Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

My normal truck doesn't talk to Xata so I don't know how they have been fighting my Xata score.

 

Company phone? They have g sensors and GPS for speed?

 

I take that back they can track me on Xata so it works in that sense but it doesn't record millage data so I'm not sure what it gets and what it doesn't get.

 

Our hand held system is like a phone and it is essential the device that truck talks to.

 

Mine had a glitch, said i was excessively reving the truck, had me recorded at 3,500 rpms...... umm tach dont go that high boss..... and the rev gov, kicks in at 2,100 in everything but top gear, at govs at 1950 in top gear... no, i dont believe the report boss...

 

Are reports I also question its all a big game is what it is.

 

As said before, a excuse for someone to have a job. Tell ya what, hire on 2 more trucks, and lighten our workload, and tell us to relax, you want safety to come first.... happy drivers, safe records, and im betting cheaper to boot!

 

Our Peoplenet reports have mpg, idle time, over-rpm and over-speed, all aggregated and scored somehow for a final single numeric score. It's really dumb. For example, over-rpm is anything over 2100 RPM, but in our CNG/Allison equipped trucks, you'll clear 2100 rpm just engaging the jake (which makes the Allison downshift to 4th). It's also silly because CNG and diesel trucks get wildly different mpg numbers. So, the senior guys who leave later in the day and are always in diesels get much higher scores due to the 8-9 mpg diesels vs the 5mpg CNG's.

In the end, it's only useful for keeping tabs on your idle time. But, the numbers make some Dilbert-esque Pointy Haired Boss somewhere all giddy or something.

 

Yep very similar here.

 

@JPenn with these automatic trucks, really Xata and people net scoring is obsolete.