browntruckmechanic
Well isn't that special ?????????
Ok took one of these silly things apart last night. At the end of the screwdriver tip is the sensor everyone is claiming is a camera. Note it is an ir sensor. I took the liberty to post pics.
It never made sense to me why the company would supposedly install a camera there in the first place.
Using this logic, telematics didn't make sense either, they could tell location and time, therefore speed between stops, etc. If you figure how much more data is sent over the air, storage space, computing costs, software, sensor hardware and instalation, etc, it was a losing proposition. Why wouldn't they do it again?I tend to agree. What can a camera tell them that GPS, and the multiple sensors installed in the trucks can't? Lets not forget all the work and money required to not only capture the video data, but to store and review it as well. Just doesn't make sense, but sometimes corporate logic doesn't make sense.
Using this logic, telematics didn't make sense either, they could tell location and time, therefore speed between stops, etc. If you figure how much more data is sent over the air, storage space, computing costs, software, sensor hardware and instalation, etc, it was a losing proposition. Why wouldn't they do it again?
Oh, I get the real reason. Ive been here for long enough to see the writing on the wall. UPS only put it in because the care about our safety....(insert hysterical laughing fit here)
trying to reduce the number of backs now that we have telematics.
This is the most annoying thing. If i feel it is safer to back down a block or driveway, I will still do it.
I am talking about loading docks--they would have a fit if we backed down a block or driveway.
I have also been fighting the urge to reach for the DIAD while driving and have had only two recording while idling. I have found that if you are at a stoplight you can use the DIAD as long as you put the vehicle in to park.