A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon packages. Chaos ensued

Re:A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon package... by jhot on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @04:38AM (#38457379)

I used to live in a small mountain town. The official vehicles were ancient so any time there was snow I'd see the carriers in Tacomas or Jeeps with a magnetic US Mail decal on the side. They also modified their routes slightly to accommodate left side steering wheels.

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Re:A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon package... by benj111 on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @04:43AM (#38457415)

Don't all cars in the us have the steering wheel on the left??

Why would you need to modify the route for that???

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Re:A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon package... by akerl_ on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @04:44AM (#38457424)

Official USPS trucks are right steer, to put the driver on the same side of the car as the mailboxes on a normal street

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Re:A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon package... by defrost on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @04:50AM (#38457471)

No - there's a surprising number of "classic" British cars that are kicking about the US as collectables.

https://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1964-rolls-royce-silver-...

Interestingly a mate back in the 90s used to g to the US from Australia and ship back container loads of classic British cars and car parts sourced cheap in the US at a time when that fad was on the wane there and bargains could be had that sold for a good markup in Australia.

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Re:A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon package... by KMag on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @12:19PM (#38462131)

Mail delivery trucks have the steering wheel on the right side so that the driver doesn't have to get out in order to reach the mailbox. When using normal cars, they're modifying the routes slightly.

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