FedEx Freight | Big Brother IS Watching (always?)

Valid & important topic. Policy vs legal vs safety. Would love to see a study on the effect of road drivers NOT having communications, and it's effect on fatigue. Especially after being used to talking (hands free) most of the night/day.

I don't see any need for a city driver to be riding around on the phone. But a road driver? Perhaps the case can be made.

Does anyone still use a CB? If so, is there much chatter still out there?
I do. I ain’t givin up my squawkbox because some millenial idiot says “we have apps for that now”.
 
We had a person in a position of authority with a Napoleonic personality.

That's unreal, and unnecessarily short sighted.. My terminal manager told me when I went into linehaul:

"Get it there as fast as safely, and legally possible."

and supplemented it with saying that FedEx would rather pay an extra 20 miles to get it there faster as opposed to sitting in traffic, especially when the trailer contains guaranteed freight.
 
That's unreal, and unnecessarily short sighted.. My terminal manager told me when I went into linehaul:

"Get it there as fast as safely, and legally possible."

and supplemented it with saying that FedEx would rather pay an extra 20 miles to get it there faster as opposed to sitting in traffic, especially when the trailer contains guaranteed freight.
How long have you been a road driver?
There have been letters written in the past to drivers for going off route without authorization.
 
Not long enough apparently. Had no idea they existed.
They have backed off on this, but I have a good friend that detoured around an accident that would otherwise have been a multi hour delay. He called CLC when it was safe to do so and informed them of the detour. A corrective action letter was waiting for him on arrival.
No BS.
 
They have backed off on this, but I have a good friend that detoured around an accident that would otherwise have been a multi hour delay. He called CLC when it was safe to do so and informed them of the detour. A corrective action letter was waiting for him on arrival.
No BS.

This must have been during the days of the war of Management Aggression before 2015.
 
The carriers are making BS excuses for their camera programs.

Not one of TFI's carriers, to my knowledge, uses cameras of any kind. This includes the LTL guys at TST Overland Express, Canadian Freightways and Vitran. The courier guys at Canpar and Loomis Express. As well as the vast truckload operations. I don't have a camera in my truck and Highland has never expressed interest in them.

Also, US Customs and Border Protection do not like these cameras and they must be covered by law for security reasons before you approach a CBP facility.
Because driver facing cameras are illegal in Canada. And yes, cbp wants them covered before entering the customs area.
 
They have backed off on this, but I have a good friend that detoured around an accident that would otherwise have been a multi hour delay. He called CLC when it was safe to do so and informed them of the detour. A corrective action letter was waiting for him on arrival.
No BS.

I seem to recall that policy being changed to allow driver for discretion. No call needed prior to. Not only that, a call after the fact can result in pay for the additional mileage.

This was changed (2015?) when the "nuclear option" was being considered... Where have yall been?
 
That's unreal, and unnecessarily short sighted.. My terminal manager told me when I went into linehaul:

"Get it there as fast as safely, and legally possible."

and supplemented it with saying that FedEx would rather pay an extra 20 miles to get it there faster as opposed to sitting in traffic, especially when the trailer contains guaranteed freight.
So FedEx pays hub miles for linehaul?

That might explain the “off route” crapola.
 
I seem to recall that policy being changed to allow driver for discretion. No call needed prior to. Not only that, a call after the fact can result in pay for the additional mileage.

This was changed (2015?) when the "nuclear option" was being considered... Where have yall been?
What’s the “nuclear option”?
 
So FedEx pays hub miles for linehaul?

That might explain the “off route” crapola.

My run is dispatched 238 miles each way. I have the dispatchers add the extra miles on if I deviate off course to avoid slowdowns.

The leniency May be being in the northeast where traffic is an abortion night and day.
 
What’s the “nuclear option”?

There were many during that time (myself included) that considered representation to be the only viable option to fix/correct a broken situation, beyond walking away and starting over elsewhere. Calling it the nuclear option is a bit of an exaggeration, but some did think it would be the end of the world, as they knew it.
 
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