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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 562696" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>The solution to this issue isnt going to be found in the contract and it isnt going to be arbitrarily manufactured or measured by a Telematics report.</p><p> </p><p>The solution is going to involve <em>reasonable</em> people sitting down and examining each situation on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>A guy who spends all day delivering to a mall or shopping center doesnt need to break trace at all to find food or a bathroom. Its all there within walking distance.</p><p> </p><p>A guy who drives 300 miles a day in Wyoming or Death Valley probably <em>will </em>need to break trace to find food or a bathroom, and he might have to drive a loooong way. You cant require someone to eat lunch in the truck when its 115 in the shade or 10 below zero, and you cant tell them not to take bathroom breaks or wash their hands.</p><p> </p><p>And then there are all the situations that fall in between.</p><p> </p><p>IMHO the principle that should be followed is this; we should have a right to spend a <em>reasonable</em> amount of time driving a <em>reasonable </em>distance on the clock in order to eat and use a restroom. 15 miles might be reasonable for one route; one block might <em>not </em>be reasonable on another.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, management is no longer empowered to be reasonable. Under the rigid yoke of Telematics they must apply arbitrary, one-size-fits-all solutions to a wide variety of problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 562696, member: 14668"] The solution to this issue isnt going to be found in the contract and it isnt going to be arbitrarily manufactured or measured by a Telematics report. The solution is going to involve [I]reasonable[/I] people sitting down and examining each situation on a case-by-case basis. A guy who spends all day delivering to a mall or shopping center doesnt need to break trace at all to find food or a bathroom. Its all there within walking distance. A guy who drives 300 miles a day in Wyoming or Death Valley probably [I]will [/I]need to break trace to find food or a bathroom, and he might have to drive a loooong way. You cant require someone to eat lunch in the truck when its 115 in the shade or 10 below zero, and you cant tell them not to take bathroom breaks or wash their hands. And then there are all the situations that fall in between. IMHO the principle that should be followed is this; we should have a right to spend a [I]reasonable[/I] amount of time driving a [I]reasonable [/I]distance on the clock in order to eat and use a restroom. 15 miles might be reasonable for one route; one block might [I]not [/I]be reasonable on another. Unfortunately, management is no longer empowered to be reasonable. Under the rigid yoke of Telematics they must apply arbitrary, one-size-fits-all solutions to a wide variety of problems. [/QUOTE]
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