After posting this morning, I decided to focus my attention on my speed limit when residential speed limit signs were around. It was amazing how focused my job was that I barely gaze at my speedometer much of the day. I tend to focus more on my perception of driving safely than actually following MPH.
Everytime I drove by a sign I was at or above every posted speed limit. Was this the holy grail UPSTATE had talked about? SAFELY AGGRESSIVE may be how I drove all the time. My feeling on the OP's first post is that his sup was being annoyed by his AGGRESIVE SAFE driving and became irate.
Regardless, there is still no safety standard on driving speed that your boss can write you up for.
Sorry Hef, but I am going to pick on you a little. It's not you specifically but what you said. I can imagine that this is probably more of a common practice then most will care to admit to.
Seeing your speedometer and knowing your speed
IS part of S & V. Every time you scan your area (while driving) in front of and behind you (mirror to windshield to mirror to windshield to dash to windsheild) you should be 'seeing' your speedometer. You should know what your speed is.
It is funny that this topic should come up. Thank you to the OP. I had the exact same situation occur today. My OC thought I should have gone through a lite that I knew, from experience, I would not have made it through. Although his words were far kinder the intent was the same. My response was to just look at him. I did not let him get to me. And as far as my driving goes he (nor any other sup/mgr) will ever get to me. I have been driving for a very long time, commercially. I am very confident in my driving skills and no sup will ever get away with telling me that I should go faster or cheat a lite. I am the driver responsible. If I have a sup that thinks his way is better than he can certainly have the keys and do the driving himself. Of course that will automatically negate the 3 day OJS.
As a side note, this is the first time in 3 years of driving FT for UPS that I have ever had a 3 day punch to punch OJS.
Sober...... If he instructs you to drive at a speed that you do not feel is safe, [-]agree to do so only if he will put it in writing that you will not be held responsible for any accidents that occur by doing so[/-] hand him the keys and tell him that if he wants this truck to go any faster then he will have to do the driving.
TheOCbaby.............if some one wants to drive under the speed limit, sure I will bitch and complain and pass if I get a chance. Aside from that, I will back off and just go with the flow. Life is to damm short and the risks are to damm high.
I like the term 'safely aggressive', thanks Upstate, you have added a new catch phrase to my repertoire.
Helen, I would be filing harrassment on that so fast. It is threatening and intimidation. It is a hostile act.