GPS's Against Company Rules Now?

I haven't heard anything about it yet.

 

I can feel another "Swift joke" forming!

 

that is comfirmed. Saw that message from safety out of our terminal a couple weeks ago. I returned a message saying that it wasnt the fault of the GPS, but the driver. The driver is still in charge of the truck. And its common sense to not only double check your route (with or without using GPS) with a Randy McNally, but to WEEED the road signs. They're not there for decoration.

 

so you rolled the truck and the dice, by going to the address the GPS gave you, and just got lucky it was right? hmmmmmm......ok. Don't wanna see you on here making a thread saying, "GEE, DICK was right, i should have listend !!!"

 

I've done that too, receive the preplan - accept it and sit around burning time waiting for the dispatch and route. So I google the place and start driving in that direction. Somewhere along the way the qualcomm will beep beep, double check I have the right address and keep going. Plenty of time to trip plan after I'm loaded or being loaded.

In the case of that place, the address takes you right to the front entrance for the employees. Once you cross that point of no return is when you see the No Trucks signs lol.

 

Don't get me wrong, i've done that before. Especially if it is to a place i've been to before. But i dont need to set up the GPS for that. (i understand what you're saying though....) I'll stop the closer i get, to jot down all the load info they'll need from me when i check-in, but for a driver to blindly punch in an address for a shipper, and it happens to not be the right address, 'just because they want to get rollin'. (again, i know this isnt YOUR specific case) then they end up going down a road 2-3 miles, and they find that every road they cross, they cant turn right or left (NO TRUCKS sign) and then they end up coming face to face with an 11' bridge....guess what....they'll be doing two things. 1) wishing they didn't follow that ###### GPS 100% and 2) get good practice straight-line backing.

 

It's too bad the company wants to ban GPS because of a few stupid drivers. It doesn't matter anyway, the powers that be want to ban them on a distraction basis.