Those vehicles are approved by the USPS BEFORE use. I live in a small town in West Volusia County, FL. In the area where I live, we have a postal carrier who uses her own SUV. I've talked to the people who run out tiny little p.o. about their use of personal vehicles. They showed me the form they use to apply to use their personal vehicles. They go thru inspections, have to have other lights installed to use instead of their parking lights, etc. The USPS let's the small, rural post offices do this b cause they have no auto mechanic support in those areas.
Those vehicles are approved by the USPS BEFORE use. I live in a small town in West Volusia County, FL. In the area where I live, we have a postal carrier who uses her own SUV. I've talked to the people who run out tiny little p.o. about their use of personal vehicles. They showed me the form they use to apply to use their personal vehicles. They go thru inspections, have to have other lights installed to use instead of their parking lights, etc. The USPS let's the small, rural post offices do this b cause they have no auto mechanic support in those areas.