Smart cars

[axeman]

As soon as they buy these smarts the garage is going to love them....... engine out to do most remidial tasks my next door neighbour has one and pays out quite regularly.. save money i dont think so ?.... but hey perhaps big 'al lil' ad' have a franchise between them and supply ??? be a year or so before we see breakdowns and both will be gone...hopefully !!!!

[k979aaa]

This carries far more mail and solves those "problem" estates in one.

Yes this would do the trick now if we could only get some smart postmen/women to not use their own car's.

[Sparrowhawk]

Out of interest , a basic model Smart Car has a kerb weight of 750kg and a Gross Weight of 1020kg. That only allows for a load of up to 270kg which includes the weight of the driver ! A 10 stone driver would only be able to carry an additional 206.5kg in the car , and a 15stone driver could only carry an additional 174.25kg (that's just under 11 x 16 kilo mail pouches). Everything would have to be weighed accurately , i.e. the driver and all of the mail , before every journey as if too much weight is carried it would be breaking the law. In the event of an accident , if the car was overloaded , the insurance would be invalidated ! Just think of how much time would be consumed every day by weighing every pouch loaded into the car before it could go out on delivery .

[k979aaa]

Out of interest , a basic model Smart Car has a kerb weight of 750kg and a Gross Weight of 1020kg. That only allows for a load of up to 270kg which includes the weight of the driver ! A 10 stone driver would only be able to carry an additional 206.5kg in the car , and a 15stone driver could only carry an additional 174.25kg (that's just under 11 x 16 kilo mail pouches). Everything would have to be weighed accurately , i.e. the driver and all of the mail , before every journey as if too much weight is carried it would be breaking the law. In the event of an accident , if the car was overloaded , the insurance would be invalidated ! Just think of how much time would be consumed every day by weighing every pouch loaded into the car before it could go out on delivery .

Wow one smart scottishlass . For you have done your math and concluded royalmail management is short of a full load of brain's!.

[jafferpants]

Just a a small point. My office has around 100 walks if we are all given one where the f**k would you park when you got to work?


PS please no quips about us alll being given "one"

[norbert]

Some would turn out like this round some of the "inner cities" or estates:

The Kids would love to see you roll up in your Noddy Car on S**t Street on ABSO Estate . Banner across the Road Today, it read " Happy Birthday Nana 30 Today !". Don't think there would be much room for mailbags if Billy Hayes got in one , what with all the pies , cakes from the Catering Wholesalers etc he'd need for sustenance .

[k979aaa]

Some would turn out like this round some of the "inner cities" or estates:

The Kids would love to see you roll up in your Noddy Car on S**t Street on ABSO Estate . Banner across the Road Today, it read " Happy Birthday Nana 30 Today !". Don't think there would be much room for mailbags if Billy Hayes got in one , what with all the pies , cakes from the Catering Wholesalers etc he'd need for sustenance .

You mean that was once a smart car and billy hayes done that just getting in it WOW THATS AWESOME!.

[norbert]

sorry Postman

[Beforenineoclockgoodone]

I drop bags off as part of my duty, will I be expected to drop smart Cars off next coz you can only get a couple of bundles in them ?

[leiwolf]

I thought you wasn't allowed to carry more then one bag out in any car let alone a smart car.

If the car was that smart then why isn't it doing my job for me, I think I will stick to the bike, might not be smart, might break down every day due to it being sh..e but at least (I can't think how to finish that so answer on a postcard.)