A Rude Awakening
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I drive for Swift. The following had never happened to me before. Anybody else get this announcement?
Driving on the interstate , Trucker Path shows a weigh station coming up. About a mile before the station, my GPS lady called out "Weigh Station ahead! Weigh Station ahead! with a red band across the top of the GPS map.
Today was the first time this has happened to me.
In the last company-wide video they sent out, they said the Qualcomm was going to start doing this. They're trying to cut down on all the "failure to obey traffic control device" violations drivers are getting when they bypass the weigh stations. I'm guessing a bunch of drivers are saying they missed the signs for the weigh stations, so having "gps lady", remind us should help.
Qualcomm:
Omnitracs (a.k.a. Qualcomm) is a satellite-based messaging system with built-in GPS capabilities built by Qualcomm. It has a small computer screen and keyboard and is tied into the truck’s computer. It allows trucking companies to track where the driver is at, monitor the truck, and send and receive messages with the driver – similar to email.Interstate:
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
having "gps lady", remind us should help.
At least she will wake you up from your white-line coma!
Sounds okay in theory, wonder how it will (if it will) in practice.
having "gps lady", remind us should help.
At least she will wake you up from your white-line coma!
Lol I've been turning off the sound lately. Can't stand her anymore
She surprised me too even though I saw the video. This morning her warning moved me into the right lane with plenty of time to make the scales. I like it.
I have that feature on my rand McNally gps. I like having, I find it useful.
Likewise. My McNally 530 does all that for me. My omni track (qualcomm whatever) is useless as a gps for me.
Qualcomm:
Omnitracs (a.k.a. Qualcomm) is a satellite-based messaging system with built-in GPS capabilities built by Qualcomm. It has a small computer screen and keyboard and is tied into the truck’s computer. It allows trucking companies to track where the driver is at, monitor the truck, and send and receive messages with the driver – similar to email.
I was kinda caught off guard by it at first. It began happening when my co-driver was in the wheel. I just told him that I figured that was the update tha happened when we were heading from Yuma to Laredo and the dang thing decided to turn itself off for about 10 minutes before the use of the GPS returned. Thank the Good Lord we've got an Atlas.
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I drive for Swift. The following had never happened to me before. Anybody else get this announcement?
Driving on the interstate , Trucker Path shows a weigh station coming up. About a mile before the station, my GPS lady called out "Weigh Station ahead! Weigh Station ahead! with a red band across the top of the GPS map.
Today was the first time this has happened to me.
Interstate:
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated