Disciplinary actions should be considered with
care, says Buchanan. "You can automatically termi-
nate over serious infractions," she says, or "you can
retrain and re-evaluate and offer second chances
with accountability."
With emphasis on the latter at Melton, acceptance
has proceeded well. In three years of using Drive-
Cam, only two drivers have left as a result of the
cameras. And with confidence in the training and
coaching power of the systems, Melton is among
fleets that have lowered experience requirements for
new hires.
At the ALK meeting in May, Buchanan shared
a clip of a driver following behind a four-wheeler tot-
ing a small trailer that fishtailed out of control and
crashed. The truck driver, having maintained plenty
of following distance, brought his rig to a controlled
stop well behind the vehicle.
The cameras "enable us to identify good perfor-
mance and celebrate that," says Buchanan. The
company now uses the clip of the driver's perfect
stop "in every DriveCam implementation" as an
example, she adds.
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