BIGBROWNLONGHORN
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Has anyone been told they cannot have cell phones in cab of the truck they must be stored behind bulk head door?AND THEY CANNOT DRINK WHILE DRIVING.WATER OFCOURSE.
No cellphones in cab?
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klein
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Yes, on sup drive alongs.
All your drinks and food in the back, no cellphone usage, either. Diad only in the diad holder, and never to be used while driving.
Some sups allowed me to drink fluids while driving (most of them actually), but my last one didn't. She was a bigshot Saftey Advisor from Toronto.
hurricanegunner
UPSPoop
When you get a message to call the center, just send back: "Sorry. Phone is in the back."
satellitedriver
Moderator
Do the sups store their blackberry's/cellphone in the back of the package car, as they do an OJS ride?
No freakin way.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Kman845
Well-Known Member
Yup!! No Diad in cab either. Keep it in package compartment, bulkhead door closed.
While we're at it, no more wine deliveries to residences. Commercial addresses only, same rules as cigarettes.
K
blue efficacy
Well-Known Member
Key difference, the supervisor is not driving a big truck that can kill people.
My UPS driver when I did Driver Helper would frequently chat on the phone and text while driving. Didn't seem safe to me..
Just Numbers
Retired
But the gander isn't driving.
Just Numbers
Retired
If you are drinking water while driving are both hands on the wheel?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I clip my cellphone to the drink holder.
retired2000
Well-Known Member
we had a driver killed because he was talking on his cell phone. and besides it is the law in some states not to use phone while driving.
Just Numbers
Retired
Think about it. So the whole day you never stop the vehicle or open the bulkhead door. Your dehydrated excuse does not hold water! Ever been hit by a flying water bottle in the cab? I have and it wasn't pleasant.
City Driver
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HEFFERNAN
Huge Member
Then rip out all the cup holders in the trucks !!!
The bottom line is that they are responding to an issue at your center. Either someone had an accident while distracted (drinking,eating,talking) or was seen doing it by upper ties and pissed them off. Every center does this when something negative affects them. It is not a countrywide policy.
At our center, the state law prohibits distracted driving. Our DM saw a driver talking on the phone on his way back in the building and THAT was in the PCM the next morning.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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theres nothing wrong with drinking and driving at work
just ask klein
just ask klein
NHDRVR
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Been hearing it for years. Just wait til' the next flavor of the month comes along and be patient.
I use a Jabra headset, which is better than the Jawbone I previously used, and I keep a frozen gallon of H2O on one of the shelves just because I don't want it rolling around in the cab.
Remember that when a Sup. is on car everything you do is the 'wrong' thing. They need something to do when they are on car so just nod and say ok. Like a rash, eventually they will go away.
I use a Jabra headset, which is better than the Jawbone I previously used, and I keep a frozen gallon of H2O on one of the shelves just because I don't want it rolling around in the cab.
Remember that when a Sup. is on car everything you do is the 'wrong' thing. They need something to do when they are on car so just nod and say ok. Like a rash, eventually they will go away.
tracker2762
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When you shift gears are both hands on the wheel?
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
Absolutely!!!
We haven't been told this yet. I won't give up my water up front. They can write me up and it will go to panel. That one I would fight all the way.
Having the bottle of water up front is a necessary evil. I think it is worth the risk. When I open my bulk head door it is all business. I don't stop to think about getting a drink of water. I am looking for my next pkg. I can't say how many times I have had to stop and re open the door because my water jug needs to be refilled and I forget to do it at a delivery stop.
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Just Numbers
Retired
When I drove I didn't have the luxury of cupholders.
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