Mr. 7
The monkey on the left.
With telematics,we are not allowed to even turn on the diad while the truck is in motion(not in park),
they call it recording while idling.The only good thing about this is that when you're on the highway on
the way back to the building,you have to ignore it when they message you.
According to ups,the push in production should have no bearing
on a professional driver if he follows all the rhetoric in the 5 seeing habits and the 10 point commentary.
To be honest,other than obvious unavoidable accidents,this should be true.
Being human,ofttimes our sense of urgency overrides our training,and we become complacent.OK I was not going to talk about this but I feel like I have to now.
I'm ashamed to admit it,but I friend'd up last week. I did a resi on a quiet side street.See #9 of the 10 point,
L signal L shoulder L mirror ....forgot about the right mirror and the slight tailswing hit the knob of a fire hydrant which I parked about 3 feet behind.
Did about $1000 damage to a brand new workhorse.Got taken out of service for the day,and had a safety ride the next.
My 7th accident in 21 years,5 deemed avoidable.My center manager pointed out that I cost them $2500 for a tier 1 accident,about $200 for the 2 drivers that had to
finish my route,plus the $1000 damage I did to the package car.
An old newfie told me once awhile ago when I told him I've been coming her 20 years and I've never hit anything.
He said,I've been across Newfoundland 5 times and never hit a moose,but that don't mean it could never happen.
OK sorry for the rant...
Fedex,ups...whatever...be careful,
Good post.
Rear swing-out is a big issue. Especially with you UPS'ers that are typically driving what "we" consider the larger version of our "package cars" (Grumman 900 is larger than what most of us drive, a Grumman 700)
I am always hyper-aware of how/where I park my truck for pulling out to compensate for rear swing-out.