UPS Drivers, for Your SAFETY ???

I cannot believe they do not have door locks? How do they secure their loads when they are making a delivery inside to prevent theft? UPS Drivers?

 

The cargo areas internal doors inside of the driver compartment and the rear cargo doors automatically lock when closed. They are opened with a key.

 

This is the mark of what a good union can do to it's members. Yep, read that sentence again, it is what I meant to write.

Since the company must pay union wages, they are not going to spend a penny on anything that is not either required by law, or union contract. Hence, no door locks, no air conditioning and no heaters.

But by golly they DO get union payscale. Guess that makes up for not having any air conditioning in Las Vegas in the summer, or heaters in Reno in the winter. . .

I'm not really that much anti-union. Just anti-union when the union is in bed with the company. . .

 

good. don't believe it.

they all have locks that are a real pita to use, and they end up rusting inside after about 6 months of disuse.

the bulkhead and rear doors lock automagically, unless the drivers rig them for easy access.

 

I was told that UPS rebuilds their trucks instead of buying new.Maybe just local P & D

 

There are alot of them being made in Sturgis, MI and Wakarusa, IN.

 

Well I was told by one of their drivers they rebuild them so many times then crushed them.I have seen some newer models around.Hard to tell they all look a like.I used to see them flying around Houston doors open and no seatbelt.Maybe thats why they wear brown in case something happens you dont notice the poop.

 

Nice HB, gotta remember that one. Big Don, those trucks do have heaters, but they don't do much except keep the windows defogged. I learned this the hard way back in my Fed Ex Days.
I used to drive with both doors open, in the summer, cause that #### truck is like an oven. Hell, I'd leave the passenger door open in the winter too, cause it can be a pain to keep opening and closing it all day (esp. if you are doing a lot of stops, like 150 or more).
A lot of those UPS trucks have only a lapbelt (which is usu. brown, too), so it can look like the driver is not wearing a seatbelt; but for the ones who don't, they're asking for trouble.

That assault is terrible. I remember a few years ago, a few thugs jumped an UPS driver and stole the truck, along with his uniform. The driver was tied up and stashed in the back; he undid his bonds and escaped by jumping out the back door, thankfully. Glad they caught that Bee-yotch and hopefully they put her away for a while.

 

You didn't mention where this happend, but this is going to keep happening as the economy keeps spiraling down. The fact this stunning contributor to society was getting blotto at the dog-track 3 days later doesn't even shock me.

At least THIS TIME it was "only" assault, and not manslaughter. *sigh* Then they might have been taken off the streets for a month or two.