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Hungry Australians can Track their Pizzas’ Journey to their Doors

posted by cmn32480 on Monday May 04 2015, @04:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the is-it-here-yet???? dept.

sigma writes:

The Herald Sun reports that Australian-based chain Dominos Pizza have developed a GPS Driver Tracker to let customers track the location of their pizzas in real time.

While the app is intended to mollify salivating customers concerns about the interminable wait for their cheesy comestible, it has had the additional benefit of reducing accident rates among delivery drivers. An eighteen month trial halved the number of potentially dangerous habits such as speeding and taking corners too quickly. Chief Executive Don Meij said in an interview “There’s a lot of behavior you can learn about and change as a result,”

Disclaimer: I like pizza.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday May 05 2015, @09:22PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 05 2015, @09:22PM (#179267) Journal

    If you're on a bike turning a corner, you would lean inwards at the precise angle to best counter the force. Pizza boxes unfortunately don't have the ability to lean. :)

    It isn't you that are leaning while the bicycle stays upright, it is the bicycle and anything travelling on the bike that you lean to counter the force (this is how you got to scrape the pedals). And this will include the pizza.

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  • (Score: 1) by boltronics on Wednesday May 06 2015, @12:15AM

    by boltronics (580) on Wednesday May 06 2015, @12:15AM (#179303) Homepage Journal

    Sure, but you do lean in more than the bike does. Just look at somebody's knees as they turn - they aren't sticking out because of gravity.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday May 06 2015, @02:25AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 06 2015, @02:25AM (#179344) Journal
      Maybe, don't know enough to say otherwise, however how likely is that for the case of a delivery boy riding a scooter on a smooth road?
      I'm rather inclined to bet on having the pizza sliding due to sudden acceleration/brake than it is to taking motorcycle Grand Prix-style turns.
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      • (Score: 1) by boltronics on Wednesday May 06 2015, @03:20AM

        by boltronics (580) on Wednesday May 06 2015, @03:20AM (#179362) Homepage Journal

        Hmm... maybe I should set up a camera on the corner next time I place an order. :)

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        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday May 06 2015, @03:28AM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 06 2015, @03:28AM (#179366) Journal
          ( :) using Linux to snoop? Not a very ethical proposition :) )
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