Patent ID: 8485301

Claim:
A refuse truck comprising: a chassis supporting a truck body and an operator cab and being connected to a plurality of wheels; a main brake operably connected to at least one of the wheels; a parking brake operably connected to at least one of the wheels; a transmission operably connected to transfer power to at least one of the wheels; and an operator monitoring system comprising: an operator sensor configured to sense whether the operator is in a proper operating position within the operator cab; and a control module connected to the operator sensor and further connected to at least one of the main brake, the parking brake, and the transmission, wherein when the refuse truck is running and the operator sensor senses that the operator is not in the proper operating position, the control module is configured to activate safety features to stop the truck, including at least one selected from a group consisting of: activating the main brake, activating the parking brake, shifting the transmission to a different setting, and any combination thereof, wherein the operator cab has a left steering wheel and a right steering wheel, and the truck is adjustable between a left hand drive configuration and a right hand drive configuration, and wherein the control module activates the safety features only if the truck is in the right hand drive configuration.