people net and rapid acceleration/deceleration

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by southtruck, Feb 27, 2017.

  1. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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    Any idea why the change? Maybe someone new monitoring that stuff.

    Assuming you feel yourself to be a safe driver who isn't excessively hard on the equipment just drive like you always have.

    Nothing like someone running a red light they should have stopped for because they're too hung up worrying about getting dinged for a hard brake.
     
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    That's what I meant when I said our company won't get concerned over one report. They look for trends. Multiple events certainly can indicate a trend toward unsafe driving. But, at the same time, it can certainly indicate faulty technology with the programed parameters set way too high to have any meaning.
     
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    Are these people getting written up or just haveing their driving habits discussed?
     
  4. southtruck

    southtruck Light Load Member

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    As far as I know they are getting coaching forms which is a write up that drops off every six months, I may just drive with my differentials locked all the time. my night trainer was upset about it and my day trainer thinks its total bs
     
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    Office trolls are just like little kids, they get a new toy to play with and they use and abuse it with no though to the consequences.
     
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    They are practicing. They'll need all this technology to monitor the driverless trucks. They'll need to be able to know what happened in each case when the automated trucks crash with a higher frequency than human drivers did.
     
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    So ruin the axles is the answer ? Power divider is not ment for full time service.
     
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    I have set people net off sitting still.
     
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    I'll be honest, if a company doesn't trust me to get the truck down the road without monitoring every move I make, I wouldn't work for them.
     
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    Mine will go off for Decel if I miss a gear... Not often but happened once and I was like... Uhhh I am accelerating
     
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