SCANNER CODES
On the Route & Safety
The Peak & The Fleet
FedEx History & Lore
Miscellaneous
100

When a package is successfully left at a residential front door without a signature, drivers log it as this two-word status.

What is Driver Release?

100

To prevent rear-end collisions, FedEx defensive driving courses teach you to maintain a minimum of this many seconds of following distance in good weather.

What is 4 seconds?

100

Drivers use this nickname for the brutal, high-volume shipping season that runs from Thanksgiving through Christmas.


    • What is Peak Season?
100

This is the city where FedEx is headquartered and operates its massive "SuperHub."

What is Memphis, Tennessee?

100

This rolling tool is a delivery driver's best friend for hauling heavy cartons up a ramp or to a door.

What is a dolly?

200

On your scanner or manifest, the abbreviation "DSR" means you absolutely cannot leave the box without getting a signature from someone at the address

What is Direct Signature Required?

200

When parking your truck to make a delivery, you should always try to park so your first move when leaving is this direction


    • What is forward? (Avoiding backing up whenever possible).

200

Unlike FedEx Express drivers who work directly for the corporation, most FedEx Ground routes are operated by these independent business owners.

What are Independent Contractors (or Service Providers)?

200

Who is the founder of FedEx

Fred Smith

200

This three-letter acronym stands for the delivery option where a neighbor or building manager can sign for a package instead of the recipient.

What is Indirect Signature Required?)

300

This code is scanned when the address on the label is incorrect or does not exist.

What is Bad Address (or 02 / Wrong Address)?

300

Except for special freight exceptions, this is the standard maximum package weight limit for a normal FedEx Ground or Express shipment.

What is 150 pounds?

300

This is the name of FedEx's prestigious annual driving competition where the best couriers showcase their safety and maneuvering skills.

What is the National Truck Driving Championships (or FedEx Purple Rodeo)?

300

Before shortening its name to FedEx in 1994, the company originally launched under this two-word name.

What is Federal Express?

300

This is the term for the complete, chronological list of all stops and packages loaded onto a driver's truck for the day.

What is a Door Tag?

400

Drivers enter this code when a customer refuses to accept a shipment.

What is Refused (or 06)

400

Drivers are trained to use this specific strategy before backing up to ensure no blind-spot hazards, pedestrians, or stationary objects are behind the truck.

What is a "Get Out and Look" (GOAL)?

400

The infamous sentence you never want to hear a customer utter right before their dog charges the door.



    • What is, "Oh, he doesn't bite"? [1]




400

 Tom Hanks played a stranded FedEx systems analyst named Chuck Noland in this 2000 survival drama. 

What is Cast Away?

400

This is the title given to the seasonal employees hired to sit in the passenger seat and help run packages to doorsteps during December.

What is a jumper or driver helper?)

500

This code is used when a package cannot be delivered because the business is closed for the day or weekend.

What is Dex 01 (or Customer Not Available)?

500

This is the specific delivery status code or location instruction used when a driver leaves a package safely out of sight at a customer's residence without requiring a signature.

What is "Driver Release" (or Release Code)?

500

In 1984, the company officially adopted this shortened brand name for its global operations.

What is FedEx?

500

This three-letter delivery restriction requires the driver to verify that the person signing for the package is at least 21 years old.

What is Adult Signature Required? (or ASR)