I do get irritated by the accusation that posting helmet cam footage is a total waste of time, or worse. Quixotic tilting it may be a lot of the time, but once in a while you get a positive response. What's that quote/misquote...... "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" or words to that effect.
Here's the contents of an email I received recently after I complained to the company concerned. Not only was he on phone, he was steering one handed through a width restriction.
Thank you for your email in regards to one of my staff members driving whilst using a mobile phone. I can assure you that I will be sending out a letter to all members of staff that drive one of our vehicles to remind them about using a mobile phone whilst driving, I have spoken with my CEO and we will be bringing in a fine for any of my staff that receive a complaint either for using a mobile phone or any issues with their driving.
All our engineers have been given either a wired or Bluetooth earpiece for use with the company mobile so I can only think that this mobile phone was a personal mobile phone being used.
Thank you for the offer of the video, this will not be necessary as all our vehicles are fitted with a tracking device and should be easy to track which van was in the area at the time given.
We take complaint very seriously especially when driving a vehicle as this can cause serious accidents.
If there is anything else I can help you with please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
Based on the example above, one could argue that the footage made no difference, but not all companies have trackers on their vehicles or are as willing to respond so positively.
I don't know how many drivers the company employs, but it is a fair sized operation, so I might have made a difference.
Who knows, it might even influence the way they drive outside of working hours.