Do Folks Want to be Tracked Every Inch They Go?

What pray tell is your point then exactly? I assume you are saying that truck and trailer tracking is not a benefit to the driver. Maybe, maybe not.
In theory it should eliminate some things that used to be required of drivers sich as daily calls to dispatch with location and eta updates. It should also reduce or eliminate situations where you are supposed to pick up trailer x loaded at the shipper only to get there and it be nowhere to be found.
As we all know in theory and in reality are two completely different places.

 

I wish there was some way to penalize drivers that do not enter proper qualcom notes for trailer drops and hooks. Dispatch asked me to do a yard check at a customer, I reported one working refr trailer and two not. He said, "Are you sure? The computer shows 22 there!"

That does not answer my question. I did not ask your "on time" record...

What are you doing that you don't want to be tracked?

Mikeeee

 

He wants to know why being tracked is a POSITIVE atribute to a new job. He is refrancing the fact that in a job posting its BOASTS we have sat track. He is wondering why is that atractive to new hires

 

I love being tracked (insert sarcastic laugh here) I love it when I call my boss to tell him I will be late for my next stop he says " oh I looked it up you are in nyc right now heading to newburgh the computer tells me it's only about 60 miles or so and that means it is a 70 minute ride. The computer says so" apparently the computer doesn't have much experience driving out of nyc during the afternoon/eve commute.

 

I drove back in the late '70's and early '80's. "Tracking" back then was having to wait in line for a pay phone to make a daily call to dispatch to let them know where you were or try to get another load. Hours lost each day. Sure we had paper logs and could cook them any way we wanted, but we still had to deal with the hassle of those stops just to make a call. Tried explaining to a farmer in the middle of nowhere that there would be no charge to him if we called an "800 number", a new fangled thing back then.

Then thirty years or so of working on the supply side of things, my customers and I were often frustrated because we couldn't get accurate, up-to-date information on the location of our loads or accurate ETA's. Factories were shut down and entire shifts sent home only to have the truck with the critical parts arrive with nobody there to receive them. Gradually that improved and I moved all my shipping to companies that featured the ability to give live tracking information.

So now that I'm back in trucking, yeah I like the fact I'm tracked. Planners are able to see where I am, how many hours are on my clock, and what loads are available when my projected time of availability comes up. It's far more efficient for me as a driver and far more efficient for our customers.

Generic, I know you are trying to tout the whole idea that you got a job with a small outfit in an ungoverned truck and that you are miles ahead of the game against those that are with larger companies. That's great you have a gig that pleases you. Don't therefore think that somehow your gig makes you superior to those that work with larger outfits that service larger customers that require tracking technology. It simply means you are working for a smaller outfit that bypasses work for big customers that require the technology. Be happy with your gig, let others be happy with theirs.

 

Wow indeed, in a month or 2 you might get a response to your actual question.

 

Logic does not lend itself to poor reasoning.

Learn your words before using them.

Mikeeee

 

Insulting him wont change the fact that your not reading the posts. He responded to a question with a answer, no he does not care if hes tracked, his current job doesnt track him and he likes that, but is willing to be tracked for a good job. But not becuse he is being tracked. He asked for the precived pro's of being tracked. A few answered most either went off on why a company would track or insulted him. He responded with kind and here we are. I feel i had to say all this as aparently some people dont actualy read the op before responding