Any Methods you think don't apply to you?

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Why do some guys think the methods don't apply to them?

 

[Staydryitsraining]

Because they are favored by management?

 

[trickpony1]

Egocentrism.

 

[eats packages]

snakes

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

42.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Runner/ Gunners?

 

[GenericUsername]

The only one I don't like is the handrail exiting the car to be honest. Sure, I understand why we're supposed to grab it, but I honestly feel like I'll damage my shoulder faster than I would my knees by holding onto it too long by accident.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

The only one I don't like is the handrail exiting the car to be honest. Sure, I understand why we're supposed to grab it, but I honestly feel like I'll damage my shoulder faster than I would my knees by holding onto it too long by accident.

Your knees will thank you decades later.

 

[542thruNthru]

Why do some guys think the methods don't apply to them?

Plenty of methods don't apply anymore. The safety ones I try and follow always. Some of the methods inside the truck that have to do with package selection are worthless now.

 

[DOK]

The only one I don't like is the handrail exiting the car to be honest. Sure, I understand why we're supposed to grab it, but I honestly feel like I'll damage my shoulder faster than I would my knees by holding onto it too long by accident.

Pulling mirror (bad shoulder) and walking behind the package car to deliver across the street, don’t do either.

 

[MECH-lift]

I do not agree with the honking horn every 3 seconds while backing , so UPS is telling me it’s safe to take my hands off the wheel while I’m going in reverse ?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I do not agree with the honking horn every 3 seconds while backing , so UPS is telling me it’s safe to take my hands off the wheel while I’m going in reverse ?

You don't have to take your hands off of the wheel to tap it.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I do not agree with the honking horn every 3 seconds while backing , so UPS is telling me it’s safe to take my hands off the wheel while I’m going in reverse ?

Seriously?

 

[eats packages]

I do not agree with the honking horn every 3 seconds while backing , so UPS is telling me it’s safe to take my hands off the wheel while I’m going in reverse ?

I do this in my car.

 

[john chesney]

Pulling mirror (bad shoulder) and walking behind the package car to deliver across the street, don’t do either.

I don’t either and never will. It’s a safety issue I not losing an arm or my life. Just fire me I’ll have a lawsuit and a retirement

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I don’t either and never will. It’s a safety issue I not losing an arm or my life. Just fire me I’ll have a lawsuit and a retirement

You don't have much longer to worry about it..

 

[Bubblehead]

You don't have to take your hands off of the wheel to tap it.

Why is it that even the new package cars don't have the automatic backing alert, factory installed like so many other modern delivery vehicles???

I'll agree that on a straight back, tapping the horn is not a huge hindrance....

....but while your turning the steering wheel, checking your mirrors and monitor, on a driver's side quarter back, in a residential driveway???

"The Methods" are designed to shift the liability to the bonded, insured driver....more that to keep us or the general public safe.

It's always about the money.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

We are not supposed to back into residential driveways.

Back up alarms give the driver a false sense of security and tend to become background noise.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Why is it that even the new package cars don't have the automatic backing alert, factory installed like so many other modern delivery vehicles???

I'll agree that on a straight back, tapping the horn is not a huge hindrance....

....but while your turning the steering wheel, checking your mirrors and monitor, on a driver's side quarter back, in a residential driveway???

"The Methods" are designed to shift the liability to the bonded, insured driver....more that to keep us or the general public safe.

It's always about the money.

They never do anything proactive, they only do it after something bad happens. We never had to know yard control for years and years until people got killed in the yard.

 

[Bubblehead]

We are not supposed to back into residential driveways.

Back up alarms give the driver a false sense of security and tend to become background noise.

LOL!!!

Thought you had ORION in the BOG?
ORION is predicated on residential backs.