I would sometimes get stops in an area that has schools and commercial stops. If I followed trace I would get there after everybody went home. I would use maps to see if I had those stops. It's a lot faster than going through my load or scrolling through my manifest.
When I first started, I carried a map book every day. I sucked at using maps made me super slow and by the time I figured out where the hell I was, I didn’t need them anymore. The first day on route without any knowledge sucked . The second day it got better the third day it was a lot easier and by the end of of the week you knew that route. Probably. Learned 30 routes that way.
Call me a sucker but when I was in my packet I would study the areas maps and even took the kids for a couple "cruises" to scout the area, and even walked around some of the denser residential areas to find those tricky "street # is on Elm but deliver off 6th" type stops. Really helped me out.
Yep, in the old days going out and driving around on a day off on a route you were going to do the next week was a thing.
Wow I only know 1 route. And I don’t suck at anything.
I’m on ORION with few exceptions. I break grace to avoid late/missed pieces. And to avoid dangerous situations. “Maps” makes that so much simpler. I love days when I don’t have to break trace at all. It’s a think-less job on those days
Sucker
