Another vehicle I've been paying some attention is the push to upgrade the US Post Office vehicles from the old boxy Grummans to the new duck nosed vehicle http

Another vehicle I've been paying some attention is the push to upgrade the US Post Office vehicles from the old boxy Grummans to the new duck nosed vehicle https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a62187981/usps-new-mail-truck-debut/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a62187981/usps-new-mail-tr.... I was really looking forward to those, but the other day I saw the mail lady driving one of the rebadged Mercede Metris minivans like that https://jalopnik.com/whats-the-real-reason-behind-the-post-office-removing-m-1845303888 https://jalopnik.com/whats-the-real-reason-behind-the-post-o.... We stopped to talk to the lady and oh boy did she give us a piece of mind! The pros were short - "softer seats and air conditioning are nice". The rest! Access to mail in back seat requires getting out of the car! If it rains there is no splash guard and you get wet. Being able to reach out of the window is difficult so one has to get out, again, getting wet and adding effort! The door is not a slider - it just opens out - so getting out while close to mailbox is harder. And so on. She stated that whoever chose THAT stopgap vehicle has never actually delivered mail. So it's good a police department tried these vehicles and was willing to talk about the results!