DarrenaMorris:
Well that stirred up a hornet’s nest amongst the old school-stick in the mud-dinosaur-trade unionist-bring back the horse and cart types.Like it or not, if you want to get on in this life, sometimes you have to bend over for the guys who pay you. Whatever trade you’re in, success comes from keeping the customer happy and doing it the way they want it. Controversial as it may be its moving with the times. Those who do, dont get left behind.
What is more, as annoying as a slow lorry can be, a truck driving like a bat out of hell up people’s arses and on half it’s wheels around corners, can be a ■■■■ site more annoying and dangerous.
Admittedly the job has become staggeringly boring now that all the skill has been removed by technology, hence why attempting to master the eco driving can be a bit of a challenge to break through the monotony of just sitting behind the wheel and letting the truck do it all for you.
Anything to keep the money coming in and the sanity intact.Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk
Fine, bend over, but don’t for one minute think that being towards the top of the scoreboard means you are a safe efficient or overall economic driver, presumably that position is of some importance to you
If you drive like a lorry driver, then the chances are you are already making decent cost effective progress but safely and with minimum wear and tear to the vehicle by making use of terrain and existing momentum to maximise cost free (foot off throttle) running, utilising the infinitely capable computer perched atop your head fed with information sent from your mk 1 eyeball coupled with feedback from other senses, this translating into making the most efficient progress possible utilising your driving skills developed over time.
Its called taking a pride in your work, it isn’t done to make you more attractive to some pointy shoes via some flawed electronic monitoring some passing wide boy persuaded the company to waste their money on, its done because you have an interest in, and a pride in and quite possibly actually enjoy the job you do.
The diminishing few who take this now unfashionable pride in their work don’t do so to gain pats on the head because some half arsed 'puter program approves their point scoring method, they do it because it gives them satisfaction to do the job to the best of their ability.
A few years ago in my previous work we had a fuel bonus system in operation, this exercise in foot shooting ■■■■■■■■ didn’t take into account actual fuel usage, hence despite the best fuel figures in the depot and among the best in the entire 350 vehicle fleet, i seldom if ever received the bonus.
By all means play this squalid little game if you think it’s your route to the top and whatever benefits you might covet, but don’t for one minute think that scoring high on this board means you are a good driver making efficient safe economic progress, all it means is you are ticking the right boxes.
Where do you start with that. 
) and as I said, I can appease these clowns in pointy shoes just by driving in my normal style.
