Brohn Bron
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Ethical Issue About Backing Goals
- Thread starter Brohn Bron
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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You misread—-he backs at 60-70 of his stops.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Not necessarily true.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Yet you still post in the Union forum on occasion.
Brohn Bron
Well-Known Member
I understood it as, he backs 60-70 times. Is that not correct?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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It is—-I thought that you had the impression that he only ran 60-70 stops total.
Brohn Bron
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I understand it as, set transmission into reverse gain moment and then pop into neutral before one entire wheel rotation in the back on reverse.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Nope.
If you are doing a 360 and can’t quite make it you can put it in reverse, back just enough to where you can complete the circle and it won’t count as a back.
If you are doing a 360 and can’t quite make it you can put it in reverse, back just enough to where you can complete the circle and it won’t count as a back.
Benben
Working on a new degree, Masters in BS Detecting!
As told to you by his, "on car." Do you ever question the accuracy of the information told to you by anyone in management?
ManInBrown
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It’s real simple. If you must back, do it. Do it safely. It’s just another metric used to break our balls. If I need to back 100 times one day, I’m going to. They can go pound sand
Very seldom I go there, too many “tough guys”.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Last time I checked a computer program cannot force you to do anything.
Analbumcover
ControlPkgs
I've always wondered if truck size matters. I have a dinky Freightliner P500 that I swear is smaller than the rest of the other Workhorse P500s and I'm always in the top 10 for backs, yet no one says anything to me about it.
The other guys up there with me drive p1200s and get read the riot act at least once a week about having too many backs.
The other guys up there with me drive p1200s and get read the riot act at least once a week about having too many backs.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
Quickly shifting the transmission out of reverse and coasting in order to avoid showing up on a report is both dishonest and unsafe.
It is dishonest because it hides the true number of backs and creates an unrealistic standard for other drivers who run the route to meet.
It is unsafe because shifting out of reverse causes the back up lights to turn off. Functioning back up lights are required by law, and are necessary for safety purposes when backing in the dark as well as to allow nearby vehicles and pedestrians to see that your vehicle is moving in reverse.
Dont play stupid number games or worry about stupid reports. If you need to back, leave it in reverse and back safely.
It is dishonest because it hides the true number of backs and creates an unrealistic standard for other drivers who run the route to meet.
It is unsafe because shifting out of reverse causes the back up lights to turn off. Functioning back up lights are required by law, and are necessary for safety purposes when backing in the dark as well as to allow nearby vehicles and pedestrians to see that your vehicle is moving in reverse.
Dont play stupid number games or worry about stupid reports. If you need to back, leave it in reverse and back safely.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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This is one time when size truly does matter.
The larger trucks are typically used for bulk commercial routes with most of their backs to loading docks.
Analbumcover
ControlPkgs
This is one time when size truly does matter.
The larger trucks are typically used for bulk commercial routes with most of their backs to loading docks.
True. I was curious as to why the sups are always on them considering the sheer number of bulk they have.
TearsInRain
IE boogeyman
training should emphasize the safety aspect of avoiding backs, but enforced goals are dumb
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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They are not strictly enforced.
barnyard
KTM rider
Rather than discussing how many backs a driver should not make, the focus should be on the safest backs to make. I am always surprised by how many people will not do the safest back, because it is a blind side back.
We had a guy charged with a crash because he was avoiding a back and a retaining wall collapsed. That was 100% BS. He now does whatever he can to increase his backs.
We had a guy charged with a crash because he was avoiding a back and a retaining wall collapsed. That was 100% BS. He now does whatever he can to increase his backs.
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