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Hello I would like to ask you some help and opinions on a issue I've been having here... I often shoot car commercials with Russian Arm. Ussually they assign the focus puller seat in truck, in the back of the car. Recently i was shooting in an off road terrain in high speed and after the first day i needed to use pain killers and other drugs to get to the end of the 6 days job. One month and a half later, after several osteopath sessions, x-rays, and lots of drugs, i'm still with some pain but recovering. So... This made me think about working conditions and safety. In the truck, the seat is minimal, the position is sideways to the car and with only a waist security belt. If the car breaks hard or has an accident, i am in real danger of breaking my neck and / or hitting hard with my head on the back side of the back seat. I have no room for my legs and after a while they sart to get numb. Meanwhile the back seat it´s only with the DOP and the crane operator, facing front to the car as usual, with a regular security belt. ​I made myself this question now... Why the hell should the focus puller by sacrificed? I´ve checked and in other countries/companies the crane operator goes in the truck and focus puller in the front seat. So... why should the focus puller be in truck in danger in case of an accident and in an unergonomic position? Why can´t they share the back seat? DOP + Focus Puller + Crane operator? The crane operator bellows to the Russian Arm crew. It´s there business it should be there sacrifice... What do you guys think? Best regards