Do Folks Want to be Tracked Every Inch They Go?

Yes.. just as most people who ask the "Who does hair follicle testing?" are truly just interested in which companies conduct those tests. The OP could have actually been curious about why someone would want to be tracked.. but this is a trucking discussion boards and when someone asks a leading question that is structured so poorly.. It appeared to be another trolling question.

 

Might as well ask if folks want every minute of every day tracked.
Because that's what driver's logs do.
Every minute of your life, on record.

 

Well that'll learn ya now wont it? Dont be askin no open ended questions round here.

 

It is literally impossible to phrase a question narrowly enough to prevent someone around here from misinterpreting what you ask. There are days this place makes the trucker's counter look like Plato's Academy!

 

i needed 10... oh wait, nevermind

 

He's driving his 73 mph truck one gear lower than top maxing out rpms to maintain speed.

 

I love not being tracked by my company too. And yes, I know for sure I'm not being tracked. My boss can barely check his email. If he was tracking trucks, he would be asking me 10 times a week to show him how to do it again...

If that is so, how come I am regularly hearing about missing trucks/drivers? -- only to be found days or weeks later... usually with a driver who has died in the sleeper.

 

Here's why I've found tracking to be a plus:

Rolling into SLC on I-80, heading to Provo with a load from NY. Delivery wasn't for 2 days; I always run ahead of schedule. Dispatch calls me, says they have a load headed to Memphis but the driver is out of hours. We swap loads; he gets his 34, I get to keep the wheels moving.

If I was worried about being tracked, I wouldn't carry a cell phone.

 

About the last thing the owner of our company would do is install tracking in our vehicles. I don't think he even knows what a GPS is.

I don't even carry a phone on runs anymore. I leave when I leave... and I return when I return.