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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 894817" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>No matter what they will hound you for idle time because it will save the company money right away. However, keep your eye on your idle time. I noticed I was always at the top or close to it. I found this odd because I have only 1 stop light on my route and zero traffic. Its all back roads and I never idle when waiting for a dock or even to keep warm as I take lunch at Dunkin Donuts.</p><p></p><p>So I'm taking heat and the manager is going into the computer and saying well, it took me 1 sec to put my seatbelt on 100 times so I should put the seatbelt on first and then start the car to save a grand total of 1.8 minutes of idle time. I was perplexed as to why it was so high and upset that I was getting nickel and dimed by my manager about this when I surely know I follow the rules. I'm not one of these guys that just lets it run and say screw it.</p><p></p><p>So, my car gets pulled for a PMI for 3 days. I check the idle time and sure enough it was cut in half! I went from like 70+ minutes to like 33 or 34 minutes. It was the freaking truck! I immediately brought this to the manager's attention still a little tiffed about the 1 sec at 100 stops and he says "good, great, that is wonderful that you noticed that!" and he PCMed it the next day.</p><p></p><p>For some reason my speedometer doesn't start registering speed for a few seconds even when I'm moving. It like goes up to 35 when you turn the power on but immediately shoots to zero and stays there for a few seconds thus showing the computer I'm idling when I'm really moving.</p><p></p><p>If telematics is new to you just keep your eye on them because there can be errors that will show. For example, I got 14 record while idling the other day when I never get any and I surely didn't commit this many errors (maybe one here and there by accident but NEVER 14 in one day!). The boss thought it could have been because I used 2 different vehicles for the day and sometimes it will show me in the other vehicle recording while someone else is driving the other one that I had used or will use. Or it could have been that it was my first day on keyless start and I will push the start button on the way back to the truck and stop complete soon after that. Not sure if the electrical running counts as idling to Telematics?</p><p></p><p>Just keep your eye on it..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 894817, member: 4653"] No matter what they will hound you for idle time because it will save the company money right away. However, keep your eye on your idle time. I noticed I was always at the top or close to it. I found this odd because I have only 1 stop light on my route and zero traffic. Its all back roads and I never idle when waiting for a dock or even to keep warm as I take lunch at Dunkin Donuts. So I'm taking heat and the manager is going into the computer and saying well, it took me 1 sec to put my seatbelt on 100 times so I should put the seatbelt on first and then start the car to save a grand total of 1.8 minutes of idle time. I was perplexed as to why it was so high and upset that I was getting nickel and dimed by my manager about this when I surely know I follow the rules. I'm not one of these guys that just lets it run and say screw it. So, my car gets pulled for a PMI for 3 days. I check the idle time and sure enough it was cut in half! I went from like 70+ minutes to like 33 or 34 minutes. It was the freaking truck! I immediately brought this to the manager's attention still a little tiffed about the 1 sec at 100 stops and he says "good, great, that is wonderful that you noticed that!" and he PCMed it the next day. For some reason my speedometer doesn't start registering speed for a few seconds even when I'm moving. It like goes up to 35 when you turn the power on but immediately shoots to zero and stays there for a few seconds thus showing the computer I'm idling when I'm really moving. If telematics is new to you just keep your eye on them because there can be errors that will show. For example, I got 14 record while idling the other day when I never get any and I surely didn't commit this many errors (maybe one here and there by accident but NEVER 14 in one day!). The boss thought it could have been because I used 2 different vehicles for the day and sometimes it will show me in the other vehicle recording while someone else is driving the other one that I had used or will use. Or it could have been that it was my first day on keyless start and I will push the start button on the way back to the truck and stop complete soon after that. Not sure if the electrical running counts as idling to Telematics? Just keep your eye on it.. [/QUOTE]
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