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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lepton1, post: 3345766, member: 101602&quot;]I&#039;m not aware of any fuel bonus for company drivers.&nbsp; Company trucks do not have a real time mpg readout nor do they have a boost gauge.&nbsp; This was a bit of a surprise to me, since fuel savings would be important to the company.&nbsp; My mentor&#039;s driving style is to floor it, set cruise control on max, and in heavy traffic accelerate hard and brake hard.&nbsp; Definitely not interested in mpg at all, since it has no impact on his paycheck.&nbsp; Quite the new world for my way of thinking.&nbsp; I suppose the company simply thinks that by governing the trucks at 62 mpg they are automatically getting the most fuel savings they can hope for, but I certainly think a real time readout of mpg and a fuel bonus would go a long way to improving their bottom line.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Another head scratcher is the lack of APU&#039;s on the trucks.&nbsp; They monitor idle time as a percentage of total engine time per trip, and if you go over 40% idle time they ding you for it.&nbsp; My mentor is into idling big time.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen our total trip mpg drop from 7 mpg to less than 4 on short hauls because of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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