Video Recorder Keeps Tabs On Fleet Drivers
from the big-brother-is-watching dept
A little like the automotive black boxes that we saw a few years ago, DriveCam is a new "driver behavior management system" that installs a small video recorder behind the rear-view mirror for fleet drivers. The recorder is constantly recording; it saves the footage whenever it senses an accident, sudden stop, or otherwise dangerous driving manuver. The idea here is to enable companies with a fleet of vehicles to monitor their drivers more closely with the hopes of reducing the number and severity of accidents while in a company vehicle. Why can't employers trust their employees? Studies show that the more you trust your employees, the more productive they are. By putting these cameras in employee vehicles, they put undue emphasis on how smoothly (and slowly) they drive instead of how well they do their actual jobs.
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Good for emphasising the point of having to wear a seatbelt, but I can't help but notice that when he realises he's having an accident, he still tries to correct it one handed! It'd be both hands white-knuckle time on the steering wheel for me.
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Counterproductive for sure...
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But does it work?
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