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I was the man who nearly died in this UPS truck last December
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<blockquote data-quote="sortaisle" data-source="post: 1066393" data-attributes="member: 17605"><p>I think the accident is a result of poor training. But it's hardly a mechanical problem. All UPS trucks with clutches start without the clutch engaged...keyed or fobbed. The truck needs to be in the lowest forward gear. In the ol' 800's it's the low gear. Those trucks won't move no matter what you do to them shut off in the lowest forward gear. I can see if you accidentally bumped the start switch twice and that started motion...but that's a training flaw and not a mechanical flaw. You hit the button on the fob to start the blinking, foot on the brake, buckle, start, clutch, e brake, go. It's the same if it didn't have the keyless. And the screeching noise is typically low brake fluid in the old vehicles. Shame on your manager for not having the fluids checked when he came out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sortaisle, post: 1066393, member: 17605"] I think the accident is a result of poor training. But it's hardly a mechanical problem. All UPS trucks with clutches start without the clutch engaged...keyed or fobbed. The truck needs to be in the lowest forward gear. In the ol' 800's it's the low gear. Those trucks won't move no matter what you do to them shut off in the lowest forward gear. I can see if you accidentally bumped the start switch twice and that started motion...but that's a training flaw and not a mechanical flaw. You hit the button on the fob to start the blinking, foot on the brake, buckle, start, clutch, e brake, go. It's the same if it didn't have the keyless. And the screeching noise is typically low brake fluid in the old vehicles. Shame on your manager for not having the fluids checked when he came out. [/QUOTE]
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