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What I thought was cool about the trucks in NYC were the NDA mail slots on the sides of the trucks. You could drop off air without going to the UPS store or finding a driver.
I agree, this should be nationwide.
What I thought was cool about the trucks in NYC were the NDA mail slots on the sides of the trucks. You could drop off air without going to the UPS store or finding a driver.
They're for "safety". I guess the Big Brown pkg car, parked illegally, is invisible.
You are right Big. People don't pay attention and it seems like the bigger the vehicle the less attention they pay. My one unavoidable accident was an old lady that hit my right rear bumper when she was behind me trying to make an illegal left turn. She didn't even see the truck. In fact she thought I hit her. Makes me wonder.Whether the big brown truck is parked legally or not isn't the issue. People don't pay attention. How many times have you put your signal on and pulled over to the curb. When you get out there is a car right on your tail with the driver all pissed off because he's stuck behind you.
This all brings a question to mind? ... commute much?
What I thought was cool about the trucks in NYC were the NDA mail slots on the sides of the trucks. You could drop off air without going to the UPS store or finding a driver.
I agree, this should be nationwide.
The only problem with this is that people don't always check to make sure that the letter they are sending is actually going UPS. I have 4 dropboxes on my area and usually have at least 1 pkg a day that is non-UPS. The other day I had 6 small QVC USPS returns in one drop box. I simply drove to her house and put them by her front door.
The concept is a good one and works well in big cities but I don't see the need in Small Town USA.
What I thought was cool about the trucks in NYC were the NDA mail slots on the sides of the trucks. You could drop off air without going to the UPS store or finding a driver.
The only problem with this is that people don't always check to make sure that the letter they are sending is actually going UPS. I have 4 dropboxes on my area and usually have at least 1 pkg a day that is non-UPS. The other day I had 6 small QVC USPS returns in one drop box. I simply drove to her house and put them by her front door.
The concept is a good one and works well in big cities but I don't see the need in Small Town USA.
They're for "safety". I guess the Big Brown pkg car, parked illegally, is invisible.
We used to eat these, while selling fireworks on Canal St. You could get them at the Chinese restaurant on the Corner of Canal and Mott St. Don't know if that restaurant is still there.
he is not necessarily parked illegally steven. I believe he is parked on 42nd street (pointing west) between 7th and 8th avenues. You can't make out the regulatory signs on the lamp post very well, but here is what I think they say. The top sign says no standing , 7am -10am , 4pm -7pm.(this is so that the buses can have an exclusive lane during rush hour. So let's say he wasn't parked there during those hours, the middle sign now applies but I am going to paraphrase what I think it states "No standing excepts trucks actively loading, 3 hour limit" and here is where the bottom sign comes in " pay at the munimeter". This is what is being used in place of parking meters these days in new york in manhattan ,they are still around but disappearing but are being replaced by a central unit where you pay your money and get a timed receipt that you display in your dashboard window. Trucks are subject to the muni meter. You could argue that he should be closer to the curb but assuming the correct conditions: time and that he paid the muni meter and displayed his receipt, he is legally parked.
I wonder if he paid the muni meter and if he did, does he get reimbursed?
if you go to google earth, type in canal street and mott street, hit the picture for the street view and you will get shot of 88 mott street which is very close to the intersection , you can follow the arrows to get at the intersection and then panoramically view what was there at the time google did the photography. You can see what is at that corner. I tried but wasn't able to take advantage of the full treatment due to my spotty wifi connection. You can do this for a lot of areas of nyc including your old stomping grounds if you want to want to go down memory lane.
And geek of the day award goes to pickup!
Just cross referenced my pics with Google Streetmap and you are correct, he was parked outside Regal Cinema on 42nd St
I only knew the parking regulations because many many years back, I used to deliver to the b.b. kings just up the block from where the ups truck is parked. Nice pic by the way, it is really clear! I might have been off in the word by word description of the second sign, but I had the jist of it down
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?frien...p=12,28.792870177395205,,0,-1.257812499999998
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?frien...bp=12,203.66005767739532,,0,2.890625000000002
According to the clock thing on 42nd St the pics were taken in Dec 2007, pretty poor quality compared to what has just been released in the UK
Compare that to our version
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?frien...p=12,349.09525932238085,,0,11.468749999999996