Here Are Some Pics I Have Taken!

Wow, you guys are panicky. He hit the button and his dash cam took some pictures, right? No big deal. Geesh.

Great pics. That very last one with the mountains in the distance is awesome!

And man, nothing reminds me more of trucking than seeing the world through squashed bugs. If I go anywhere with my ma she'll say, "How can you stand a dirty windshield?"

"Dirty?" I say. "I can see through like almost 2/3 of it. That's a full 1/3 more than I'm used to!

Please guys take down every pictures you take that look as if you were in motion...... that is a big liability for you. if you ever get into an accident and the other person was at fault? their lawyers will use those pictures to try to paint you as a reckless driver who is more interested about his self image that safety.... victor please take those down right away and not even in facebook should you post them

Cornelius, that's a long string of "ifs" right there, resulting in a probability only slightly higher than zero. Facebook might be a different story, since the ability to find someone's true identity on that platform is probably higher. But there are still a lot of "ifs" in there.

Victor, I really like the pics!

Wow, you guys are panicky. He hit the button and his dash cam took some pictures, right? No big deal. Geesh.

Great pics. That very last one with the mountains in the distance is awesome!

And man, nothing reminds me more of trucking than seeing the world through squashed bugs. If I go anywhere with my ma she'll say, "How can you stand a dirty windshield?"

"Dirty?" I say. "I can see through like almost 2/3 of it. That's a full 1/3 more than I'm used to!

Oops, yeah, what Brett said!

He hit the button and his dash cam took some pictures, right?

What about that picture looking out the driver side window? The only way I know to take a pic like that is to hold your phone up to the window and snap the picture.

I like the pics too, but I don't think we're doing anybody any favors by ignoring something like that. I'd rather he get a mouthful from us than get pulled over by a trooper who saw him holding his phone while driving. Some states and many companies are starting to really crack down on cell phone usage, so a ticket like that can really hurt you for a few years.

Then come sit down with me at those meetings between the insurance companies and the trucking companies when these insurance companies safety directors pull out the Facebook pages of some of the drivers asking them to take down any pictures that show that they are in motion reason being that in case of an accident , the other lawyer will use those as an excuse to paint the trucking driver as someone who was paying more attention to the landscape than to the road. I understand that truck drivers go through amazing landscapes that I can only dream of but I know how my industry looks at that. My industry is one aspect of trucking that some small trucking company owners still struggle to grasp. The legal and liability part of trucking has always been something that a lot of people on here have always been protected from because it was always handled by the safety director. You should have seen the eyes of this guy who has owned a trucking since 1979 and owns 40 TT + 200tl popped when the safety director of a well renowned insurance company pulled out his drivers facebook pages and told him that they had to take down all the pictures that showed them in motion. He was like why should they do that? And the guy calmly asked him: do you want a lawyer to paint them as drivers who pay more attention to the landscape than to the road? So just understand the legal aspect of trucking is not limited to DOT regulations, there is also the liability aspect of it.

Please guys take down every pictures you take that look as if you were in motion...... that is a big liability for you. if you ever get into an accident and the other person was at fault? their lawyers will use those pictures to try to paint you as a reckless driver who is more interested about his self image that safety.... victor please take those down right away and not even in facebook should you post them

Cornelius, that's a long string of "ifs" right there, resulting in a probability only slightly higher than zero. Facebook might be a different story, since the ability to find someone's true identity on that platform is probably higher. But there are still a lot of "ifs" in there.

Victor, I really like the pics!

Cornelius, I understand the liability and insurance aspect. I was a litigation paralegal for ten years on the defense side (i.e., hired by the insurance company), and worked in insurance (agent and later manager) for ten years after that.

I agree that Facebook isn't a great place to post such pictures since fb works overtime to tie everything to your real identity, your social circle, etc., but here?

And yeah, Pianoman, he took some pictures with a handheld cell phone while driving. Probably not the best thing to do, but 1) I'll bet that he did that when there was no traffic near him on a divided highway, and 2) it beats heck out of a) texting, b) using TruckerPath to find the next truck stop with McDonalds, c) fiddling with a GPS to figure out your arrival time if you stop to shop at a Walmart on the way, d) arguing with your significant other on the phone, or e) eating that breakfast burrito you got when you stopped to fuel. I've seen countless drivers doing those things, and may even have done some of those things myself once or twice. Not that I would ever admit to that in court, even if you could link this post with a specific IP address and prove I posted it.

I'm not advocating starting a thread where we all post our best pictures we've taken while driving, but one guy posting a couple of pics to share his excitement about going solo? Lighten up.

I'm not advocating starting a thread where we all post our best pictures we've taken while driving, but one guy posting a couple of pics to share his excitement about going solo? Lighten up.

Never said it was the worst thing someone can do out here, and I've done much worse myself. Still, like I said, it's all fun and games until you're let go from your first company in the first few months for a citation for "using a handheld mobile device while operating a CMV." Good luck finding a decent job after that. I don't see anything wrong with advocating a guy to be on his best behavior, especially during those critical first few months.

Like piano man said : better he hears it from us than standing in front of a trooper facing Violation code # 392.82(a)1 Using a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a CMV

you can ask Brett to help you out take down those , you don't want someone to fall across them and he had been holding a grudgr agains you for the longest.

Cornelius, how do we take them down off of truckingtruth.com?

Ok, in the name of total overreaction and complete panic I took down the one picture that looks like it was taken out the driver window while parked somewhere anyhow. The rest look like they were taken with a dash cam but I'll be happy to them down if you like. Just let me know.