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USPS Awards Contract to Modernize Postal Delivery Vehicle Fleet

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Re: USPS Awards Contract to Modernize Postal Delivery Vehicle Fleet

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Post by trey-jones »

tshaddox wrote: post #5
uneekname wrote: post #3

Does this mean they'll have all the old trucks up for sale? Who wants to start a food truck with me in an old USPS vehicle

Would it be street legal to operate a civilian right hand drive vehicle?

Mail carriers are civilians. My uncle was a rural carrier and had a right hand drive Suburu stationwagon thing that was his personal car, used for work.

Re: USPS Awards Contract to Modernize Postal Delivery Vehicle Fleet

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Post by tyingq »

tshaddox wrote: post #5
uneekname wrote: post #3

Does this mean they'll have all the old trucks up for sale? Who wants to start a food truck with me in an old USPS vehicle

Would it be street legal to operate a civilian right hand drive vehicle?

Yes, it is. There's a fairly big "JDM" (Japanese Domestic Market) car interest in the US, and I've seen plenty of them registered, insured and driving here. I think getting them emissions certified since the standards are all different is a bigger hurdle when importing than anything else, and that wouldn't apply here.

Edit: Also, the other direction, you'll see a lot of LHD cars in the UK where American troops are deployed. That's a pretty specific loophole, but I remember getting a lot of confused looks driving around.

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