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<blockquote data-quote="mrvngrdns" data-source="post: 413618" data-attributes="member: 7204"><p>I'm retired now, but was a rural route driver in Iowa for 28 years. The worst part of nasty weather was simply getting to my route, once I was there, it got better. I have numerous stories of days where people were advised to stay off the roads, but of course, UPS doesn't close. I remember one time 4 of us made the 35 mile drive to the town where we delivered, and didn't see one vehicle on the way, not a snow plow, or an emergency vehicle. And common sense worked well in the country, phone calls to customers, you could usually leave some packages at a friendly general store for them to pick up when they made it to town, but I usually got rid of all my packages even in a snowstorm. The first thing I did was make sure I could turn around at the farm I was delivering to. If the house was near the road, I even have parked on the road and ran the package up to the house. I can count on the fingers of one hand, the times I actually got stuck, and was only pulled out by a wrecker twice. On the interstate or highway on the way to and from, I went slow, and left a big cushion around me. Never had a problem.....by the way, I'm a Circle of Honor member.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrvngrdns, post: 413618, member: 7204"] I'm retired now, but was a rural route driver in Iowa for 28 years. The worst part of nasty weather was simply getting to my route, once I was there, it got better. I have numerous stories of days where people were advised to stay off the roads, but of course, UPS doesn't close. I remember one time 4 of us made the 35 mile drive to the town where we delivered, and didn't see one vehicle on the way, not a snow plow, or an emergency vehicle. And common sense worked well in the country, phone calls to customers, you could usually leave some packages at a friendly general store for them to pick up when they made it to town, but I usually got rid of all my packages even in a snowstorm. The first thing I did was make sure I could turn around at the farm I was delivering to. If the house was near the road, I even have parked on the road and ran the package up to the house. I can count on the fingers of one hand, the times I actually got stuck, and was only pulled out by a wrecker twice. On the interstate or highway on the way to and from, I went slow, and left a big cushion around me. Never had a problem.....by the way, I'm a Circle of Honor member. [/QUOTE]
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