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Shkinferd

08/30/11 3:13 PM

#3066 RE: pwrballl #3065

I've met a couple individual drivers with these cameras installed. I'm not sure if it was the exact same brand, but they said they paid about the same price.

The thing about safety equipment like this for commercial truck fleets is that it starts from the top. Another technology, Electronic Logbooks, were introduced years ago, and one of the biggest fleets out there (8000 trucks) installed them first. This caught on about 2 years ago with other significant fleets of 500+ trucks, and now the biggest fleets in the business have the technology installed.

I see these cameras having a similar effect. One of the biggest fleets will catch on and others will follow. The big fleets are the ones you see out on the road every day. Walmart, Frito Lay, US Xpress, FedEx, UPS, Schneider, Werner, etc. See one of these or a similar fleet mentioned, and you're talking about sales of 5000+ units per company.

Ask any professional driver, they'll say Big Brother is coming fast. Annoying for drivers, great for businesses like this.