Need information on Lytx

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by jterry1556, Jul 13, 2023.

  1. jterry1556

    jterry1556 Light Load Member

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    I have been driving solo now for about 4 months and the company I work for has driver facing Lytx cameras. Of course I was told about it and we were told the same story that it is event driven recording in a loop and so on.

    They didn’t ever mention 24/7 audio recording. I know it records audio while driving or during an event but not eavesdropping style all the time when I’m shut down and have the curtains closed.

    So I’m really looking for a solid answer as everything I have read is either “yes they are listening to everything you say 24/7 and it’s transcribed” to “no you are paranoid it really is just event driven.

    Here is why I am asking: about 2 months ago I was talking to my lady in the sleeper off duty. They were running me back and forth between Chicago and it was absolute hell. It was taking me 3 hours to get through minimum and it was seriously like 6 runs in a row. I was basically saying to her “they keep running me through Chicago non stop this is horrible etc etc.” because I was pretty upset. Among the other things I said, I wouldn’t have wanted anyone else to hear me and certainly not the company.

    First thing next morning safety calls me for the first time and the first things he says is “so you have any complaints?”. I thought that was really odd and creepy and ever since I no longer talk on the phone in the truck at all for personal conversations which really sucks.

    Anyway has anyone here been a dispatcher/safety guy who reviews this stuff? So they actually record audio 24/7 and transcribe it? I just find it hard to believe with a 1000 truck fleet they would be concerned with my personal after hours conversations.

    Does anyone know for sure if Lytx records audio 24/7 for them to listen to everything you say?
     
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  3. Ridgeline

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  4. jterry1556

    jterry1556 Light Load Member

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    That’s what I’m thinking but it is either a major coincidence or they are abusing this.

    Anyone else have any thoughts?
     
  5. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    I'm sure the Lytx agreement allows them or the company to listen/watch when they want.
     
  6. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    The camera and audio are probably always on and looping, 24/7, just in case something happens.
    Can't have 10 seconds before a trigger if it is not already recording.

    And none of us know how much storage those cameras actually have.
    They loop in a first in first out basis, but if they record 24 hours of clips before one gets overwritten... That is a lot of footage.

    My company used to use Lytx when we had the driver facing cameras.
    I heard one story about why they were taken out involving some footage of a husband and wife during private time, and the video made its way to the internet.

    We now only have forward facing cameras, and there is no audio. And they still record all the time.
    I had a truck sideswipe me while I was parked and it triggered an event.
    My DM had to go through a lot of footage before he found the actual incident. There was a lot before it happened that he had access to.
     
  7. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    By the way...
    Safety has NEVER called me out of the blue to ask me anything, much less if I had any complaints about something.
    It really is not their place to do so. Such concerns would come from your driver leader if they noticed anything out of the ordinary.
     
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