GPS on new BG vans

[lsxit]

Hi all

Do any of the BG lads know how the GPS works on the new caddys.

Ie. does it detect when the engine is started/stopped?

 

[Mr Smyth]

I have no idea

But my caddy, which is very new has a trip switch under the bonnet that kills all power if something is draining the battery after the ignition is off (I think there is some sort of time delay)
I'm wondering if this will kill power to the tracker????

Otherwise I think I'll need to leave the van on patch and walk home......

 

[Deleted member 105431]

trackers record start/stops, average and max speeds, idling time and when the key is left in the ign (even if engine not running).

They've got you by the balls mr lsx.

 

[gremlin16]

Thats going to put a stop to them using the van and materials whilst doing their foreigners.

 

[JayJay1978]

Its almost as if BG don't trust their employees.

 

[namsag]

How is it going to stop them using materials,
Give it a few days someone will suss it out how to cloak the tracker Transco guys can do theirs
Bit like when we got the first laptops we could alter the time on them .And put what we wanted
Second lot they took clock off and said there was no way it could not communicate with base. Took me 5 mins to workout how to disable it and 15 mins to phone everyone else on patch on how to do it.
Someone will always work it out its all part off the game

 

[mickyg]

doesn't stop me using BG materials

 

[namsag]

Or tools i bet

 

[Deleted member 105431]

thing is with trackers if yours keeps playing up you are putting yourself under suspicion and they'll send a tsm round to follow you covertly.

bg are wanting to shed staff by natural wastage and that means pi$$ing people off until they leave; it's gonna get alot worse.

 

[namsag]

Think the BG van driving behind you will be a give away or if tracker not on how is he going to find you
In reality you would be clever enough not to attract suspicion but i know if i was still there i would be leaving fek working 8 hours a day for them

 

[lsxit]

thing is with trackers if yours keeps playing up you are putting yourself under suspicion and they'll send a tsm round to follow you covertly.

bg are wanting to shed staff by natural wastage and that means p**sing people off until they leave; it's gonna get alot worse.

We all know you hate BG.

Change the record for once, its getting boring.

 

[Deleted member 105431]

very apt name "lsxit".

Truth is it's a $hit job and everyone knows it.

 

[namsag]

After speaking to some of the lads on friday its getting worse by the day.
9 people applied for apprenticeship in leics area 6 where from the office are they really that stupid

 

[davebgas]

Still got my old unrestricted 55 reg combo clatterbang thankk god....
Transco ones were easy, tin foil over the the unit under the cup hold dash on the transits.....
Are the screens going to be watched permanently?? Transco ones were used only in conjunction with in built panic alarm as the system was so expensive and they had to pay extra to receive specfic data such as where you were at any particular moment.....
The gaffers did just used to get data sheets containing engine start/stop times - which they used to check u were on time for shifts and only if they wanted to correlate your on/off site times.....
This was ok for me as I was on isolated sites so could sit there all day in a warm(ish) governor kiosk..... worried that BG ones will be watched all the time and customers rang to see if you've nicked off for a sandwich.

I know now though that Northern Gas/United Utilities have binned the trackers on their new vans.... was costing too much to run for little benefit... even to dispatch the emergency lads.

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Still got my old unrestricted 55 reg combo clatterbang thankk god....
Transco ones were easy, tin foil over the the unit under the cup hold dash on the transits.....
Are the screens going to be watched permanently?? Transco ones were used only in conjunction with in built panic alarm as the system was so expensive and they had to pay extra to receive specfic data such as where you were at any particular moment.....
The gaffers did just used to get data sheets containing engine start/stop times - which they used to check u were on time for shifts and only if they wanted to correlate your on/off site times.....
This was ok for me as I was on isolated sites so could sit there all day in a warm(ish) governor kiosk..... worried that BG ones will be watched all the time and customers rang to see if you've nicked off for a sandwich.

I know now though that Northern Gas/United Utilities have binned the trackers on their new vans.... was costing too much to run for little benefit... even to dispatch the emergency lads.

trackers much like sat nav's have come down in price now and there's plenty of companies offering fleet solutions at low cost now. Fact is the guys who sell loads of powerflushes/boilers/upgrades/cod's will be left alone it'll be the low performers and low sales engineers they'll pick on and scrutinise in depth.