Have you ever seen the inside of a cop car? Talk about in cab distractions.I believe that would be a huge in cab distraction.
To me figuring out where you're going isn't the hard part about going out blind. It's delivery points. Give me a map on a rural route and I'll do just fine. Make me hunt for the correct delivery location at 100 business stops and it'll get ugly fast.
I've driven before EDD, DIADs, and cameras, and have gone out a few times forgetting to download EDD, and didn't have a problem. All I saw EDD give me was more work and more paperwork to worry about getting placed on.
we had a few times in our building where the system was down in the AM and couldn't d load EDD... the look of horror on the faces from the newer drivers was priceless... the only thing I worried about was hoping the preloader got the stuff in at least the right section, since they don't have area knowledge anymore
How could u possibly hate the back up camera?Oh, how I hated the backup camera when they first put them in the trucks. Now, I'd shoot you if you tried to take it out.
How could u possibly hate the back up camera?
Glad you cleared that up for him!!!!!I think what he may have meant was that there was an adjustment period when they first installed the cameras. Mine was almost two weeks.
I'd rather have better heating & cooling & a solid tuneage setup than GPS. LMAO.They will not have a GPS in the cars for two reasons. The first cost associated with fixing them when they break or get damaged and the most important one. They become a distraction to the drivers thus a safety issue.
How could u possibly hate the back up camera?
I thought back in the good ole days you guys never worked past dark.The light from the monitor bothered me. When you're not used to a TV in the cab it can be distracting. I still can't leave it on at night while I'm driving.
We always worked after dark a few days during peak. After that we got a break in hours till around Easter, those days are gone.I thought back in the good ole days you guys never worked past dark.
Anybody that NEEDS gps to run a route should stick to delivering pizzas.
With the company trying to simplify the driver job, does anyone on BC think they will implement gps in package cars in the future?
It seems that could take care of the problem of going out on routes cold, but havent thought of how they would implement it with all the data and now ORION..
Thoughts?
Next time you clock in (assuming you're a package car driver or someone who uses a DIAD), go to the communication screen and hit the #8 (even though it isn't a menu option) and realize that UPS knows where you are down to 7 GPS decimal points at any given time.
At this point realize that what you fear or anticipate to be the future, has already happened.
They will most certainly expand GPS technology.
UPS, along with the USPS, will most likely sell their findings to the rest of the industry.