What problem do they think this will solve?
The specifics for pipa need to be followed. Video needs to be stored internally and securely. Not on the cloud in another country. The only people with access need to be defined. There should be no audio or video in the cab etc.
The bill covers only outward-facing cameras, not cameras inside the cab, addressing privacy concerns raised in committee.
Here’s the bill (emphasis added).
“dashboard camera” means a recording device that is capable of continuously recording the view of the road in front of a commercial vehicle through the commercial vehicle’s front windshield at all times when the commercial vehicle is operating, and meets the following criteria:
(a) retains at least 72 hours of recording;
(b) records at a minimum video format of high-definition video at a resolution of 1080p;
© has night vision capability;
(d) records at the manufacturer’s default settings on the device’s local storage;.
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Any recording made by a dashboard camera must be collected, used, disclosed, retained and destroyed in accordance with all applicable privacy and security requirements, including the Personal Information Protection Act.
The bill as it is written doesn’t appear to be a problem. But the implementation needs to be monitored by those affected. A small company can grab a cheap dash cam from Amazon that has all sorts of capabilities that extend past what is currently allowed. And those features have a cost that is usually offset by selling data somehow. I found one model that didn’t have a mic as a feature, but it was available if a firmware patch was applied.
Nice!
How about mandatory load height training and consequences when idiot drivers hit overpasses?
Something about this… I would want the storage to be offline, and collected at the point of an event with signoff from a judge, not another flock of virtually 24/7 camera streaming data to a datacenter somewhere.
Don’t you worry they will be flock cameras once the humans are removed from the trucking industry.
Don’t worry soon the trucks will be getting rid of their drivers soon to. People are the most expensive part of the trucking industry, and people will be replaced in the next 5 to 10 years.
Former truck driver here. I’ve been hearing this for almost 20 years now. It still won’t be soon.
I didn’t quit because of self-driving trucks, I quit because it’s a shitty industry that abuses drivers.
