2007-01-31 12:44:37 · 8 answers · asked by kanglee00 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
How else would 1 person be able to drive a vehicle and be able to load mail into the box? In America, we drive on the right side of the street, and all the mailboxes are on the shoulder, not in the middle of the road. The alternative would be for a standard drive vehicle to constantly be on the wrong side of the road...sounds like the approach Home Depot managers would take.
2007-01-31 12:48:19 · answer #1 · answered by Hambone 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow! Thnx for asking this question as I have always wondered this too. My hunch is that they did it for safety in the sense that the mail carriers do alot of getting in and out of the cars. By putting the steering wheel on the right side (british) but still adhering to driving ont the right side of the road (american) it ensures that the driver/mail carrier always exits away from traffic/the road when getting off and never has to cross into a road when getting on. So, my hunch is safety. What's the real answer?! LOL
2007-01-31 12:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So they can pull right up to the mail box or side walk and not open and shut the door on the street side where they could get hit. if it is rural delivery it is so they are on the same side of the road with the mail box. They would have to stretch and reach over the passenger seat otherwise.
2007-01-31 12:50:42 · answer #3 · answered by justme 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So that while the mail car is moving in the correct lane of traffic the driver (mail man) can easily reach your mail box
2007-01-31 12:48:47 · answer #4 · answered by boogie2510 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
flow to motorized motor vehicle branch and your coverage business enterprise and waa-laaa! some Postmanpersistent with their guidance wheel on the choice area of their motor vehicle and then somepersistent their postal motor vehicle like they own the fu*king highway... pay attention for them.. rattling novices.
2016-11-02 00:20:57 · answer #5 · answered by ridinger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I want to know is, do they use left hand drive cars in the UK and Australia?
2007-01-31 12:51:50 · answer #6 · answered by Doug K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so they dont have to get out of the car to put stuff in the mailboxes (or drive on the wrong side of the road)
2007-01-31 12:48:40 · answer #7 · answered by Kyle M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So they can reach and put your mail into the mail box..... :)
2007-01-31 12:49:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋