MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
I don't know what's worse. This guy recording himself or the idiotic management that allowed that truck to go on road? Actually, the idiotic management is worse.
59 Dano
I just want to make friends!
The driver. He's jeopardizing his own safety when he has the ability to do something about it.
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
Sorry, but it's the idiotic managers' responsibility to make sure the trucks are safe to be on road. The employee won't be the one sued if an unsafe vehicle causes an accident and/or injuries.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Right. He should call in sick until the vehicle is properly repaired.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Maybe because the problem is being ignored by whoever can fix it.
Not reporting it on the DVIR is falsification of a DOT document.
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
Maybe he did write it up.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Well, if that's the case then FedEx would have to fire someone since they didn't write up that loose loose bulb over the rear license plate.
I've had situations where you write something up and the mechanics get an attitude and either blow it off or spray WD-40 at the problem in hopes that it'll go away.
it can and does come to people being fired.
then the contractor's in danger of being terminated.
STFXG
Well-Known Member
FedEx won't load trucks marked with defects until the DVIR is returned stating the defects have been corrected.
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Cactus
Just telling it like it is
BS
According to "best practices" no truck is to be loaded without a pre-trip inspection first. The managers have been blowing that off for years and it's done every day on a routine basis.
BS.
UPS drivers don't inspect their trucks until the preload is wrapped up. That's what makes the previous day's DVIR crucial. The pre-trip is not DOT required. The post-trip inspection is.
hypo hanna
Well-Known Member
Someone should be fired. That truck didn't get that bad overnight. If the driver is reporting the defects, I hope he kept his own copies.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
We check the DVIR to see if any write-ups were either corrected or deferred and, based upon whether they were safety issues or not, will sign off on the DVIR and take the pkg car on road. If the defects were indeed safety in nature and were not addressed we have the right to refuse to take the pkg car on road.
The 22.3's who do the line-up at night do not check DVIR's and have no idea which pkg cars are safe or unsafe.
The preloaders have no idea if the cars they are loading are safe or unsafe.
hypo hanna
Well-Known Member
Yet another advantage to union representation. You have someone to back you up if you refuse to drive an unsafe vehicle. A fedex driver is on his own.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Keep in mind we don't get the day off----you and a supervisor would spend the next half hour or so transferring the load to a different car so unless the safety defect is severe we normally take the car and write it up again. A horn not working or a light out, while both safety items, are relatively minor and while they should have been repaired the vehicle can still be safely operated without a horn or headlight working.
Resident know-it-all.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
Nonetheless, you have some form of defense, and your shop steward will back you up. Ground drivers (and Express drivers to a lesser degree) can be forced to drive unsafe vehicles.
Cactus
Just telling it like it is
Thanks for another expert opinion about how things are done at Express. Both are required at Express.
i don't how how many times a vehicle which was in need of repairs got wrote up and nothing was done because the night mechanic was off on vacation and the mechanic that came in the morning didn't have time to fix the problem.
