Are they listening?

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  1. TruckDuo

    TruckDuo Road Train Member

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    Post a picture of what your talking about.
     
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  3. Ziegy

    Ziegy Bobtail Member

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    Ahhh.... The first legit response I've seen. Still don't think that's it though. Find it hard to believe the little 2" x 4" screen on the dash requires a 2" x 2" speaker mounted separately on the far side of the cab just to beep at me when I'm approaching another vehicle.
     
  4. Ziegy

    Ziegy Bobtail Member

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    Yeah I'll do that. But as you'll see by my 'What's Your 20?' post, it's in the shop at the moment. I'll snap a pic when I can get back in to it.
     
  5. Ziegy

    Ziegy Bobtail Member

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    Really wish they'd given me more than just one speaker, though!
     
  6. TruckDuo

    TruckDuo Road Train Member

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    If their listening to drivers then you'd think it's through the DriverTech.
     
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  7. Ziegy

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    Here's a couple pics of the device I'm talking about. [​IMG][​IMG]
     
  8. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    if you wear your tin foil hat it defeats the lurkers
     
  9. Bottom Line

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    That's for blind spot alerting. The way the tape has it blacked out looks to me like someone was getting sick of the lights.
     
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  10. Ziegy

    Ziegy Bobtail Member

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    Thanks. That makes sense. I don't have that truck anymore anyway though. That was a 2013 Pete which I actually kinda liked (whenever I could keep it out of the shop) but the fifth wheel had to be replaced & it was gonna take a week for the dealership to get a new one. So they stuck me in an even older & much crappier 2011 Freightliner. So I'm on truck #3 in 3 months with the company. Not really complaining. I'm a 'go with the flow' kinda guy. Good news is, I just found out today that after my next load, I'm being routed to Tunnel Hill to get truck #4 as the one I'm in now is being traded/retired. So I'm crossing my fingers for one of those new Petes. Just wish they weren't autos.
     
  11. BigBluePeter

    BigBluePeter Heavy Load Member

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    They are NOT listening to you. If they were I would have been fired by now. That "mic" also has a similar look as the satellite receiver in my truck.
     
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