Fuel+Routing Upgrade

**Matti_M80** · 06.11.2012

Everybody enjoying the new "upgraded" system so far? Got a fun run west through Gary today. The systems all "oh, dont take i94/i80W to 912N like you used to, try taking i90W to US12/US20 10 miles through the middle of Gary then take 912S to 15th, LOL"

It was legal, but sure wasnt fun. Definitely be sending a feedback message on this trip. Never been through the actual town, funny how much it resembles Chernobyl. God help you if you're rolling in after dark.

**Meltom** · 06.11.2012

Love it, I know it would be a PIA but with the years of data on feedback they're received on the last FNR program should they have spent the time inputting certain routes into the system to prevent errors? Well I guess not really errors, but routes that have been verified as "better" by drivers. If you blindly trust a computer program written by a third party what is the point in having someone "in charge" of the fuel and routing, and what was the point of sending feedback on the previous program? Beats me, let me know how things shake out with this!

**ETCH5858** · 06.11.2012

Do you really think your feedback means anything? I gave them directions a bunch of times or corrected thier wrong directions and never saw the changes made. I finally stopped trying to help them out.

**TheTank** · 06.12.2012

Originally Posted by Matti_M80

Everybody enjoying the new "upgraded" system so far? Got a fun run west through Gary today. The systems all "oh, dont take i94/i80W to 912N like you used to, try taking i90W to US12/US20 10 miles through the middle of Gary then take 912S to 15th, LOL"

I saw this on my directions.

Ya, I won't be doing that. I'm I-80-I-94 all the way to Michigan. I'm not going to play with Gary.

"Stupid is as stupid does."
-Forest Gump

**DrFlush** · 06.12.2012

The new route out of L'Anse headed east in actually pretty nice, a couple tight turns and a couple good hills, but nice change of scenerey.

**Preacher Man** · 06.12.2012

I just had a route that southbound went I-90 exit onto IL 31 south to US 20 to I-355. It saved a bit in tolls, but if one of the "Safe Seven" is "Reduce the Risk" then this route did just the opposite. Lots of traffic, lights, narrow two lane roads and traffic. The kicker is that coming back was from the same place in Joliet and same route until the I-90/94/39 split, yet instead of I-355 to US 20 to SR 31 to I-90, the return trip is US 52 to SR 47 to I-88 to I-39. It looks to me like the license ran out on the old program and once again Roehl is trying to do things on the cheap.

**childerscarl1** · 06.12.2012

I try to follow the routing but sometimes I miss a turn (quite by accident mind you) and take a more common sense route .
Sometimes they route you around st louis on 255/270 , depending on the time of day I will go through the middle and cut off 20 miles.
I think as long as your out of route miles don't get crazy per trip you will be ok.

**Preacher Man** · 06.12.2012

The only time I have to be careful is when it involves tolls. That is why Chicago is a problem, almost everything is a toll road, even Rockford is a toll road.

**dorset** · 06.12.2012

the old system had 8000 laboriously hand-coded corrections to routes provided by drivers who actually drove them. the new database does not have the corrections, and is starting from scratch.

sad, but that's how a database works.

start reporting corrections, and be happy you're not doing data entry.

**Meltom** · 06.12.2012

Originally Posted by dorset

the old system had 8000 laboriously hand-coded corrections to routes provided by drivers who actually drove them. the new database does not have the corrections, and is starting from scratch.

sad, but that's how a database works.

start reporting corrections, and be happy you're not doing data entry.

I get that, but why wait for the drivers to resend the freaking corrections. I know it sucks, but sometimes things have to suck. It shouldn't be about what is easiest for the person managing the FNR program, look big picture. It can suck for 1, or it can suck for 2200.