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Have you ever driven your package car and forgot to close the backdoor? I accidentally did that today.
Of course. Several times in the last 25 yrs.
It kind of reminds me of the old joke about men masturbating: there are two kinds of men who masturbate, those who do, and those who admit it.
Any driver who has driven for any amount of time has forgot about the back door at least once. Now many won't admit it, but we all have. Back in the 90's, one of my last pickups was an AT&T data center. This was so long ago that what I picked up was old data tapes. They looked like reel-to-reel tapes. If you have to ask, Google. Anyway, this was a full P-1000 of those tapes. Last pickup. Closed the door, drove a few miles to the interstate, and drove about 10 miles back to the building. I pulled up to the air trailer to unload my air. I opened up my bulkhead door, and I about crapped my pants when I saw the building lights through my back door. That door was open! Oh !! When I finished loading the truck, it was full to the ceiling. Now, I could see through the back door.
A few drivers that came back after me, on one of the busiest interstates in Kansas City, said it looked like the road was littered with album sized boxes all the way back to UPS.
Yeah, I freaked, thought I was fired for sure, so I found my steward at the bar he always hung out in. Mind you, this was before the DIAD era, so none of this was traceable. He told me to calm down and act like it never happened. And nothing ever did, because these were tapes addressed to the entire country, and UPS was a different company back then, but never again did I forget to chain that back door.
YesHave you ever driven your package car and forgot to close the backdoor? I accidentally did that today.
Talk about outing yourself!
Have you ever driven your package car and forgot to close the backdoor? I accidentally did that today.
I did the same thing last week in a 600 with the small sliding doors. My question is will it show up on telematics?
You should not be able to see your rear door in the camera if it is set correctly.