QUESTIONS FOR JBH DRIVERS WITH NEWEST BENDIX SYSTEM

Ouch, man. I haven't gotten the newest one yet, so I don't know. I didn't know they even upgraded. I've been on Georgia Pacific runs with JB, and that's all we run is these Internationals.
Still, they take a look at a lot of the circumstances. For instance, a collision mitigation at less than 10mph isn't even reported. Same for a roll stability. Sudden decels are never reported that I've seen, just make sure you keep that sucker in gear! One of my friends was fired recently over incidents like that, and it's unnerving, sure, but that's the name of the new trucking game. They get ya before you destroy a car, or another truck, or get that huge violation. They might be right, that they're identifying patterns and whatnot, and cutting folks who have too many incidents keepa their CSA scpres down, but I dunno.

 

And so, truck shivers too much under a load and you are fired.

NICE. NOT.

 

Enough to keep people chasing after safety stuff.

I was a JBH driver OTR once after 9-11, I brushed a vehicle in St Louis that was not worth much... however the classic proverbial computer in the box behind the new dent on the made it a expensive one that night. I did warn the Officers who issued the cabover that I will be taking out cars with em and that is why I don't want it, not after 2o years of making sure I don't drive cabovers.

If I found out while still employed with them today that there is a system monitoring how much the #### things shake and shiver in addition to braking I would have quit. What's next a certain temperature before they fire you? Or exhaling insufficient CO? where does this madness end?

I'll tell you where.

Robot trucks is where that will end, when there is no longer any humans around to fix whatever the robots eff up.

 

That's exactly how that works. As for coasting, you can go as fast as you want, for a minute or less. Keep it under 68 and it'll never gripe at you.

 

People who are let go have alot of stuff piling up. That tends to happen.

I don't think you are a source of rumors, if the company really wanted to start measuring loads impacting the entire 18 wheeler in all directions, they are more than welcome to do it.

As far as im concerned, 95% of loads imposed on a 18 wheeler driven correctly is routine loading. When I use the word loading, I seek to say that a force imposed on the suspension, drive line, 5th wheel, etc etc etc etc

There are a few bad bridges I know of and remember that it will REALLY shake the truck, no matter what you do. If JBH is interested in minimizing all those meetings requried after 100 trucks crossed that bridge today.... they will mark it.

 

That's true without a doubt. That's the reason my buddy got terminated, too many critical events in a short term. The thing is, his Bendix was way out of alignment, as was the roll stability monitor, but they didn't fix it, they termed him instead. Watch your six, driver, if you get the new system.