the wheel during a wreck, (they want to know who to blame you or another vehicle). 2) to make sure that you are doing everything right to promote safety by: (examples) having your seat belt on while moving, having no electronic devices in your hand while moving, not smoking in the cab, not eating while driving, etc. If you go over a rough bump or RR tracks that sets off the camera and you're guilty of any of these infractions...you're called to the office the next day to watch the event and be coached on how you messed up and to not do it again. The outward facing camera is to see who is to be blamed in the event of a crash that results in a lawsuit...by the way Con-way has thwarted many wrongful law suits w/ their camera evidence in court. And the outward facing camera also is used for driver coaching for hard brake events if it's deemed that you were driving too close and too fast behind someone who stops suddenly. One more thing that management will not allow...putting tape over the camera lens...grounds for immediate termination. Even if you put the sunvisor down to block the sun ...you'd better make sure that the sun is shining directly into your face.
Yup... these driver facing cameras are a real treat. They just make your whole driving experience so much more pleasant !!! And like one of you said...they are coming LTL industry wide. Just smile, watch what you say about your TM,(cause they record audio too), and you'll be fine.
: you could imagine.:!Yep glad Conway is so happy and cutting jobs. Great job ConwaySorry for the intrusion onto your board Saia guys. I'm a driver for Con-way/XPO and I just have to say something about the driver facing cameras that we've had for some considerable time now. The reasons our management wants to watch us as drivers are as follows, 1) seeing if you were falling asleep at the wheel during a wreck, (they want to know who to blame you or another vehicle). 2) to make sure that you are doing everything right to promote safety by: (examples) having your seat belt on while moving, having no electronic devices in your hand while moving, not smoking in the cab, not eating while driving, etc. If you go over a rough bump or RR tracks that sets off the camera and you're guilty of any of these infractions...you're called to the office the next day to watch the event and be coached on how you messed up and to not do it again. The outward facing camera is to see who is to be blamed in the event of a crash that results in a lawsuit...by the way Con-way has thwarted many wrongful law suits w/ their camera evidence in court. And the outward facing camera also is used for driver coaching for hard brake events if it's deemed that you were driving too close and too fast behind someone who stops suddenly. One more thing that management will not allow...putting tape over the camera lens...grounds for immediate termination. Even if you put the sunvisor down to block the sun ...you'd better make sure that the sun is shining directly into your face.
Yup... these driver facing cameras are a real treat. They just make your whole driving experience so much more pleasant !!! And like one of you said...they are coming LTL industry wide. Just smile, watch what you say about your TM,(cause they record audio too), and you'll be fine.
Union baby now is the time!
Boy aren't you just a bowl full of sunshine and management! Full of lies and lies and more lies! You stink of the already lousy management we have here at Saia
:. They have also saved a large number of drivers from tickets and charges, and in three fatalities I'm aware of, exonerated the driver from any wrongdoing. Sensitivity can be set as sensitive or as loose as they want. I set it off several times a night pinning up. You will loose guys who choose to leave because of it. Not much to be done about that. They can be activated with a mouse click.
I'm hoping PR will reconsider. It hurts to lose drivers of his quality.
: at these companies just keeps getting worse. Good drivers shouldn't have to put up with this garbage, especially in the middle of an industry wide driver shortage. Lucky for me, I have other skills and honestly never expected to be a truck driver when I was younger.I will chime in too. They will weed out a lot of bad apples. Real fast. Guys who blow lights, stop signs and other ::
You guys have a choice to make.
I will chime in too. They will weed out a lot of bad apples. Real fast. Guys who blow lights, stop signs and other ::
You guys have a choice to make.
