I have a student that can not plan without GPS

Simple. Remove the GPS and give them the atlas and tell him to plan the cross-country portion and he can have the GPS the last 10 miles.

Does he/she know where the Mileage Directory and "Miles/Minutes" map is in the back of the Atlas? Do they understand how to read and add the red "distance ticks" on the various maps? Can they draw a straight line between Begin and End on the United States Map in front, and try and stay close to this line? Before GPS this is all we had and we managed.

 

It’s a huge problem. And getting worse.

As an instructor, you should simply remove the GPS, cover any company provided GPS for a week. And teach him how to read a map.

 

I would have a problem with that. The ability to use MULTIPLE sources of information together is VITAL. As well as the ability to use the hard copy Atlas, when the GPS fails.

 

Huh. At least he is good driver, good at backing. Why we have qualcoms and all this tracking in trucks? To guide driver on right rout.

 

Amarillo???? The place with the steakhouse. It's on 40 someplace.

 

unplug gps, or pull it's fuse.

hand him the big laminated rand motor carrier atlas pencil, calculator and scrap paper. buy him his or her favorite meal. at the table in truckstop.

have him plan the next run very calm, no stress and help him.

check his work together.

drive the run without gps in his sight. just the map and paper he built.

quietly watch him plan the next run on paper. buy him a treat. A nice munchy or something. tell him to take it slow no stress, run it without gps.

do it again on the third run. this time it should go well.

have him run it without gps.

if he gets #####y and needy for gps have company shop issue you two old iron with no gps at all tempoarily. he must learn repeat map planning on each run. this will take 6 weeks. someday he will thank you.

 

That’s why most of us carried a briefcase/box full of city maps

Multiple sources

 

The question is not if you should or should not sign off on his training for this. The question is, is this a disqualifying issue as per company policy?

If it's not, sign off, if it is don't. If there is no policy then it's the same as it not being a disqualifying issue.

Don't screw with someone's livelihood because you are afraid of technology...

 

Does your company provide "requested route" in the Load Screen? If so, this might alter some how you go about training but universal basics still need to be mastered.

$5 says he could not point out where Utah is on a US map. I'd make him study the US map as homework and quiz him later to point out states on the map.