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<blockquote data-quote="FedExer267" data-source="post: 898379" data-attributes="member: 18716"><p>My Prayers go out to that family!!!!</p><p></p><p>Maybe now the Dot should look into Ground, you would be suprised to see no one punches out for breaks and a lunch. There is no where for a driver that works for a Contractor to do so. Some of these guys work past 14 hours a day with no breaks and no lunches. I am not saying it was fatigue but when you work 70 hours a week with no breaks and lunches this could definatley have something to do with it.</p><p>I have always said when you cover 5 zipcodes drive back and forth everyday trying to make your deliveries and make pickup times things can happen. This is the worst thing imaginable but if they truly want to fix it FedEx needs to shrink routes and add more trucks to Ground but they won't because thats more they have to pay out. That is the chance you take when a billion dollar company does business this way.</p><p>The other consideration is most (not all) Contractors do not service their trucks regularly. They dont fix a problem til something happens because they dont have the money to spend. Ground does not have mechanics who service the trucks regularly and will pull them off line if there is a problem. So I sure hope this wasn't because there was a problem with the truck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FedExer267, post: 898379, member: 18716"] My Prayers go out to that family!!!! Maybe now the Dot should look into Ground, you would be suprised to see no one punches out for breaks and a lunch. There is no where for a driver that works for a Contractor to do so. Some of these guys work past 14 hours a day with no breaks and no lunches. I am not saying it was fatigue but when you work 70 hours a week with no breaks and lunches this could definatley have something to do with it. I have always said when you cover 5 zipcodes drive back and forth everyday trying to make your deliveries and make pickup times things can happen. This is the worst thing imaginable but if they truly want to fix it FedEx needs to shrink routes and add more trucks to Ground but they won't because thats more they have to pay out. That is the chance you take when a billion dollar company does business this way. The other consideration is most (not all) Contractors do not service their trucks regularly. They dont fix a problem til something happens because they dont have the money to spend. Ground does not have mechanics who service the trucks regularly and will pull them off line if there is a problem. So I sure hope this wasn't because there was a problem with the truck. [/QUOTE]
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