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<blockquote data-quote="brownrod" data-source="post: 667030" data-attributes="member: 6453"><p>As far as MPG of the trucks I have no idea. I have never been provided this information as a driver. We have people that are paid to fuel the trucks after I've gone home.</p><p></p><p></p><p>We have GPS technology in our DIAD. But it is used to spy on the drivers. Not to help them do their jobs.</p><p></p><p>I know a couple drivers who use the GPS on their iPhones in conjunction with google earth and it helps them when they are on new routes in areas they are not familiar with.</p><p></p><p>GPS isn't great at finding a particular house but can be helpful when you need to find a new road or unmarked dirt road that might not be on your map.</p><p></p><p>People tend to ask me why we don't use GPS all the time. My standard answer is that a GPS would get me in the neighborhood but won't tell me which ghetto, unmarked house is the one I have to deliver to.</p><p></p><p>After you've done a route a few times you rely on your area knowledge to do your job efficiently.</p><p></p><p>I think having mapquest on our DIADs or using mapquest on our personal internet phones would be most useful. And that's just to locate new roads that aren't published on our maps yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brownrod, post: 667030, member: 6453"] As far as MPG of the trucks I have no idea. I have never been provided this information as a driver. We have people that are paid to fuel the trucks after I've gone home. We have GPS technology in our DIAD. But it is used to spy on the drivers. Not to help them do their jobs. I know a couple drivers who use the GPS on their iPhones in conjunction with google earth and it helps them when they are on new routes in areas they are not familiar with. GPS isn't great at finding a particular house but can be helpful when you need to find a new road or unmarked dirt road that might not be on your map. People tend to ask me why we don't use GPS all the time. My standard answer is that a GPS would get me in the neighborhood but won't tell me which ghetto, unmarked house is the one I have to deliver to. After you've done a route a few times you rely on your area knowledge to do your job efficiently. I think having mapquest on our DIADs or using mapquest on our personal internet phones would be most useful. And that's just to locate new roads that aren't published on our maps yet. [/QUOTE]
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