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New Seatbelt, Bulkhead, Brake, and GPS sensors being put into UPS trucks!
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyRogue" data-source="post: 292601" data-attributes="member: 7185"><p>I've never driven a commercial vehicle. When I was still driving a personal vehicle, I'd set the e-brake <em>everytime</em> that car was in park. My father was riding in the car with me once when I did that and asked why. I told him about seeing a sedan roll away in a parking lot of a grocery store I worked in. The car rolled right into an SUV when the owner got out of the car. I was first to arrive on the scene (right after the driver of the sedan) and sure enough, the car was supposedly in park. Moral of the story: I <em>always</em> set my e-brake! Excessive? Maybe. Additional wear and tear on the brakes? Probably. Never having the embarassment (or an insurance claim for carelessness) for a roll-away? Priceless.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I might take heat for this but I think they <em>should</em> be fired if they are NOT using their seatbelts. I was in two collisions as a driver--one would have been fatal if I'd been driving a smaller car when being hit by something like an SUV (long story). The seatbelt saved my life in a collision as a kid when my mother rear-ended a Suburban at 30. I'm a very big advocate of seatbelts. Right after I started driving, I threw a kid out of my car that refused to buckle up. I was almost deafened by yelling when my father found out I'd thrown the kid out. He calmed down when I told him my side of the story and offered my license if he didn't agree with my actions--then or in the future--if it happened again. Never another problem with seatbelts....-Rocky</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyRogue, post: 292601, member: 7185"] I've never driven a commercial vehicle. When I was still driving a personal vehicle, I'd set the e-brake [I]everytime[/I] that car was in park. My father was riding in the car with me once when I did that and asked why. I told him about seeing a sedan roll away in a parking lot of a grocery store I worked in. The car rolled right into an SUV when the owner got out of the car. I was first to arrive on the scene (right after the driver of the sedan) and sure enough, the car was supposedly in park. Moral of the story: I [I]always[/I] set my e-brake! Excessive? Maybe. Additional wear and tear on the brakes? Probably. Never having the embarassment (or an insurance claim for carelessness) for a roll-away? Priceless. I might take heat for this but I think they [I]should[/I] be fired if they are NOT using their seatbelts. I was in two collisions as a driver--one would have been fatal if I'd been driving a smaller car when being hit by something like an SUV (long story). The seatbelt saved my life in a collision as a kid when my mother rear-ended a Suburban at 30. I'm a very big advocate of seatbelts. Right after I started driving, I threw a kid out of my car that refused to buckle up. I was almost deafened by yelling when my father found out I'd thrown the kid out. He calmed down when I told him my side of the story and offered my license if he didn't agree with my actions--then or in the future--if it happened again. Never another problem with seatbelts....-Rocky [/QUOTE]
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