R&L | Lytek Camera

Well it’s finally happening, drivers have been getting talked to about not stopping completely and behind the line on stop signs, not stopping completely behind cross walks, and speeding. Kinda sounds like R+L wants to be the traffic police like saia. This is a good way to **** off a lot of Veteran drivers if they keep this up, if you have a long time driver with a good record, a smart company would leave them alone.
I was afraid that was going to happen.
 
They start messing with me I'll procedure them to death. I'll bleed 'em dry. I'm not the type to milk the clock. I run effeciently and effectively. I get my deliveries off and pickups on. Sometimes that means improvising and adapting on the fly. I don't cut corners on safety but I do things my own way sometimes. They start nit picking me with that damn camera, that way of operating will come to a screeching halt.
Totally agree. Im right there with you in how I operate. They want the run to take all day and be less efficient, nit pic everything. It will be fine. I have plenty of 25 mph areas on my route. LOL
 
Why have a driver facing camera, at all, unless, at some point, you are eventually going to use it. Insurance money talks and true to their word walks. Good luck and be safe.
basic design I would guess. Why make two different cameras when you can just put a plastic cover over the driver facing one for customers that don't want it?
 
I now have mine installed. Still don't know what exactly triggers events. Sure would have been nice if they gave us a memo spelling out everything in black and white.
Had mine since end of May . I haven't heard a peep out of anyone about them . I have no firsthand knowledge of any one being counseled in our barn. Time will tell. I know I've had at least three close calls caused by other mororists that should have triggered it since it's been installed.
 
Had mine since end of May . I haven't heard a peep out of anyone about them . I have no firsthand knowledge of any one being counseled in our barn. Time will tell. I know I've had at least three close calls caused by other mororists that should have triggered it since it's been installed.
Same here. Ain’t heard a peep out of em, except for the dumbass linehaul idiot that totaled one of them new Petes rollin into a truck stop and nailed a parked flatbed. Tried to lie his way out of it and the camera said otherwise.

It got rid of at least one screwup now and the rest of us damn sure didn’t need no watchin for that to happen, so alla you sum’bitches that preach “oh if ya ain’t got nuthin to hide whadya worried about” can kiss my hillbilly ass.

We were also told drivers with safety awards won’t be subject to “coaching”.
 
There was a little confusion in the meetings about what they are watching. Is speed a factor they are watching or no?
Just a little update to my question that I got an answer to. I got an event for over speed. Apparently, anything 10 mph or over the speed limit will trigger a coachable event. To be honest, as they look at more and more, I find myself more stressed out dealing with this stupid camera than I ever have been before.
 
Just a little update to my question that I got an answer to. I got an event for over speed. Apparently, anything 10 mph or over the speed limit will trigger a coachable event. To be honest, as they look at more and more, I find myself more stressed out dealing with this stupid camera than I ever have been before.
Nothing to stress about! Unless you're that crappy of a driver. Drivers on their phones seem to be the big issue. I personally don't have an issue with the forward facing now that I understand how they work. I am totally opposed to the driver facing.
 
Yes on the newer trucks.
The reason for my question is an observation. During the Vietnam War, fighter pilots had numerous alarms and warning signals during their flight. When in a combat situation, some pilots turn these off in order for them to concentrate. My observation is, at some point, the distractions in the cab from these warnings an so on, are bound to negate any safety gains from the very thing supposed to make you safer.
 
The reason for my question is an observation. During the Vietnam War, fighter pilots had numerous alarms and warning signals during their flight. When in a combat situation, some pilots turn these off in order for them to concentrate. My observation is, at some point, the distractions in the cab from these warnings an so on, are bound to negate any safety gains from the very thing supposed to make you safer.
I agree completely. I've found that I pretty much ignore them, there are so many false alarms as well, like reading a 20 mph school zone that is not active and missing the 55 mph sign at the edge of town and spending the next thirty minutes flashing at you because it thinks you're doing 35mph over for the next 22 miles .
 
Had mine since end of May . I haven't heard a peep out of anyone about them . I have no firsthand knowledge of any one being counseled in our barn. Time will tell. I know I've had at least three close calls caused by other mororists that should have triggered it since it's been installed.
Even if other motorists cause close calls and you have every right to cuss and flip them off,discreetly, of course, the camera would have been activated and you can be accused of road rage. Its happened.
 
Even if other motorists cause close calls and you have every right to cuss and flip them off,discreetly, of course, the camera would have been activated and you can be accused of road rage. Its happened.
Let em accuse away. There's plenty of driving jobs around
 
Nothing to stress about! Unless you're that crappy of a driver. Drivers on their phones seem to be the big issue. I personally don't have an issue with the forward facing now that I understand how they work. I am totally opposed to the driver facing.
Do you live in New England? If you don't then you don't know the stress of constant idiots cutting you off and the constant readjustment to keep your following distance above 2 seconds.
 
Do you live in New England? If you don't then you don't know the stress of constant idiots cutting you off and the constant readjustment to keep your following distance above 2 seconds.
I feel your pain. My route is mostly rural and small town. We service several major metropolitan areas with a lot of drop and hook spotted trailers. Every few weeks I'll do a switch out and that system drives me up the wall in normal rush hour traffic. You try to keep your following distance and the four wheelers view the space as an opportunity to cut you off
 
Just a little update to my question that I got an answer to. I got an event for over speed. Apparently, anything 10 mph or over the speed limit will trigger a coachable event. To be honest, as they look at more and more, I find myself more stressed out dealing with this stupid camera than I ever have been before.

I don’t know if you look at the in motion magazine they put out, but I read in there a few months ago that the company will be using the cameras for non-disciplinary coaching, so I’m assuming write ups won’t be issued anymore? When we got our cameras last summer they went overboard and were writing up drivers left and right for events, but that seems to have stopped.
 
I don’t know if you look at the in motion magazine they put out, but I read in there a few months ago that the company will be using the cameras for non-disciplinary coaching, so I’m assuming write ups won’t be issued anymore? When we got our cameras last summer they went overboard and were writing up drivers left and right for events, but that seems to have stopped.
We were always told from day one that it would be used strictly as a coaching tool and not as disciplinary. So far, that has been true. Ive only had 3 coachable events and one was most definitely not on me but theres no way to dispute it.
 
We've had some drivers get coached but no discipline or write ups. Scary thing is one daytime linehaul guy got coached for doing a slow roll through a stop sign making a right hand turn. Problem is it was while going under a bridge. He has two stop signs on his route to the turn point on his bid run. No bridges anywhere near either stop sign. He called them on it and they assistant TM followed up with IT folks. Turns out footage of slow roll stop under a bridge came from a location marked as North Carolina which is several states away from where his bid run is. They had no explanation as to how footage was attributed to his driver code/truck. He's had same bid and same truck for two years, no record of any swap of Elog device or any thing like that
 
We've had some drivers get coached but no discipline or write ups. Scary thing is one daytime linehaul guy got coached for doing a slow roll through a stop sign making a right hand turn. Problem is it was while going under a bridge. He has two stop signs on his route to the turn point on his bid run. No bridges anywhere near either stop sign. He called them on it and they assistant TM followed up with IT folks. Turns out footage of slow roll stop under a bridge came from a location marked as North Carolina which is several states away from where his bid run is. They had no explanation as to how footage was attributed to his driver code/truck. He's had same bid and same truck for two years, no record of any swap of Elog device or any thing like that
That would be infuriating.
 
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