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Channel 19

Driver-facing cams an invasion of privacy? Answers at Real Women in Trucking’s GATS legal Q&A

In a word, if the driver agrees to work for the company providing the equipment, no. Attorney Paul Taylor: “Should drivers do something about it? Yeah, they should — to a certain extent, drivers have to quit working for bad companies.”

August 29, 2017

Channel 19

Fatigue detection — where some driver-facing camera techs are headed

Advancement in camera techs are headed down a path toward, in various ways, what might seem to be a safety holy grail: being able to deliver observations of drivers and context around events where fatigue is at issue — and assist drivers themselves in taking action. Do you have experience with these techs’ in-cab-warning predecessors?

August 11, 2017

Voices

Barry Moore presents ‘Near miss’

Watch: A view from the dashcam of trucker Barry Moore, who says he was on “Ohio 13 just north of Mansfield” when a “passenger van loaded with 6 or 7 people passed me on curve, almost colliding with an oncoming car.” …

August 9, 2017

Voices

POLL: Do you run with a dashcam or other camera on the truck?

Do you run with a dashcam or other camera system on the truck? Weigh in here.

July 20, 2017

Business

Rand McNally’s new multifunction tablet combines GPS, dashcam and more in one package

Rand McNally’s new dashboard device combines truck-specific navigation, an on-board SiriusXM radio, voice assistance, a built-in dashcam and hands-free calling and texting.

May 2, 2017

Voices

Brad Kuhn presents ‘Another 4 minute ride with a truck driver’

Following his first-such compilation, reader Brad Kuhn offered this “compilation of videos from my dashcam focusing on aggressive driving by passenger vehicles around big trucks.”

April 18, 2017

Channel 19

Right place at the right time: Value of dashcam, take 257 …

Scott LeVan was in the right place at the right time on Wednesday when, he says, parked at a rest area on I-77 in Ohio, his dashcam happened to capture views of criminals involved in a carjacking at the area.

April 14, 2017

Voices

Joseph Stelzer and another hauler cut off in ‘Crazy California driver’

A little white-knuckle moment caught by Stelzer’s dashcam — yet another example of reckless behavior by those with whom truckers share the road.

April 11, 2017

Voices

Guy Pippin’s run-in with a distracted four-wheeler on I-49 in La.

Accident in the side-view mirror: Bulldog Hiway Express driver Pippin was northbound, approaching the scene of another accident that had occurred on the southbound side of the road, when a “brown Toyota pickup was barreling up through there and locked up the brakes and hit the trailer.”

March 15, 2017

Voices

Ali Cetin presents ‘Why I have a dash camera’

Toronto, Ontario-based local trucker Ali Cetin compiled this collection of evidence of just why the operator runs with a dashcam in all his company’s trucks.

February 7, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

DriverTech’s ELD-dashcam combo unit

DriverTech announced the launch of the DT4000 Rev 7, an onboard communications device platform that comes with Electronic Logging Device capabilities and a front-facing dash camera to capture critical event video, among other features.

February 3, 2017

Business

Monty Hale presents ‘Smile, you’re on dashcam!’

This collection of “greatest hits” among on-highway observations comes from the dash cam of Monty Hale.

January 31, 2017