Council installs tracking devices in vehicles to cut costs
Prescotts_cat says: I don't see what the problem is here, the council needs to know where its assets are and can then divert nearby units if there is something that needs doing quickly.
MICKSYKES says: All ERCC want is a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. Those who are toeing the line and not abusing it have nothing to worry about. The ones getting upset are the ones who are abusing the system by "hiding" in laybys and going home early. Bring on the trackers (and get supervisors out there checking up on workers). No wonder the roads are in such poor condition.
Dontwo says: It would be cheaper to send out some of these so-called managers with the workforce now and again. Give them something to do and help justify their position.
Yorksbloke says: East Riding bin lorries regularly stop down my street for a morning tea break. The other week, one was parked up for more than two hours while the workers sat and read the paper. It's a quiet area so they know they can get away with it.
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CrabbyJim says: Could it help the council to make better routes for the collections? If the information of the route is fed into a computer, and as one-way streets and traffic lights are taken into account, perhaps a better route can be found.
horbaczewski says: Even before tracking I can assure you, bosses had ways of checking up on crews. We used to get calls from people saying, 'It's noon and a crew are sitting in Waitrose car park having a sandwich and reading the paper'. Yes, madam, it's called their lunch hour.
Comments
by hoegaarden
Friday, December 21 2012, 10:26AM
“A tracking system will not only help improve the service provided by the council but can also improve the safety of their fleet. By ensuring vehicles are fit for purpose and driven safely will have a huge impact on reducing accident rates. A great example is ensuring that vehicles on sites, i.e. schools, don't travel above 10mph.”
by MimiTheDJ
Saturday, September 29 2012, 7:06PM
“A friend of mine was delivering for a famous DIY company (and his van had a snooper device fitted) Whilst on his round he stopped off at his girlfriend's to see how she was. She'd been poorly but his bosses didn't see it that way and allegedly made his job difficult for him. He had no idea that the van was bugged but he held his hands up in the air and quit the job.”
by MimiTheDJ
Saturday, September 29 2012, 7:01PM
“Will there be some bonuses paid out for the drivers that don't stray off routine?
I hope so!
Perhaps a yearly report with all findings published in some sort of good to bad table naming names?
I hope not!”
by dannydarko222
Saturday, September 29 2012, 6:19PM
“I'm aware of haulage company in Hull that uses vehicle tracking, SOCA claimed that on the return from Holland their lorry did a different route than normal when questioning the driver, the tracker revealed the driver to be correct I'd image that never got revealed in court ?”
by democracy_now
Saturday, September 29 2012, 5:53PM
“This is more about public relations that saving money. ERYC state that they will save about £300k a year installing these devices, so Mr Parnaby how about you and some of your cronies taking a pay cut (easily save £300k a year here)?
Why not complete transparency on how ERYC select external contractors and the detail of how the contractors spend the money? If a light was shone on this we could identify big savings, more in the millions than the thousands.”
by AstonomiaSK
Saturday, September 29 2012, 10:59AM
“AstonomiaSK says why have the Mail not re published the story re- ERYC outsourcing debarcle yet choose to print right wing divisive article on the front line ERYC staff - those not on £260K + per year. Is Nigel Pearson fitted with a tracker?”
by awaysred4
Saturday, September 29 2012, 8:39AM
“manual worker 13-14k .a yr...managers 40k plus.. who checks on them????for doing nowt most of the day..!!!”