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Originally Posted by Midnight Flyer
Whenever dispatchers/fleet managers route a driver into a city and to the shipper do they usually route them the fastest and direct way and take into consideration the least amount of sharp right or left-hand turns? :rock:
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NO!! Frankly, unless your FM/disp was a long time driver....there is only a "tinker's chance in hades" that they would even have a clue. Most companies don't have FM's/disps that drove trucks, and beyond what they can see in a map or a mapping program there is probably a 99.9% chance they actually have no idea.
Thats why it is "incumbent upon you to be properly prepared" to go from point A to point B. They may give you directions that are usable once you get into the town or city you are picking up or delivering to, but even that can be consider "circumspect" depending on what company you drive for and who gave the directions....and how much attention the trucking company paid to those directions....
I resolve my directions with two different "street level" routing programs, and even then consider it walking on thin ice....until I am at the dock. 8)
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