Why do postal trucks not have license plates

Each marked postal vehicle will have a USPS assigned number in blue sans-serif font on it that indicates the year it was purchased as well as it's unique identifier. IIRC the first digit of the number is the last digit of the year it was purchased. Thus a number of would indicate the vehicle was purchased in or possible This numbering system is used only for marked USPS vehicles.

Leased, contracted or special use vehicles Postal Inspectors etc. In WV, it used to be simple. State police get flat white plates with black numbers, with the numbering being the cops badge number.

All other state owned vehicles have green plates with white numbers, with the name of the agency or "State Motor Pool" on the plate. This included all other cops, like weight enforcement, natural resources, university cops, and so on. The the state police got new plates that are multi-colored with the police patch on them and a random number cuts down on citizen complaints of bad driving by the random taxers. This made all of the other cops jealous, so now all cops, except cities, get plates that have their uniform patch on them.

In my state the cops all buy their wives vanity plates that read "MRS " and their parents " DAD" or " MOM" with the being their badge number, and then put their union sticker on the plate, which acts as an exemption from the random tax.

SP Cook. This is correct, for vehicles actually involved in mail delivery. Vehicles owned by the postal service have the system as described; vehicles owned by contractors have whatever plates are appropiate, as these are not government property. However vehicles used for other purposes get GSA plates with the code letter "P". These would include upper management's perk cars, Postal Inspectors not involved in undercover work, and so on. I once saw a postal service tow truck, towing a broken postal truck, and it has GSA plates.

The only time states will issue plates to federal government vehicles is for undercover purposes. Why doesn't the postman have a license plate? Reply to author. Report message as abuse. Show original message. Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message.

If you ever happen to look, official mail trucks have no tags at all. They do have numbers but if one ever hit you and sped away, you might not see them and then you'd be screwed, as they all look the same. If you have an accident with a mail carrier you will be dealing with the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Under this Act, you will not be suing the individual driver of the mail truck or even the United States Postal Service. Instead, you will be suing the United States. Flint police said in a statement Friday afternoon they were working with the federal agency in its investigation.

The postal worker, meanwhile, has recovered, police said. Even as to demonstrable physical assaults by members of the public on postal employees, the local courts may well afford a sufficient remedy.

Postal inspectors are engaged in the investigation of cases and because of the importance of their investigative role all potential violations of 18 U. Allegations of violations of postal laws by postal employees, including mail theft, must be reported immediately to the Office of Inspector General. Employees must obey the instructions of their supervisors. In addition, the presentment to and declination by a United States Attorney of prosecution in an investigation tends to lessen the ardor of a local prosecutor who is subsequently presented with the same investigation.

Care must be taken to distinguish the three different types of violations of 18 U.