Monday, May 31, 2010

Can I park here?

May 13, 2010 I observed this postal truck parked in the pedestrian crosswalk at the corner of  Lombard & Mason Street at 12:15 PM. Let’s do some logical deductions; there are occasion when a postal vehicle is parked this way---to pick up outgoing mails from blue collection boxes or to drop off sacks of mails to be placed in the corner green relay boxes for walking route letter carriers. Not this time since there weren't any blue collection box or green relay box at this corner.

Maybe the driver is delivering a parcel nearby? Nope, since I stood there taking several pictures and finally left at 12:35 PM I didn’t noticed no uniformed postal workers around the area.
The parked postal vehicle was not a temporary situation, since the “emergency” yellow flashing lights was not on.

There were plenty of metered parking spaces along the adjacent block of Columbus Avenue the driver could have parked.

So what did the Wizard surmised happened…I checked the parked postal vehicles at the local post office nearby and the truck belonged to another postal delivery zone, therefore the driver is technically off-route. He-as I ascertains by inspecting the vehicle front cab area from the outside, must have either lives or have friends around the area and decided to visit them during lunchtime.

Are postal employees allowed to do that? No! Then why did this occur? Number one---too many postal employees in the City of San Francisco and supervision cannot be everywhere. Number two---driver has a belief of entitlement!

Are postal vehicles exempt from the State of California Vehicle Codes? Nope! Majority of the postal drivers assume they are exempted, but the truth of the matter they are not. There are certain parking situations where police or parking control officers have given postal vehicles leeway, but this truck was parked at the crosswalk for at least an hour!

If you---General Public citizenry did the same actuality what would happen? A ticket costing $90 and a possibility of having your vehicle towed away!

Did you noticed in the above picture that on the corner curb had a wheelchair ramp cut-off, which the tail end of the truck is blocking. If you asked the driver of this truck his reply would be…it wasn’t painted blue!

The main question I would ask the public…how would you feel if you had to step out into on-coming vehicle traffic to cross this corner?

The answer---hope you have a good health plan or your family can sue the Postal Service on your behalf!


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