Romanian Post adopts GPS technology for entire fleet

[POSTMAN]

Romanian Post has equipped its fleet of vehicles with GPS technology as of this month.

The state-owned company, which is in line for potential privatisation with Belgium’s bpost in the frame for a majority stake, has equipped an additional 796 of its delivery vehicles with GPS modules.

Previously, only 150 company vehicles had GPS fitted, between 2010 and 2011.

The GPS technology will monitor vehicle positions and speed, and should help the company configure its delivery operations and optimise routes to reduce travel miles, and therefore fuel consumption, vehicle maintenance and driver overtime.

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[Decky Boy]

Have you read Orwell's 1984 ? ? ?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Have you read Orwell's 1984 ? ? ?

Have you read this thread, http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... PS#p680040" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Telematics has now been installed on around one-third of the Royal Mail fleet. That’s 8,000 vans and trucks up to 7.5 tonnes pumping back a wealth of vital data.
By better understanding vehicle utilisation and clearly seeing on the report where one vehicle can take on the work of another, Royal Mail operational managers have been able to remove 5% of vehicles from the fleet on a national basis during 2008, with around 35% being trucks up to 7.5 tonnes.

or this one which is a Union LTB from March 2008 http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... PS#p106695" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Most enquiries from Branches around telemetry express concerns around the real-time recording and monitoring of drivers doing their job using the GPS tracker facility which can produce a log of where, when, and how long each vehicle was in a location.

and of course Blackbay and the PDA http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... ay#p123260" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Royal Mail has chosen Blackbay’s Delivery Connect solution to provide a real-time mobility solution for the majority of Royal Mail’s tracked products, including Special Delivery and Recorded Signed For. Delivery Connect will run on Intermec CN3 mobile computers

sadly we beat them.

[DB1100]

I can't see a problem with having GPS fitted,if you are doing the job correctly it won't make a bit of difference,in fact I'm surprised the insurance company hasn't stipulated it.