There was a UPS driver pulled into a fuel lane going the wrong way today at the Hook in LaGrande, OR. This guy thought he was the worlds best driver and highest paid driver. He was at the fuel desk paying for fuel and was completly clueless about doing it. This guy was telling everyone within earshot of great he was and how other truckers do not have the same skill as UPS drivers. As I was getting my fuel receipt I asked him if UPS taught him how pull into a fuel lane in the RIGHT direction..... :roll:

[Brown67]

Because we are.

We are unionized and paid by the hour, so we aren't under pressure to be unsafe. If something is wrong with my package car I can refuse to take it out and not worry about getting fired. No pressure to drive fast to get more miles and pay. When we had the snow in Colorado around Christmas I could slow down and be safe and not worry about getting disciplined. Safety was really pushed with the snow. However, we still had several minor accidents around the district.

Originally Posted by Brown67

Because we are.

We are unionized and paid by the hour, so we aren't under pressure to be unsafe. If something is wrong with my package car I can refuse to take it out and not worry about getting fired. No pressure to drive fast to get more miles and pay. When we had the snow in Colorado around Christmas I could slow down and be safe and not worry about getting disciplined. Safety was really pushed with the snow. However, we still had several minor accidents around the district.

99.999 % of all UPS Tractor trailer drivers I have encountered on the road are very professional. This guy was the complete opposite.

[mike3fan]

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[PackRatTDI]

The OTR guys might be professional but the local P & D guys are the ones you gotta watch out for. Residential streets are 25 mph guys, not 40!

[bulldog2036]

I noticed that as well about local UPS drivers. Can't follow road rules a lick but arrogant as hell....

[nrvsreck]

Most package car drivers are under pressure to get those deliveries done and get home. I've seen how many of them drive. They're nuts! Thing is, when I did local delivery I was the same way. Sure I got paid by the hour, but I also wanted to get done and get home, so I ran like hell much of the time. As far as the tractor-trailer drivers, they gotta be better than these crazy FedEx drivers. I almost got run off the road in Dallas this morning by one of those idiots. Cut me off at the last second trying to make his exit. I guess that's why FedEx is getting such a bad rep lately. :roll:

[Jackrabbit379]

Originally Posted by PackRatTDI

The OTR guys might be professional but the local P & D guys are the ones you gotta watch out for. Residential streets are 25 mph guys, not 40!

Yeah. :lol: :lol:
Shoot, once those guys release the parking brake, they're running wide open when they let off the clutch. :P

tfmotors, that is unusual. The brown clowns that I sometimes run with are professional, and good as gold. Of course, those 3 clowns have been driving for UPS for 30 some-odd years.

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by tfmotors

Why do UPS truck drivers think they are the best ???

Because they are delusional. Graebel drivers are CLEARLY the best. :P

Rev you are out of your mind with out the guys who pull into the Grocery Warehouses and deal with all the B.S. that those people put us thru day in and day out this country would starve. We would sit at the shipper for 12 hours waiting to load a garbage load of mixed produce run like the wind and get to the other ends then fight the lumpers and union boys and get unloaded. Then for fun go to a meat packing plant and get a floor load of meat for the west coast due in 48 hours.