Looking into a system for ourselves and I’m just wondering - do they all require a Bluetooth connection to the drivers mobile phone or do any systems have their own sim card and transfer data independently?
The tracking system we use has its own SIM card and sends data independently of the driver. Otherwise the driver could turn it off.
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Do you remember a time when drivers were selected from the best applicants that could be found, and trusted to do their jobs efficiently which included looking after the vehicle with mechanical sympathy, none of this stuff was needed.
Have we now reached the point that lorry drivers are in such short supply that any bugger who can stagger in on their hind legs with a blagged HGV licence will do, so its down to the vehicle itself watching them for every moment of their work because they can’t be trusted.
Not looking for an argument, no criticism, not saying you are wrong in any way for going down this modern logistics giant route, places where drivers are bums and seats with numbers not names and one size fits all rules.
Just saying it’s a pity we have come to this.
Juddian:
Do you remember a time when drivers were selected from the best applicants that could be found, and trusted to do their jobs efficiently which included looking after the vehicle with mechanical sympathy, none of this stuff was needed.
Have we now reached the point that lorry drivers are in such short supply that any bugger who can stagger in on their hind legs with a blagged HGV licence will do, so its down to the vehicle itself watching them for every moment of their work because they can’t be trusted.Not looking for an argument, no criticism, not saying you are wrong in any way for going down this modern logistics giant route, places where drivers are bums and seats with numbers not names and one size fits all rules.
Just saying it’s a pity we have come to this.
Having done a bit of time in a transport office many years ago for a company that didn’t have telematics or tracking and had a chat with a now departed friend who sold his haulage company in the early 70’s partly due to poor rates and drivers that damaged kit, I think the industry has always had its share of cretins, just telematics weren’t invented then.