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Eeyore:
Okey dokey, second time around, and from a respected Transport Manager:

If it's a single-user company vehicle (such as a company car) given as a perk, then you have to be told there is a tracking device to be fitted.
If it is a multi-user vehicle, such as a company wagon, there is no obligation for the drivers to be informed.
However, if the data from said device is going to be used as evidence for somehting like a disciplinary, then the driver must have been made aware beforehand that the device had been fitted.
You have no powers to refuse in either case as the vehilce ain't yours.

HTH
cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Terminus:
I can't remember what exactly I wrote first time round - but I'm sure it was suitable witty, to the point and informative so erm .......

Basically many companies have em (we have on our cars and radios) but to track constantly all staff would be a waste of time money and resources they will most likely use it where there is *genuine* reason to suspect an employee is up to no good or in the event of an incident such as someone copmplaining that one of their vehicles just bumped a car etc.

We don't get tracked unless there is a valid reason and even if there is it generates a lot of paperwork for accountability and to make sure the system in not being abused.

Eeyore:
Yep, that pretty much covers your last post!  8)

.....only not as funny!  :wink:

cheers
 8)
Eeyore

att:
Won`t be long before we are all chipped anyways.

Big Brother is watching us all......But you just try and watch Big Brother, they don`t like it much :roll:

discograham:
Tesco use them now and when they were first brought in we all had issues with them..
The excuse is that they can be used in conjunction with the panic buttons to "save our lives" if one of us suddenly keeled over with a heart attack.. we hit the panic button whilst clutching our chests and the transport dept call an ambulance and tell them exactly where we are...
Only that is not what happens. Buttons get hit by accident, agency drivers who are unfamilair with the system use it incorrectly and this all meant that after a while the office just ignored the panic buttons.. great ! Add that to the fact that ive been in Lincolnshire delivering and the office see me in Cornwall, or Manchester etc... the system is far from perfect..
So, once it came in as a "safety" device it began to be used as a driver monitoring device.. nothing really wrong with that, but then they started to use it to watch drivers break times, road speeds, and finally the gear changing and revs bands we were in at any given time...( seriously ! )... no joke when you are debreifed by a kid in the office who cant even ride a pushbike without stabilisers...
It's easy to say that if you are doing nothing wrong etc etc.. but how far up the monitoring road would anyone want to go ?
It all depends on the real reason this system is to be installed..and how the company really intend to use it.. be aware... any company will find all of the ways to save money by utilising this system to monitor you..and then the changes come in which are not always fair or sensible.. I could rant on, but won't...  unless you want me to... :shock:

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