bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Oh I see. I was under the impression, as were a few drivers I work with, that the cameras were possibly somewhere in the back of the trucks.
Cameras on certain trucks
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Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
We have a truck with cameras in those little half ball things. They are positioned above the passenger side door, behind the bulkhead door, and in the middle of the truck from a metal beam. These were installed in two trucks, one was crushed and the one I speak of will soon be as it's a old Ford with hydraulic e-brake pull button. I failed to mention there is a dvr under the 4000shelf with a gumball style lock on it. All this to say the regular driver taped info notices all over the camera and greived it being in his truck. The info notices have never been removed.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
What was the basis for the grievance----excessive supervision or harassment?
Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
Over supervison. I don't even think the cameras were ever turned on.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
So much for the bottle.
Johney
Well-Known Member
Yup and just like Telematics and Dispatching there will come a time very soon where on-roads will go the way of the dinosaurs. Won't need them when all can be done by one bean counter behind a computer screen.
Johney
Well-Known Member
Wouldn't that be considered tampering with UPS property? We were told DO NOT tamper with Telematics or anything else in the trucks or expect discipline and or termination.
rod
Retired 22 years
Then when they can finally teach that monkey to drive or self driving vehicals are perfected that one bean counter can run the whole show.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Centralized dispatching is not that far down the road.
I am yet to see in the methods, and memorized crap, anywhere where it says we need to be nice while driving. I am an A hole driver, personally and professionally, IF you deserve it. Let them record me, picking my nose, wiping my @$$, and anything else gross I can think of.
wreck at my hub , driver was fired . The union asked to see the photos from satellite feed . 2 people from my hub saw the photos . Driver got rehired after photos were shown . Its all real ..............
I do my job right , it just sucks to have cameras , GPS , telematics , all this crap . All I want to do is deliver a box . Why is it so hard to do that ? I just got a warning letter last week because Telematics said I recorded while driving , and computer was NOT in my hand . Its timing issue , if you stop complete , then crank truck , you just got a record while travel . The union is NO HELP !! They will NOT help me . If I get on list again , I get in MORE trouble ! We have people on this list that NEVER touch the diad if truck is running !! So this is proof the system has flaws !! At least the camera will PROVE that the diad is NOT in my hand while driving !!! SO that's a good thing !!!
JL 0513
Well-Known Member
If they proceed to install cameras in all trucks it would be total crap. Not because we're doing something wrong but because of that feeling of being watched every second of the day. That feeling of independence will be gone. Just think if you had to ride with an on car sup everyday! When I'm with a sup my mind is distracted by their presence and I don't work as smoothly. Stupid mistakes happen. Instead of focusing on the job at hand, your obsessed with making sure every little thing is done by the book.
And never mind the issue of using the back for personal needs as others have mentioned. Most guys use a bottle unless you have a route with public restrooms everywhere. I have no access to a bathroom for 3 hours at a time. If there's a camera in the back, then it's going to be a 20+ minute round trip to go find a restroom. Is that what UPS wants?
Doing every method by the book will end up costing UPS many millions more as it will significantly slow us down. A very bad move.
And never mind the issue of using the back for personal needs as others have mentioned. Most guys use a bottle unless you have a route with public restrooms everywhere. I have no access to a bathroom for 3 hours at a time. If there's a camera in the back, then it's going to be a 20+ minute round trip to go find a restroom. Is that what UPS wants?
Doing every method by the book will end up costing UPS many millions more as it will significantly slow us down. A very bad move.
true true !!!
FilingBluesFL
Well-Known Member
You're an idiot if you think standing in the back of the truck and pissing in a bottle is "The right thing to do."
We were told that we were getting new monitors that provided a wider view of the back of the package car when backing.
Incidentally they "forgot" to mention that built into each of those new replacement monitors, is a camera lens.
zeromissed
Member
It's for a new reality show, called Big Brown 
