The ‘Red Box Truck Bro’ is a dedicated dash and in-cab driver camera system, which utilises two discrete HD Cameras. One Camera is wide angle and intended to be mounted as a normal forward facing dash camera to capture the road ahead, and the second ‘in cab’ camera is provided to be mounted so that it can visually monitor and record the drivers’ actions. There are four different camera options available, which allow for different mounting applications, including under or behind a rear view mirror. Video footage from both cameras is recorded onto industrial quality, solid state memory mounted inside the main tamper proof control unit, and any ‘event incidents’ such as an accident impact are securely retained, and ‘locked’, which means that incident footage cannot then be deleted or recorded over, until it has been accessed and viewed.
Unlike many cheaper, aftermarket systems which record poor quality and often grainy video footage, the “Red Box Truck Bro” uses HD cameras to produce high quality video footage from each Camera, which can then be viewed together or individually. All captured video and protected incident footage can be viewed and downloaded via a password protected WiFi connection between the system control unit and any Android or iOS mobile device, and ensures that it can only viewed / deleted by Authorised personnel.
In order to maintain the privacy of “Trampers” who spend their rest breaks and nights out in the vehicle in-between their normal driving hours, the ‘Red Box Truck Bro’ only activates and records when the ignition is switched on.
“The ‘Red Box Truck Bro’ – More than just a Dash Camera”
There is, of course, the fact that fitting a driver facing, in-cab camera is largely done to deter voluntary driver distractions such as mobile phone use. Some haulage companies may also employ agency drivers to drive their vehicles on an ‘as required’ basis, this means that there are occasions where a driver may be driving a vehicle which is not familiar to them and even after signing a disclaimer some drivers may still be tempted to use a mobile phone once they are on the road, simply on the basis that they may believe that there is no chance of anybody discovering the fact. If you don’t make a driver aware that a Camera is fitted in the cab, then the whole deterrent factor of having a driver facing camera fitted is immediately lost, and the risk of distracted driving increases. However, whether you employ agency drivers or full time employees to drive your vehicles, a driver is far more likely to engage in risk taking distractions, which put both your vehicle and other road users at risk, once the fact that they are being recorded by an in-cab camera has been forgotten.
Sample Video Footage from the “Truck Bro”
