Jim Wolfe posted a response in this thread, but the server firewalled it because he apparently sent it as html only (Jim, please set your email to send either plain text or multipart html with plain text alternative, so I don't have to do this again; reformatting the message takes a significant amount of time).
Here is the post. >Around here, they all switched from private cars to postal vehicles a >good decade ago. There were debates at the time about safety. People >using regular cars had to sit on the passenger's side (to reach the mail >boxes), and drive with only their left hand on the wheel and left foot >to (barely) reach the accelerator and brake. Can't reach the turn >signals, so they weren't used. That led to accidents. > >Today, I don't know what the Post Office's policy is nationwide. Does >anyone have a mail carrier that uses their personal car? My daughter is a rural mail carrier that uses her own vehicle. (The right side of her vehicle shows how close she gets to mailboxes.) Her route(s) are out of Green Bay Wisconsin. The PO is 30+ miles from her home and I don't know the length of the routes, but even in the summertime range might be an issue as the route may not end up on her side of the PO. I believe the winters would kill the deal in her case, summers maybe... Her vehicle is also a FWD Durango, which is necessary for the snow covered and icy rural roads in the winter. Here in the Phoenix area it would seem to make good business sense to use electrics. In my area the mailboxes are about 100 ft apart. The mailman stops and turns off the truck, gets out to place the mail in the mailbox as there is a sidewalk and curb to traverse. I asked why he shuts off the truck for the 10 seconds that it takes to deliver the mail and he stated that it was required that he not leave the vehicle running when he's not in it. He did say that the biggest maintenance item was a starter as they don't last more than a couple of months. I also have a nephew who is a driver for UPS who drives up to 200 miles a day in Arizona. BTW: None of the UPS trucks in Phoenix have AC... Jim - Glendale, AZ www.evalbum.com/4854 David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
