65 mph here we come....

Yes. Sorry I didn't respond. I am running team tonight and don't want to wake other driver (aka my dad) lol. I should run solo tomorrow and I'll give you a call.

 

All I can say is it's about time. FedEx has the worst drivers on the road, even worse than Swift.

 

Do you have any stats to back that up?

There are 84 trucks at my terminal and we have gone more than 200 days without an accident

Things you have to consider is the sheer volume and number of trucks that we actually have on the road coupled with the fact that doubles are Squirrley by nature

Now aside from your generalization - it's also interesting to note that 23 state truck driving champions this year work for FedEx Ground.

Every company has some #######es - but they tend to weed themselves out very quickly

 

No stats, just observations. A few months ago I was heading westbound on I 40 from North Carolina to Tennessee and I saw a FedEx driver aggressively tailgating an old man in a Buick that was slowly passing another truck. He was less than 5 feet off the man's we are bumper and flashing his high beams on and off. It was the worst display of commercial driving I have ever witnessed. He put my life in danger as well as the man in front of him and the truck he was passing. FedEx driver is routinely go too fast for conditions and I see a disproportionate number of their trailers in the ditch with packages strewn all over the place. If you're looking for sympathy will not find it here.

 

So basically you're butt hurt about an isolated incident and you want to throw all of us under the bus because of it

Gotcha

 

Read the last few sentences. These incidents are routine, not isolated. Your company is throwing you under the bus because your drivers suck and think they own the road. Enjoy the 65!

 

my contractor had their meeting yesterday morning and I happened to have a sit down with him later (different subject) but we broached that one.

Yep, true

65mph by Aug 28th or don't re sign the contractor agreement

(i'm out west, limits are 75/80 out here, 65 in town and people run way faster than that even in town. (cars))

Some contractors are very concerned that their longer routes will simply use dang near every second of their 11. And of course doors not closing on time totally screws another route with no recovery.

I realize it's not my contractors fault, but it's nonetheless a rather enormous pay cut. (13% for me 74 to 65) with a commiserate increase in risk. (nothing better than being a moving target unable to change lanes because you're moving 10 to 20mph slower than everyone else). I haven't decided how to approach this, but at the bare minimum I think a 13% increase in mileage pay only brings me back to even.

If you want to pretend to be a LTL and crawl along at 65 (or less) then you are going to have to pay like a real LTL. I don't believe this is unfair.

 

I was thinking about which runs we have out of 406 that will not be possible anymore.

604 Chicago will be tight.

612 Joliette will be impossible (I never accept it anyway since my 2009 and 2011 daycabs are at 65 now).

Bluefield VA is impossible now - and new Stanton PA is a no go.

 

It'll be rare to hear them tell me if I can't do the speed limit then stay out of the left lane,
It'll be odd watching them slowly pass me going 3 mph faster than me.