Postal Letter

Why don't US Postal Service delivery vans have license plates?

I noticed the other day that the mail carrier delivery vans don't have license plates. Anyone know why they might be exempt? It has been said because it's a Govt. vehicle. But other Govt. vehicles have government license plates.

Public Comments

1. Probably because they are United States Government Vehicles there is some sort of ID on them.
2. USPS is Federal government. They just use numbers on their vehicles for identification. I have a contracted mail carrier (not actually a government employee) and he drives his own car with regular State plates.
3. The vehicle ID is the number that is used. The US Postal Service is also self-insured meaning postal drivers do not need to provide proof of insurance. You may also notice that some postal vehicles, cars etc. do have plates that say US government.
4. Hey today, yes this very day, is the birthday of the USPS! It's been around since 1775. So maybe because it is that old, they don't need plate. Rural mail carries do have plates on their vehicles though.
5. It could be because the are ferderally owned. the postal service first became the us postal service because they could not get any one company to deliver the mail, so the federal govt took over and it has been that way ever since. It could be that they are really a non profit organization and who else would want to drive those ugly vehicles. All of the ones in my area have tags, so it could be a state thing too. but you could call the po and ask them why. But look now everyone wants to deliver stuff, we now have fedex, ups, dhl, etc. they found out that there is money in delivering mail.
6. WHY DON'T YOU JUST CALL YOUR LOCAL DMV OFFICE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU WILL BE GETTING THE CORRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.