Trimble. What's not to like?

[JTKKavanagh]

...best you don't answer that.
Anyone got a site for information about the swine? I'm supposed to be a workplace coach that knows all this sort of thing but I can't seem to find anything.
I mean how long is it before the idling clocks up? Two minutes?

[eastie]

didnt know we still used it

[Beanyjazz]

Yeah our place (Oldham) are all over it. Idling, speeding, being stationary etc. Not a clue about timeframes but people keep getting pulled in the office and 'coached.'

[HTPostman]

It’s an incredibly inaccurate system. I’ve had it beeping at me while I’ve been sat in neutral at lights. There’s a particular street here (being careful not to identify my office) where I’m guessing the signal cuts out as it beeps at the same point every single day no matter how slow you go.

The idling thing is a joke - by all means target those who are leaving the runs running while they are chatting to the local farmer. But I’m being told I have to switch the engine off while waiting to pull out at a junction - sorry but it’s incredibly dangerous trying to pull out onto a dual carriageway, waiting for a gap, and then add in your engine is off, those 4/5 seconds it takes to start make a huge difference. My safety here takes priority.

Sorry to the OP, I know it doesn’t answer your question. Just a chance for me to rant.

[yellowbelly]

...best you don't answer that.
Anyone got a site for information about the swine? I'm supposed to be a workplace coach that knows all this sort of thing but I can't seem to find anything.
I mean how long is it before the idling clocks up? Two minutes?

Here https://transportation.trimble.com/prod ... compliance

but you won't get any info about idling times etc that's all set up for/by the 'customer' in this case RM!

[oypostie]

Idling comes out on their report after one minute so even being stuck at a set of traffic lights can be highlighted
If they're that bothered about excessive idling how about buying some modern vans with stop start technology

[mwalker88]

Stop/start tech in a vehicle switches off automatically after a certain amount of short journeys, due to it killing the battery.

[crazyshrew]

Stop/start tech in a vehicle switches off automatically after a certain amount of short journeys, due to it killing the battery.

It killed my starter motor before it killed my battery in my car. I keep the damn thing switched off now

[TopperGas]

It’s an incredibly inaccurate system. I’ve had it beeping at me while I’ve been sat in neutral at lights. There’s a particular street here (being careful not to identify my office) where I’m guessing the signal cuts out as it beeps at the same point every single day no matter how slow you go.

The idling thing is a joke - by all means target those who are leaving the runs running while they are chatting to the local farmer. But I’m being told I have to switch the engine off while waiting to pull out at a junction - sorry but it’s incredibly dangerous trying to pull out onto a dual carriageway, waiting for a gap, and then add in your engine is off, those 4/5 seconds it takes to start make a huge difference. My safety here takes priority.

Sorry to the OP, I know it doesn’t answer your question. Just a chance for me to rant.

I've not seen any business instructions which indicate the engine should be turned off at junctions or even when waiting at traffic lights etc.

I can't understand how the speeding warning works given the trimbles are a decade plus old in some of our Doblo's what technology do they use that can accurately calculate the vans speed on any given road?

[eastie]

disconnect them, they're think there broken

[mwalker88]

Stop/start tech in a vehicle switches off automatically after a certain amount of short journeys, due to it killing the battery.

It killed my starter motor before it killed my battery in my car. I keep the damn thing switched off now

To be fair, if you were driving your car at 30 metre intervals 40/50+ times a day for the last few years the stop/start tech would've broken the battery long before the starter motor

[Duesouth]

I've been pulled in for idiling the van a few times. On both accounts not my fault. One was stopping at temporary traffic lights (4 way control) for five minutes, and the other was a lorry reversing from the main road to the back of a supermarket another five minutes wasted because the driver mucked up and had to start again

Manager told me to just switch off the engine if that happens again. But I thought that would be unsafe, especially if you couldn't get the van to start up again.

[heraldmoth]

I wouldn’t worry too much about the idling just make an effort to turn off the van more often than not, in cold whether you’re entitled to a warm work place anyway so the engine needs to be on when sitting idle. I’d concentrate more on the safety element of Trimble than the idling

[Bboingg]

Keep to the speed limits and forget the rest, except take key with you on exit. What can they do thenexcept moan?

[postslippete]

I've been driving an eco-friendly hire van which turns the engine off automatically when it's stationary l. That's what RM need to cut down on 'idling'