Tag Archives: LYTX

We all get gold stars | #198

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Netradyne has some new technology to add to their intrusive driver facing cameras that will awards you stars for things like stopping at a stop sign and maintaining your lane. How disrespectful is that? Very. It is touted as a way to reward good behavior but it is merely another misguided attempt by uniformed non-drivers to change behaviors. Don’t fall for what the ignorant know nothing’s are doing. Don’t download anything like this to any device you own. Simply refuse.

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Lytx and Samsara sponsor NTDAW | #189

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In the height of irony Lytx and Samsara are listed on the ATA website as sponsors of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week 2024. Hilarious. The American Trucking Association allows them to be a sponsor when, in my opinion, hardly any companies have done more to harm the trucking industry than these two. How many truck driver careers have been cut short by their wrong opinion? It is laughable for them to have anything to do with drivers.

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New level 8 electronic inspection | #178

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Are you ready for a level 8 electronic inspection? This is being tested in two states and will likely expand to the whole country. I go though it and give my thought and of course go off on a tangent about Lutz driver facing cameras.

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LYTX app? You can now coach yourself! #145

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LYTX has been making trucking terrible for years and now they have an app!  You can view how bad of a driver you are and coach yourself!  Also, LYTX is using machine learning and AI to see if you are eating a sandwich or are staying in the center of your lane.  Really.  LYTX has got to be one of the worst things about trucking and any trucking company that uses it is at the bottom of trucking companies.  Never ever download the app no matter what your company says.  Also, LYTX records 400 HOURS of CONTINUOUS video and LIVE VIEW.  It is right on the LYTX site.  Don’t let your company tell you they can’t do it because LYTX says they can.  I tell you how to defeat part of this but that is for entertainment purposes only and should not be used on public roads.  LYTX is garbage for drivers.

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How the ABF contract can help you get a raise! | #142

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ABF just ratified a new 5 year contract and some of what happened can help you get a raise at your OTR carrier even if you aren’t in a union.  I go over what to do and how to do it so we all can benefit.  You don’t have to be in a union to get a raise.  Trucking did pay better with the Teamsters, though.  Just say no to LYTX and driver facing cameras!

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Trucking Answers | Unabridged | A Reason we are not on Mars | #121

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In this pumpkin spice flavored episode I discuss Werner and Kodiak and the pact they have to move freight without drivers.  They start their first lane soon and it will be working the exact way I said so I believe that they listen to the podcast.  I-80 in Illinois will be under construction near Minooka until 2027.  Are you ready for that?  The Natural Propane Gas Association wants to be able to work the drivers 17 hours a day and drive for 14 of those hours.  Who wants to work for 17 hours a day?  Tesla has a robot named Optimus that is going to probably take over the world as soon as it can.  Topeka, Kansas shows us why we don’t live on Mars and may never.  Also, a new driver facing cam gives gold stars for good driving.

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Trucking Answers | Trucking News | Automotive | A Reason we are not on Mars | #29

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In another lavish production Trucking Answers Podcast talks about driver facing cameras and the Lytx AI tech coming to trucks.  Do you think a camera can drive as good as a driver? I will be visiting GP Transco on Monday Oct 11!  Be there!  Speeding was the #1 thing people were ticketed for during safe driver week.  Slow down!  I relate a story from work again about construction zones.  The ATA road team captains have some advice for you.  The Ford Bronco is recalled yet again. Please do not buy a first year model car.  Mazda may give us a straight 6 engine!  Finally.  Last ones I had were in a Granada and Fairmount.  Also, a reason we are not on Mars.

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Trucking Answers | Trucking News | Automotive | A Reason We Are Not On Mars | #8

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In another action-packed episode of Trucking Answers, Mark and Gracie discuss a company that is writing up drivers for too many lane changes.  Also, are shorter hauls in the trucking industry what it needs to keep drivers?  The pay will have to change for that to happen.  Rates are up as some drivers get percentage pay.  Are you getting a dollar a mile as a company driver? Maybe you are.  Minnesota adopts California CARB standards forcing worthless electric cars on people.  The Chevrolet Bolt has an urgent message and that message is to leave it outside so it doesn’t catch your house on fire.  It has some type of battery problem.  Also, another reason we are not yet living on Mars.  It is so close but so far away.

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