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<blockquote data-quote="HFolb23" data-source="post: 5086208" data-attributes="member: 55674"><p>Are you even a feeder driver or are you that blind to this technology to remember that things happen while you’re on road that you need to exit the cab for? Does it autonomously fix itself when the right bump makes the airline pop off on the dolly while you’re traveling down the interstate or does it autonomously put a zip tie over the gladhand? Does it autonomously remove the bolt and throw the handle to slide the tandems to adjust for weight? Does it autonomously open the pintle hitch and close it over the lunette ring to spot its own dolly and build a set? Does it autonomously load itself when doing CPU work? </p><p></p><p>I’m not denying that this technology is likely safer and is more efficient. It keeps speeds at the speed limit, even though most feeder drivers travel below the posted limits. It takes away DOT hours that should expedite shipments which is phenomenal with supply chain shortages right now. Our tractors already have lane departure warnings, front facing dash cameras, and collision avoidance sensors. We’re only “cruise control being able to steer itself” away from self driving trucks as it is, but that technology has a place and that’s the interstate not the yards of UPS or customer property. This technology solves plenty of “problems” for the company, but you’re naive if you think it doesn’t create some as well. </p><p></p><p>UPS does need to either develop or alter this technology because UPS is not traditional trucking. If this technology is supposed to be the future of trucking at UPS then they’d better start working alongside this company. Traditional OTR trucking might deliver 2-3 trailers a week, average feeder driver probably moves 4-6 trailers in a single day. You said they’d have prestationed people to pretrip and post trip, do you realize how backed up that would be? I think the time allowance to pre trip a single trailer is like 12 mins, how many of these prestationed people would a hub need if they can only average 5 trailers an hour? Not to mention there’s no room at any hub I’ve ever been to for such nonsense. We won’t even talk about how terrible of an idea it is to have someone other than the driver to do the vehicle inspections, they don’t care enough because when something goes wrong it doesn’t effect them. You never addressed who’s going to clean those cameras and sensors off on road either, I guess we have prestationed wash personnel too and trucks don’t get dirty after they leave property? Give me a break, half the UPS car washes don’t even work. </p><p></p><p>As I said before, this might be something UPS uses strictly as hired contractors, which if so the union absolutely has a duty to fight. A portion of why my own job was created was via grievance over contractors pulling loads. People get grievance checks every week for contractors moving work while they sit home. People get paid even when sleeper teams move local work and they’re just other employees. </p><p></p><p>Autopilot has been around for decades and yet there are still people on the flight deck of every commercial flight. As it stands right now this technology is an aid, but it is not a replacement for traditional UPS feeder drivers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HFolb23, post: 5086208, member: 55674"] Are you even a feeder driver or are you that blind to this technology to remember that things happen while you’re on road that you need to exit the cab for? Does it autonomously fix itself when the right bump makes the airline pop off on the dolly while you’re traveling down the interstate or does it autonomously put a zip tie over the gladhand? Does it autonomously remove the bolt and throw the handle to slide the tandems to adjust for weight? Does it autonomously open the pintle hitch and close it over the lunette ring to spot its own dolly and build a set? Does it autonomously load itself when doing CPU work? I’m not denying that this technology is likely safer and is more efficient. It keeps speeds at the speed limit, even though most feeder drivers travel below the posted limits. It takes away DOT hours that should expedite shipments which is phenomenal with supply chain shortages right now. Our tractors already have lane departure warnings, front facing dash cameras, and collision avoidance sensors. We’re only “cruise control being able to steer itself” away from self driving trucks as it is, but that technology has a place and that’s the interstate not the yards of UPS or customer property. This technology solves plenty of “problems” for the company, but you’re naive if you think it doesn’t create some as well. UPS does need to either develop or alter this technology because UPS is not traditional trucking. If this technology is supposed to be the future of trucking at UPS then they’d better start working alongside this company. Traditional OTR trucking might deliver 2-3 trailers a week, average feeder driver probably moves 4-6 trailers in a single day. You said they’d have prestationed people to pretrip and post trip, do you realize how backed up that would be? I think the time allowance to pre trip a single trailer is like 12 mins, how many of these prestationed people would a hub need if they can only average 5 trailers an hour? Not to mention there’s no room at any hub I’ve ever been to for such nonsense. We won’t even talk about how terrible of an idea it is to have someone other than the driver to do the vehicle inspections, they don’t care enough because when something goes wrong it doesn’t effect them. You never addressed who’s going to clean those cameras and sensors off on road either, I guess we have prestationed wash personnel too and trucks don’t get dirty after they leave property? Give me a break, half the UPS car washes don’t even work. As I said before, this might be something UPS uses strictly as hired contractors, which if so the union absolutely has a duty to fight. A portion of why my own job was created was via grievance over contractors pulling loads. People get grievance checks every week for contractors moving work while they sit home. People get paid even when sleeper teams move local work and they’re just other employees. Autopilot has been around for decades and yet there are still people on the flight deck of every commercial flight. As it stands right now this technology is an aid, but it is not a replacement for traditional UPS feeder drivers. [/QUOTE]
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