Things go WAY beyond what this article tells. I'm a rural carriers and I am involved in breathtaking incidents weekly ...some weeks daily! If it's brought to the attention of management they simply poo-poo , belittle and berate the situation!! It usually involves someone passing me from behind at a delivery with NO CLUE as to what is coming in the oncoming lanes. In other words, I'm IN MY LANE doing my job, there are cars coming at 40 to 60 MPH in the other lane, and large numbers of those approaching from behind will attempt to pass regardless !!!..... blind curves, heavy fog, OBVIOUS oncoming cars, etc.... it makes no difference! I've had to run through yards or into the woods many times to try and open up enough space for everyone to have room to live. I've had them lock down in a squall of smoke behind me, run the oncoming traffic off the road,bail out themselves into fencelines or through yards towards homes etc,...etc,.....etc,....etc,.... These people will honk , cuss ,and shake their fist if you pull foward after a delivery in the lane that you ARE ALREADY IN!!! I keep telling magement that on these two particular roads I serve..."it's just a matter of time!" I keep a trauma pack in the car.
Hey, RC......talk to a highway patrol officer in your area that DIRECTLY affects where you deliver. Explain to him/her just EXACTLY what you do, and what your rights are if and when someone hits or sideswipes you. You might be surprised at what they have to say. The local yokel that I talked to in my area told me that it depended on how much I was in my lane, and if I moved left, and how far away from the mailbox I had driven until the accident happened, stuff like that. I sure was surprised, and I just sit tight till they go around. I only hope the fuel tank stays intact. Good luck................
It doesn't matter if there's a seven-foot wide vehichle in the MIDDLE of the lane or all but two inches of it that remain in the lane off to the right side of the road, until the ENTIRE lane is yeilded, the right of way of that lane belongs to the one who occupies it!!!!! Rear-ending a rural carrier who has pulled slightly off to the right to serve a box is no different from rear-ending a vehichle that is preparing to make a right-hand turn or rear-ending a vehichle that has slowed down to avoid debris!
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Things go WAY beyond what this article tells. I'm a rural carriers and I am involved in breathtaking incidents weekly ...some weeks daily! If it's brought to the attention of management they simply poo-poo , belittle and berate the situation!! It usually involves someone passing me from behind at a delivery with NO CLUE as to what is coming in the oncoming lanes. In other words, I'm IN MY LANE doing my job, there are cars coming at 40 to 60 MPH in the other lane, and large numbers of those approaching from behind will attempt to pass regardless !!!..... blind curves, heavy fog, OBVIOUS oncoming cars, etc.... it makes no difference! I've had to run through yards or into the woods many times to try and open up enough space for everyone to have room to live. I've had them lock down in a squall of smoke behind me, run the oncoming traffic off the road,bail out themselves into fencelines or through yards towards homes etc,...etc,.....etc,....etc,.... These people will honk , cuss ,and shake their fist if you pull foward after a delivery in the lane that you ARE ALREADY IN!!! I keep telling magement that on these two particular roads I serve..."it's just a matter of time!" I keep a trauma pack in the car.
Hey, RC......talk to a highway patrol officer in your area that DIRECTLY affects where you deliver. Explain to him/her just EXACTLY what you do, and what your rights are if and when someone hits or sideswipes you. You might be surprised at what they have to say. The local yokel that I talked to in my area told me that it depended on how much I was in my lane, and if I moved left, and how far away from the mailbox I had driven until the accident happened, stuff like that. I sure was surprised, and I just sit tight till they go around. I only hope the fuel tank stays intact. Good luck................
It doesn't matter if there's a seven-foot wide vehichle in the MIDDLE of the lane or all but two inches of it that remain in the lane off to the right side of the road, until the ENTIRE lane is yeilded, the right of way of that lane belongs to the one who occupies it!!!!! Rear-ending a rural carrier who has pulled slightly off to the right to serve a box is no different from rear-ending a vehichle that is preparing to make a right-hand turn or rear-ending a vehichle that has slowed down to avoid debris!
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