‘EVERYTHING IS RIGHT THERE’
Truckload Drivers Share Their Positive Experiences With New Tablets We’re in the process of introducing tablets to our Truckload team, and this technology offers the benefits of a simplified workload and more efficiency.
with Averitt for about eight years after previously serving in the Navy. “It’s easier to handle. You pull it out of its holder, use the stylus and input all your data. That’s easier than Omnitracs, where you had to switch back and forth between screens and get rid of the keyboard. It’s a lot better.” Another aspect Doug likes is the visibility of his Hours of Service. “It’s a little different, but after that first week, you learn what you can do with it, and you can watch your Hours of Service, your on-duty time, your drive time and when you will reset,” he says. “Everything is right there.” We anticipate completing the rollout to all Truckload drivers by the end of the year. Like Doug, Rudy believes our driving force will quickly see the benefits of the transition. “It’s easier, and I think other drivers will like it,” Rudy says. “Once they get used to the tablet after about a week, they’ll love it.” T m DOUG MERRELL
Cookeville Truckload driver RUDY EADS was one of the first drivers to get started on the tablets, and he prefers it to our former Qualcomm and Omnitracs units. “The Qualcomm froze up a lot and shut down, and it had a lot of bugs in it,” recalls Rudy, who has been with Averitt for close to 26 years. “The tablet seems to work really smoothly. There are a couple of bugs that are being worked out, but all in all, I love it. It’s got a good GPS
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system on it, and using it is really easy. I like it.” Fellow Cookeville Truckload driver DOUG MERRELL has had a similarly positive experience. “After about a week, I got used to it and found out that once I learned the commands, it was a lot better than Omnitracs,” says Doug, who has been
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