I would like to know more about how XPO keeps track of drivers ( for all kinds of reasons ) There are 2 or 3 GPSs in the trucks that I can think of. With this amount of tracking , why did it reportedly take so long to locate this unfortunate driver?The driver was missing for several hours and the system last had him online right before midnight. Someone finally was able to track the last place he was online and police went out looking for him. It was several hours before he was found.
I ask the same question. One morning the FOS was saying that one of our LH guys was late. I said track him on the handheld the same way you tracks us in the city. The FOS said it doesn't work that way for them and said as of this time we have no way, locally, to track them so they called his cellphone. That's what I was toldI would like to know more about how XPO keeps track of drivers ( for all kinds of reasons ) There are 2 or 3 GPSs in the trucks that I can think of. With this amount of tracking , why did it reportedly take so long to locate this unfortunate driver?
Hopefully some good comes out of this. Without getting too "big brother" , maybe more attention will be paid to whereabouts and arrival times of drivers to improve your chances in the event something life-threatening occurs.
A person can be tracked by a cell phoneThere's a way to track through the vnomics site (city/linehaul)but sometimes there's a significant delay for the positions to be updated. Positions might be an hour or two behind. It's been a while since I've used the site, maybe it's improved since.
Correct.I ask the same question. One morning the FOS was saying that one of our LH guys was late. I said track him on the handheld the same way you tracks us in the city. The FOS said it doesn't work that way for them and said as of this time we have no way, locally, to track them so they called his cellphone. That's what I was told
Yes you can, but there are steps they have to go through to do it. It's not as easy as TV make it out to be. I have friends that work at a 911 and know what a pain it is to doA person can be tracked by a cell phone
The "CSI" effect. People believe things happen in real life like on TV.Yes you can, but there are steps they have to go through to do it. It's not as easy as TV make it out to be. I have friends that work at a 911 and know what a pain it is to do
That info would be in the linehaul procedures manual. I don't have access to that. Good question though.The "CSI" effect. People believe things happen in real life like on TV.
I should have been more specific: What is the company policy? How long is too long? How late can a driver be before there's concern for the driver? How late before action is taken to locate the driver? I don't remember this being discussed before.
Most of us travel on interstate highways and well traveled roads to FACs. But there are vias to dead terminals on backwater roads at 2 in the morning. You can get lost. Breakdown. Wreck , or worse. I wonder what the official company policy is. Be careful drivers.