Cars on Delivery

[gary1975]

We've been told if you pay for business cover they will reimburse it. You can then follow partner out and move car round the delivery. Not taking any mail in you car

So is the walker going to take his 739s back to the office

[viking1488]

While they may be saying that no mail would ever be in your car, would they tell this to every potential thief out there? Whoopee you have business cover so if there is an accident you will be covered, great. But how about returning to you car to find windows smashed as someone saw you getting out of it and going on delivery, so assumed there may be mail in the car while you were gone.

Absolute madness on so many levels, if the CWU have actually agreed to this they might as well give up on every issue they have with the company.

this is more rm madness they are trying there luck this should not be happening full stop

[citypostie]

you are not covered by insurance if using your own vehicle it would need to be proper business insurance which is not cheap

I got a quote to have it added, £8 . Cheaper than it was years ago.

[citypostie]

We've been told if you pay for business cover they will reimburse it. You can then follow partner out and move car round the delivery. Not taking any mail in you car

So is the walker going to take his 739s back to the office

I'm guessing the person in their car would go straight home, driver takes everything back.

[Woody Guthrie]

To any of those thinking about using your car just ask yourself why Royal Mail isn't just hiring extra vans?

They're pretty cheap to hire in bulk, there's plenty of them lying around now we're in lockdown and you can take the mail out in the back of them.

Seems like a more sensible option so why are they asking members to use their own cars?

[daveyeff]

What's next, bring your kids to work to cover the other shift?

It's not like they've got anything else to do.
And I bet our rep could get his kids in on SA.

nepotism for reps? never heard of that.

[HTPostman]

Is there no way of adapting our current bags so they can fit on a bike? Most of us have a bike and it would solve a few problems.

why this is not your problem its a rm problem let them sort this out

I know, and I’m not sorting it. It’s a forum where over the last week there have been hundreds of suggestions.

[ted_e_bear]

I despair, I really do I can't believe I'm reading this, so there's fellow posties offering to use their own cars just to make it easier, it's up there with working for free etc, when's it going to sink in,it's not your problem to sort out let your boss do it,there's plenty of vans available for RM to hire if need be.

[ted_e_bear]

To any of those thinking about using your car just ask yourself why Royal Mail isn't just hiring extra vans?

They're pretty cheap to hire in bulk, there's plenty of them lying around now we're in lockdown and you can take the mail out in the back of them.

Seems like a more sensible option so why are they asking members to use their own cars?

Well said that's exactly what I was thinking.

[ssdd]

To any of those thinking about using your car just ask yourself why Royal Mail isn't just hiring extra vans?

They're pretty cheap to hire in bulk, there's plenty of them lying around now we're in lockdown and you can take the mail out in the back of them.

Seems like a more sensible option so why are they asking members to use their own cars?

Is there really plenty of them lying around now?
https://www.commercialfleet.org/news/la ... ger-fleets

I despair, I really do I can't believe I'm reading this, so there's fellow posties offering to use their own cars just to make it easier, it's up there with working for free etc, when's it going to sink in,it's not your problem to sort out let your boss do it,there's plenty of vans available for RM to hire if need be.

There may be posties who don't like the idea of having to work much later and/or use a van that's already been used. (Has it been decontaminated?).

Using own car would solve these problems. Obviously it would have to be properly remunerated and properly insured.

Ordinarily I am against it, just as others are, but these are not ordinary times. It would be a temporary measure.

[2yearpostie]

Easiest option is to leave a few bags of mail at a post office near to where a local postie lives ( maybe drop a trolley off to and keep it there for the duration?) and get them to just deliver letters locally, then arrange with the van driver to pick the pda up from the post office at x o clock.

[GRS]

There may be posties who don't like the idea of having to work much later and/or use a van that's already been used. (Has it been decontaminated?).

Using own car would solve these problems. Obviously it would have to be properly remunerated and properly insured.

Ordinarily I am against it, just as others are, but these are not ordinary times. It would be a temporary measure.[/quote]

Pease don’t come on here spouting common sense - it’ll confuse the numbskulls!!!!

[kookoo32]

A couple in our office used cars today (van-share duties). But it was only to transport them up to their first delivery point. No mail was transported using a car.

[picture123]

Firstly, if you are considering this contact your insurance company, add business insurance, for less than 1000 miles a year its normally free or a small fee to add this.

Secondly, have absolutely no mail in your private vehicle. Either follow the van out or meet the person at your first loop.

Thirdly, make sure you claim mileage. You will need to keep a record of what you've done and ask whoever inputs pay to input it for you

[ssdd]

Agreed. No need to transport mail in own car. If this was to be implemented, however, I think it should be nationally recognised by the CWU and agreed by RM as a temporary measure in response to the crisis.