Most if the rural carriers around here are private vehicles, but in the city, that are the official little usps van things.
A number of people do find various RHD cars to use for it. Z On Sunday, March 22, 2015, Glen Hoag via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > From what I have read, Japan raises the taxes on older vehicles to the > point that it isn't economic to keep them beyond a certain point. This is > also the reason that used JDM (Japanese domestic market) engines find their > way to the U.S. > > I recall seeing a RHD Subaru wagon used as a rural carrier's vehicle a few > years back. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 22, 2015, at 17:46, Willie2 via EV <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > >> On 03/22/2015 11:31 AM, Lee Hart via EV wrote: > >> Glen Hoag via EV wrote: > >>> AFAIK, all rural carriers use their own vehicles these days. Around > here, some are still using ex-USPS Jeep DJ-5s, though most have been > replaced by newer vehicles. > >> > >> 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? > > Here in central Texas, most or perhaps all carriers use their own cars. > I think all have converted to right drive. One friend has a wife that is a > carrier; I've offered to lend them an EV to try. Route is about 50 miles. > She had been using a surplus USPS Jeep. She recently acquired a used > Cherokee that had it's origin in Japan. Apparently Japan outlaws vehicles > before they become well used; many seem to be parted out and/or exported. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150323/ced02050/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
