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UPS Feeder accident in Orlando 8/27
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<blockquote data-quote="hypocrisy" data-source="post: 764476" data-attributes="member: 9500"><p>I find this especially humorous. Since the driver doesn't usually call out his pretrip during an audit (true), the auditor must be marking down the DOT items (Fed/State) we miss dailiy on our UPS pretrip because they are omitted:</p><p>1. Air leakage test</p><p>2. Rate of air pressure build-up</p><p>3. Air compressor cut-in and cut-out pressure</p><p>4. proper brake adjustment check (equal as practicable with respect to opposite wheels)</p><p>5. right turn signal (tractor,trailers)</p><p>6. running lights, turn signals (Dolly)</p><p></p><p>And in my area the Sup's like to skip the extra step for checking tractor brake lights by applying the hand valve the first time you get in the tractor which eliminates checking the rear running lights. The pushing and rushing is going on throughout the country so don't be surprised if there are more accidents like this in the future. </p><p> </p><p>So much for UPS methods "meeting and exceeding" the DOT.</p><p>And don't even get me started about the post-trip....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hypocrisy, post: 764476, member: 9500"] I find this especially humorous. Since the driver doesn't usually call out his pretrip during an audit (true), the auditor must be marking down the DOT items (Fed/State) we miss dailiy on our UPS pretrip because they are omitted: 1. Air leakage test 2. Rate of air pressure build-up 3. Air compressor cut-in and cut-out pressure 4. proper brake adjustment check (equal as practicable with respect to opposite wheels) 5. right turn signal (tractor,trailers) 6. running lights, turn signals (Dolly) And in my area the Sup's like to skip the extra step for checking tractor brake lights by applying the hand valve the first time you get in the tractor which eliminates checking the rear running lights. The pushing and rushing is going on throughout the country so don't be surprised if there are more accidents like this in the future. So much for UPS methods "meeting and exceeding" the DOT. And don't even get me started about the post-trip.... [/QUOTE]
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