Profile For Larry T.

They showed some videos at orientation. Several where a vehicle jumped over to the left with stopped traffic in right lane and the trucker hit them. I didn't follow or understand when I asked how does having a inward facing camera help in a court of law/lawsuit.

To me the outward facing cameras are enough.

Find a warehouse job. You shouldn't be driving a commercial vehicle.

I get my clearinghouse ran every 4 months. I would assume any decent carrier runs mvr s while youre employed also to catch people like you who dont report personal vehicle accidents, tickets, etc.

Swift got rid of inward facing cameras. Haven't heard any rumblings that Schneider is considering them. If they were so great these giants with tons of students/new drivers would have had them day 1? Outward facing cameras and critical events work great. I doubt someone who gets 0 or 1 critical events a year is a bad driver.

Great you want an inward facing camera to see I don't use my phone and wearing my seatbelt.

That's not enough now we need AI to tell us when we look out the side window to see something for to long. Tattle on us when we hold that cigarette a bit to long . We yawn after driving 9 hours, etc.

I agree all those things is up to the carrier and they can tweak it. It's big brother and now they'll have something to hold against us when the need arises.

With all that said I'm going local with inward facing cameras. lol

Had they put them in the training trucks first and basically said "These cameras will babysit your students so you can sleep" then 60% of the fleet would have been more willing to get them. They would have seen the cameras aren't that bad.

That would be an excellent way to introduce cameras to the fleet.

Most other companies are getting them. Hirsbach who already had inward for awhile are now getting the AI cameras also.

I think every major carrier will have them before long. Right now it's a tug of war between the safety improvements you get with cameras versus the money you lose in recruiting because people are against them. As the cameras become more commonplace, the hysteria against them will go away.

I remember everyone said the world would end when they implemented electronic logbooks. Every driver was going to quit because they couldn't make a living, no new drivers would come into the industry, the economy would collapse, and the government would be forced to rescind the rule.

Well, what actually happened was nothing. People switched, life went on.

The experience with cameras will come down to how strictly they're enforced by each company. Companies will have to determine where that tipping point is where drivers won't tolerate a certain level of intrusion. It's one thing to tell a driver he's drifted onto the shoulder, but quite another to tell him he's one inch to the left of center in his lane.

Trying to be helpful can become a dangerous distraction if implemented the wrong way or at the wrong time.

How has it been?

For myself, the bigger issue is feeling like the truth was slowly trickled out to us, after every direct lie.

This is two incidents that have made me question the level of trust I have in the company.

Yeah, I severely dislike the idea of the camera pointed at me, and notifications going off (how many of us ignore the lane departure warning? Or the soft beep of following too close?) but it won't be the absolute deciding factor in me leaving, it would be one of many.

AI isn't perfect, nor will it ever be.

I had back to back days of a road tests for 2 new potential companies. During the driving portion they were very comfortable and shooting the $$$$. First back I was able to swing around make it a straight back but was very slow. We bobtailed back to the building and I was backing into the space and did 4 pull ups turning the wrong way a couple times. LOL. Today it was a simple sight side and got out 4 times. He stopped me before I got straight to tell me how to get my tractor in line.

First time in a day cab. Its pretty wild when they give so many compliments about my driving then they see the backing. It truly something to see when they think youre a pro at driving and then see that. The total change in mood and getting quiet.

The second one the guy was dumbfounded and you could tell he was wondering how I did 3 years of Dollar General backing. LOL.

I had Brian Sabian. Not sure on his last name. It probably was more enjoyable with me being from Minnesota and being there during the preseason. I sent Brian a Minnesota Viking tumbler via Amazon to the Academy end of second week. Fun times.

He was obsessed with right hand turns/buttonhooks. I honestly dont think there is anything better to teach a new driver than pounding them with tight right hand turns.

You can succeed or fail with any company. That being said, I drove for Schneider and it was not a good experience. Western Express has a reputation equipment issues that a new driver doesn’t need to deal with. So, another vote for Swift from me.

PS to Larry T: Did you get Mark Lott as an instructor in Green Bay? Great driver and teacher.

The only plus side with Schneider is youre only out with a trainer for 5 days. 2 or 3 weeks at the academy for classroom and training. I learned 10x more with my 3 million miler instructor at Green Bay than the 5 days with the useless slob training engineer. And thank God it was for only 5 days.

I choose them because of that. Other than that I would base the decision off of which dedicated or otr account they have that fits your needs the best.

It was a cheap freightliner bumper with that stupid skirt that almost touched the ground. It actually tore off all in one piece however the connecting supports broke. I guess I could have took it myself to a shop since there was no property damage but did the right thing and called company and claims.

I made the dumb decision to jump a curb and a boulder tore it off. It seems fitting for me that my only incident occurred here and not the hundreds of blind sides and street backs in 3 years on the Dollar General Account. I will apply with Walmart again in a year.

Rightly so and the funny thing is Schneider actually saved money. Lost my $1500 end of year bonus and .5 cent safety bonus for 9 months. lol.

I have a question. Is tearing off your bumper on a rock at a store. No property damage. Would that be considered an "accident" for WALMART?

If you're talking about tearing the bumper off your commercial vehicle, then yes that is absolutely a preventable accident, and must be reported on an application. Anything over $2000 is considered an accident. The property damage to the bumper is sure to be over that.

Walmart cares very much about such accidents since those are the most common behind Walmart stores.

According to FMSCA it is not. Just worried since Walmart sends that long questionaire to all former and current cdla jobs. I guess Walmart is extremely thorough. MVR isn't good enough. lol

I watched your complete pre trip video last week. Sound is good to me.

I have a question. Is tearing off your bumper on a rock at a store. No property damage. Would that be considered an "accident" for WALMART?