Mirrors on the highway

[Boywondr]

I leave mine turned on, it is a good tool

Me two. You can actually hear what the customers are saying about you as you flatten their stupid looking dog.

 

[Brownslave688]

wear a ballcap after dark to keep that light outta your eyes. Also, angle it as far the other way as possible

Oh I know. It’s not a hard issue to fix but if shouldn’t be an issue at all.

 

[Thegameisrigged]

Hey guys just finished my first week- going well so far (thanks for all the advice everybody) but there’s one thing I’m still incredibly uneasy about- driving on the highway to and from my route...

As soon as I hit the highway the wind blows the mirrors in, and if I need to get off at my exit I can’t see a thing in the right lane. (Also my Exit is like a few hundred feet from an entrance where another highway merges on so I can’t really see the cars entering)

Any advice on how to deal with this other than just signaling and freaking praying for the best? Apparently they’ve been tightening the mirrors at night but that hasn’t helped stop them from blowing in immediately

When passing a car on your right, once you see it in your monitor, you can get over. Other than that, write it up and they’ll tighten it for you.

 

[iruhnman630]

It can be really bad at night too. Driving with a shining light from the monitor in your face.

The color monitors with the camera next to top brake light are particularly distracting

 

[Ghost in the Darkness]

You can push your driver side mirror back into position as you drive. Tighten the right side down as you shouldn't need to pull that in all that often unless you have a lot of tight single lane streets or rds (which I do).

 

[BSWALKS]

Hey guys just finished my first week- going well so far (thanks for all the advice everybody) but there’s one thing I’m still incredibly uneasy about- driving on the highway to and from my route...

As soon as I hit the highway the wind blows the mirrors in, and if I need to get off at my exit I can’t see a thing in the right lane. (Also my Exit is like a few hundred feet from an entrance where another highway merges on so I can’t really see the cars entering)

Any advice on how to deal with this other than just signaling and freaking praying for the best? Apparently they’ve been tightening the mirrors at night but that hasn’t helped stop them from blowing in immediately

Make sure you check this on your pre trip.

Not just the mirror brackets where they attach to the truck, but check that the mirrors are tight on the brackets as well..

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Get the shop to tighten the mirrors or get a crescent wrench and tighten it yourself.

Best to carry a socket set.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

It can be really bad at night too. Driving with a shining light from the monitor in your face.

Isn't that what the day/night switch is for?

 

[Redtag]

Write it up, Most of the time it’s the top pivot that loosens but the spring loaded pivot on the bottom wears out as well and may need to be changed.

 

[Ghost in the Darkness]

Yes the pivots do wear out but at highway speeds and on very windy days they can and do still blow back even with new ones.

 

[Poop Head]

Dont drive on the highway

 

[Donnybowhunter]

I have the same problem...i carry two 1/2 wrenches

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I have the same problem...i carry two 1/2 wrenches

Do you combine the two halves in to one complete wrench?

 

[Wally]

Hey guys just finished my first week- going well so far (thanks for all the advice everybody) but there’s one thing I’m still incredibly uneasy about- driving on the highway to and from my route...

As soon as I hit the highway the wind blows the mirrors in, and if I need to get off at my exit I can’t see a thing in the right lane. (Also my Exit is like a few hundred feet from an entrance where another highway merges on so I can’t really see the cars entering)

Any advice on how to deal with this other than just signaling and freaking praying for the best? Apparently they’ve been tightening the mirrors at night but that hasn’t helped stop them from blowing in immediately

You are a split driver so never write the truck up. Put some tape on the mirrors, good to go...

 

[Indecisi0n]

Does a UPS backup camera actually work while in forward motion? I don't know--I never drove a UPS vehicle with a camera

Remember your first package car ?

 

[Redtag]

Yes the pivots do wear out but at highway speeds and on very windy days they can and do still blow back even with new ones.

True, I have had it happen to me when on the highway going to a road call. Best thing you can do is what you suggested earlier, tighten the hell out of the top pivot on the right one since you don’t fold that one in as much.

 

[Indecisi0n]

wear a ballcap after dark to keep that light outta your eyes. Also, angle it as far the other way as possible

Just put info notices on the screen.

 

[rod]

Remember your first package car ?

I was a bicycle you - don’t you know your company history

 

[RetiredSafetyGuy]

I wonder why UPS does that? There isn't an auto mfg. out there who's backup camera works in anything but reverse. (Or maybe there is -I don't know)

The cameras were installed in the early 90s. They are not designed as only backup cameras. They were a retro fit added in response to children riding on the bumper. West coast injury or fatality as I recall. That's why they are always on.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

The cameras were installed in the early 90s. They are not designed as only backup cameras. They were a retro fit added in response to children riding on the bumper. West coast injury or fatality as I recall. That's why they are always on.

I thought they were installed due to one of our drivers backing over and killing a 5 year old boy who was playing in his driveway.