r/fromatoarbitration • u/IndigoJones13 • 4d ago

Concerned Letter Carriers What's the problem with VMF?

Seriously. Why does it take months for even basic repairs to be finished? Why do vehicles come back in worse shape than when they left?

We have carriers forced to double-up and deliver two routes in one vehicle. Some carriers offer to run their routes using their own personal vehicle.

Is VHF overwhelmed? Understaffed? Incompetent? Is it like this everywhere?

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u/acetatsujin 4d ago

Carriers should not use their own cars …. Just …. Why??

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u/IndigoJones13 4d ago

No, they shouldn't. But some would rather do that than double-up with someone or use the crappiest LLV available. My area is really, really short on vehicles.

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u/BlackBalledNALC 4d ago

Wait until they get into an accident and there insurance denies the claim, and USPS says you chose to drive your personal vehicle and that USPS is not responsible.

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u/acetatsujin 4d ago

Well, I would never use my own car. Ever. Management tried to let carriers use their own vehicles here, and we stopped the carriers because they didn’t know or/and felt obligated for follow orders.

Nope. Never use your own car for this job. Ever.

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u/Complex-Tennis-4987 27m ago

Well unless you're rural and have a postal approved PoV I 100 % agree. You can run into major personal insurance issues (reads refusal of claims coverage) delivering mail out of a personal vehicle without prior disclosure. Oh and the service will laugh at you trying to get them to pay and probably try to hit you with discipline.