Video shows Bay Area USPS driver crashing into parked car, then driving off

[@Pencil-o1p]

Man, even when he has solid proof, the USPS wouldn’t do anything until he contacted the media for help.

[@chuckxu5910]

I was ripped off by the California lottery too, because they said my winning ticket was stolen and they won’t pay me back. But I told them I bought it from the gas station how could that be

[@nancymcmonarch]

They're covering for their own.

[@Iamkitkatbar]

All the reason they should be abolished and defunded.

[@Dizzymarvel]

Next time call the cops and report it as a hit and run by USPS, the cops will charge and arrest the postal driver and USPS would solve this issue faster. A similar thing happened to my friend when a postal delivery vehicle sideswiped his parked car and kept going, everything was caught on dashcam. He reported the hit and run to police then postal. It was very easy for the cops to find out who was driving using the location and postal vehicle number, the postal driver got charged with hit & run and suspended from USPS. He got reimbursed in repairs after a few weeks.

[@nancymcmonarch]

@@Iamkitkatbar Defund and abolish the Postal Service? ◔_◔ Oh, yeah, that'll happen.

[@oceanzero]

I bet the USPS would process immediately if a residential car crashed into a parked USPS vehicle.

[@racthuibainhlaonhiemlambai1384]

The Police need arrest the driver for hit n run.

[@TH3mrBROWN]

They do, my aunt got into a minor accident with a USPS vehicle like the one in this video. Within 20 minutes they had a representative on site to take pictures along with police to take a report. The USPS driver made a u-turn in the middle of the street without indicating, my aunt was about to go around and hit the side of the USPS vehicle. The police report put my aunt at fault.

[@Torch.Flames777]

This happened to me early this year. The postal worker didn't drive off. My ring camera captured everything. His supervisors came out, took a report. And I have yet to be paid. USPS is self-insured so of course they dragged the investigation out. I had my insurance pay and I'm waiting to be reimbursed by USPS

[@Torch.Flames777]

This happened to me earlier this year. My ring camera captured the incident, the worker called his supervisor and they and the policcame out and made a report. USPS is self-insured so they take their time. l let my insurance handle it and now I'm waiting to be reimbursed.

[@DarthVader1977]

@@Kayak_233 tampering* with .*

[@jswap1]

Should have filed criminal charges. It was a hit and run.

[@Lq32332]

@@jason-s8cWas it the hitting or the running part you misunderstood? 🤡

[@indianapolisindiana7856]

@@jason-s8c What do you mean it wasn't a hit and run?

[@indianapolisindiana7856]

@@jason-s8c Well, apparently you cared enough to make a comment lol. And the people whose property was damaged care. And people who don't like seeing other people ripped off care. And people who care about what their public servants are doing care.

[@akbychoice]

@@jason-s8ctroll.

[@highvibefreqzshow5967]

It’s an obvious troll and you guys are feeding it. 😂🤦 Did y’all just start using the internet just today for the first time that you don’t see the obvious signs of a troll? And he even used the most basic form of trolling and dummies bit it hook, line, and sinker. 😂😂😂

[@theone4042]

Should have filed charges and immediately got an attorney.

[@clarkmacgowan5114]

That always sounds good but look at how much money he had to spend in the meantime. It showed he lost time from work, he had to spend almost $600 on a rental car, he lost that deductible on his original car. Believe me, in the Bay Area it's going to cost you $2.50 an hour for even the most basically competent attorney. So you have to weigh whether or not you can handle this yourself or whether you are willing to spend another $10,000. And here's the thing, just because you win a case against somebody or in this case an entity, it doesn't mean they have to pay your legal fees. People assume that is always the case but it isn't. I was a legal secretary for a long time, believe me people would be shocked at what lawyers can and cannot do for you.

[@wm5994]

@@clarkmacgowan5114 wow a whole $2.50 an hour for a lawyer. Might want to hit "edit" on your comment.

[@babycakes.x]

That’s what I said! If there’s a case, usually only with injury…whatever $ he receives from the lawsuit the attorneys get 30-40% of that $

[@raymathews7035]

I agee with you..I personally don't trust the federal government 👎..

[@kcgunesq]

Always pursue criminal charges when a federal employee is involved.

[@V-ki2wl]

postal employees are not federal employees

[@akbychoice]

@@V-ki2wl The USPS is the second largest federal employer, with over 500,000 employees. Quasi-federal agency.

[@highvibefreqzshow5967]

Well it has already been pointed they aren’t federally funded with tax payer loot since the 1970s, but what you said is still very wise. If you don’t file charges on a federal employee they can keep using their privileges in that position to cover up their crimes rather than showing they do not have the integrity to continue in their position. It is in the best interest of the NATION not just for you, to file charges on them especially when they committed felonies on video at that. To not file on them is to let your country down of which you share as citizen. What hurts one, hurts us all. Federal employees have to be held to a higher standard, you commit crime against the public, not only should they immediately be investigated, but also indicted and handed a federal prison sentence. Don’t get into a government position and think you can commit a single crime and not have to pay dearly for it as that is close to treasonous and traitorous to use OUR power against the people. The people should demand no tolerance for government employees that commit crimes at any level. Lose your job, disqualify them from ever holding another government position and go to prison. We are way too lax on letting corruption run rampant in our government. It’s the people’s government, it’s not owned by those who are serving as servants to the people. But we are not tough on government corruption at all and yet the nation is constantly bellyaching about all the political corruption but the people do nothing about it.

[@LeedleLee457]

You should ALWAYS pursue criminal charges. THAT'S HOW CHANGES OCCUR. These events will keep happening to other innocent people until somebody finally files charges! It's so frustrating when victims choose not to pursue legal actions, because it's saying "You're off the hook. You can go do it to someone else."

[@Vml-et9cy]

@@V-ki2wlthey are federal employees, they’re not federally funded.

[@africacarey]

He's a fool for not filing criminal charges anybody else would have been put in jail in for this

[@Hundr_]

I agree. Good thing it seems Brady is a super nice guy, I hope that driver at least thanks them.

[@keithjones8889]

In California ❓🤷‍♂️❗🙄. 🤦‍♂️. 😂. 🤣

[@natedowns5]

​@@keithjones8889 since it's the Post office the feds get involved. The US postal inspectors will get their federal agent's on the case

[@BigB0ss00]

@@keithjones8889 In California they apoligize to criminals then give them a $25 gift certificate for their trouble of getting interrupted by cops during a crime

[@pewsandbrews]

People don't get put in jail for assault, you think a fender bender deserves jail?

[@johnfish1194]

If he had hit the postal van, and ran off, he would have been jailed and sued for damages. In weeks.

[@HK-ds4vm]

Days*

[@BigB0ss00]

@@HK-ds4vm hours

[@ibedoindat]

And probably facing federal charges

[@KyVisuals]

​@@BigB0ss00 Minutes*

[@kjdnyhmghfvb]

well that's America, the corporations and governmental entities always get preferential treamtent.

[@leon-z8n5f]

Calling local tv news is faster and easier than calling the law

[@alisont.6940]

Oh, Form 95. Of course. Everyone knows that.

[@FreePalestine1948]

hahahaha

[@Peelbacks]

but you must submit it on a Tuesday, following an Ash Wednesday, and after 3pm, don't forget to wear white clothing.... otherwise, null and void.

[@erickborling1302]

FTCA all the way bud. yes we all know it.

[@MiMiiViVi]

All our government agencies need a rehaul. Many more real customer service agents, better websites, building upgrades, more hours. We need to put our money back into America and not into foreign territory wars...

[@sukaynanathani7246]

I never knew!

[@flydragoon88]

This postman MUST be prosecuted. It's a typical hit-and-run case. NO excuse!

[@Dizzymarvel]

Yep, that’s why he should have called the cops then postal

[@Wee162]

Yes it could have been a person he hit

[@erikgabrieljimenez4622]

I got hit by my neighbor in a similar way. I don’t have it in video but we witnessed it and another neighbor also saw it. Made a police report here in Sacramento but the police will not investigate since no one was hurt.

[@Frank-jt3ds]

He did call the cops but didn't press charges, did your brain miss that!! 😂

[@jonathanguerrero5991]

@@erikgabrieljimenez4622 that really suck, then property is not safe anymore, we need to change that here in Sacramento and California Overall

[@ViewpointUnique]

Should have ABSOLUTELY filed criminal charges. That was a hit and run!

[@Aaron-hd8ql]

You are a moron.

[@gonelucid]

He never called the police.. dudes a clown

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

It's on camera, no way around that!

[@SonnyShizzle]

We’re talking about a guy with no uninsured motorist coverage. So yeah…

[@stevek8829]

@@SonnyShizzleI do think the USPS has insurance. Be should have reported to police. Hit and run is their department.

[@occasionalfeelgood23]

Having worked for the post office years ago, this doesn't surprise me at all. Working for them was total chaos, I've never experienced so much rampant unprofessionalism in my life, all the way from their mail couriers to their management staff. A very toxic company that doesn't want to accept responsibility for anything. They will hire anyone with a pulse as well -- I worked with the dumbest people I've ever seen.

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

The way he tried to break but accelerated lol

[@iamhorcruxer]

Brake

[@chrismontgomery3658]

I know how embarrassing

[@walterwhite1]

No wonder the fool retired

[@dapperdingo]

Typical government hire.

[@awelldressedape3419]

asian guy for sure, they can't drive

[@PaladinKonrad]

Should have called the police first.

[@summer2786]

Police wont come out or make a report.

[@summer2786]

Police wont come out or make a report.

[@summer2786]

Police wont come out or make a report.

[@Dizzymarvel]

@@summer2786how do you know 🙄

[@Nonononono12345-o]

Please…. White guy with a house calling the cops in California….. he would be arrested

[@lou7139]

Let's hope the check doesn't get lost in the MAIL.

[@thebewitchinghour831]

You know it will. 🤣🤣🤣

[@bills6946]

Or the mailman doesn’t put a slit in the envelope and remove the check. They are notorious for grabbing checks and gift cards from envelopes.

[@C.O.Rey_Male-mon]

​@bills6946 are they? You know of some notorious envelope slitters? 😂

[@jacobburns3515]

wink wink

[@bills6946]

@@C.O.Rey_Male-mon Yes. The carrier in our subdivision was finally caught slitting mail and allowed to retire without prosecution. She was caught with a gift card that my next door neighbor mailed as a set up and photographed before sealing the envelope. The serial numbers matched what she had on her. The Postal Inspectors said they needed more evidence than that.

[@BillyBobKornhol]

If that USPS driver “retired early” after that then he was probably DRUNK.

[@michelledenesha4046]

Failure to report an accident, plus all the violations he committed he would have been fired immediately anyway

[@benwagner5089]

@@michelledenesha4046 He should still get any retirement benefits revoked/reduced since he failed to report this incident, maybe even falsified why his truck came in with front end damage on his final day.

[@smorris281]

@@michelledenesha4046 Last time I checked, leaving the scene of an accident is a felony in most states. This guy is fool for not filing charges against the guy.

[@milt0n290]

those things are 40 years old. same thing happened to me. tbh youre supposed to turn off the vehicles but youre pressured to move so fast its an honest and common mistake. i stayed and knocked on the door. i was fired on the spot but they dont pay enough and give rookies the hardest and longest routes 6 days a week for $20/hr

[@jcr3280]

I’m sure he was Asian not a drunk employee 💯

[@asianangler]

basically they were hoping this guy would give up by making him wait forever

[@Keepskatin]

Same tactic police use when filing complaints, FOIA, etc.

[@CJBhattarai]

This is exactly why

[@stopmikeandjim3196]

This is a standard tactic for a lot of government agencies in the US. They try to wait you out to keep from paying

[@planescaped]

I worked for an answering service for a time and I can confirm they totally, and knowingly do this; avoiding telling people they need to file forms and go through proper channels, make themselves constantly unavailable, ect. The worst part is that it works.

[@WurdNinja007]

He's a better, more patient man than me. After the second contact, I would have gotten an attorney.

[@EstradaDuran-sg6co]

hes a moron lmao

[@sidehustlesam7753]

Lose more money, lawyers ain’t cheap

[@WurdNinja007]

@sidehustlesam7753 Lawyers will take fees out of the settlement, especially with a slam dunk case with video.

[@sandrachebo]

Get an attorney, then go to AG office.! Federal govt is self funded, no insurance coverage for vehicles.

[@notSenses]

@@sidehustlesam7753You’ve never had a lawyer in your entire life. You don’t know how it works.

[@64mikecowart]

Why is it that companies will usually avoid taking responsibility until the news gets involved

[@Screaming-Bees]

The usps isn't a company it's apart of the federal government.

[@ronnierebel6388]

@@Screaming-Beesso right is right wrong is wrong they'll go after you in a heartbeat if it was vice versa

[@oniongummy8969]

@@Screaming-Beesthe irony of your typo

[@stuporman]

Too big to care. It's the essence of capitalism.

[@charlesmarcus7864]

@@ronnierebel6388 that’s why is the US government they don’t care about you or your political beliefs. That’s what most citizens don’t understand.

[@ZYGTropicals]

The US Postal service NEVER takes responsibility for their actions. NEVER!! Hands down!

[@andrewy3711]

I'm so sick of people not taking personal responsibility

[@badtoro]

True but Cali is horrible with idiots

[@ThaiRoney]

Cali is full of these folks that also blame it on racism

[@MrMarkOlson]

@@badtoro People who generalize are the real idiots.

[@ADHD_guy_reacts]

​@@badtorowow really? You from the reaks of the boots duh

[@fringestream990]

Government never takes responsibility until it's way too late

[@kindGSL]

And this is what is so great about a free press. Thank you for providing a highly valuable public service. A free press is what makes this country great.

[@Lauratalksofter]

Yes!

[@mentilly_all]

this makes you trust abc ? 🤨 am i allowed to mention the existence of the Nuremberg Code yet?

[@BobMatlosz]

My old carrier took out my mailbox. Never said a word about it. Luckily a neighbor saw it and told us what happened. When I confronted her she claimed not to know anything about it. She finally confessed when I told her there was a witness. Postal Service never paid for the new post or mailbox and the carrier was assigned to a different route. No accountability from the government.

[@sallygomez8799]

Is there ever???

[@NoAmmo23]

Post office isn't apart of the government contrary to popular belief

[@williamzander9708]

Surprised they didn’t put her in prison for destroying the mailbox she should of got 10 years minimum at least .

[@jeffw1267]

​@NoAmmo23 I'm a carrier, and the post office IS a federal agency. You'll notice that our trucks have no state license plates, or any license plates at all for that matter.

[@C.O.Rey_Male-mon]

​@@jeffw1267they work for the government yet are not paid by the government. It may be considered government vehicles but the USPS pays for those vehicles and everything else that is theirs. They thoroughly cover this in carrier academy, for ones that went through it.

[@power2084]

Felony hit and run, and he doesn't make a criminal complaint ? This man loses my respect.

[@edgit69]

No injuries or fatalities, so how do you come up with felony hit and run?

[@power2084]

@@edgit69 yeah it's a misdemeanor.

[@Lincolntowncoupe]

I'm convinced nobody's ever been charged with a hit and run. The girl who crashed into my car and did $1500 of damage and drove off sure didn't.

[@MrReman2u]

@@edgit69 You beat me to it...A hit and run is only a felony when there are injuries and/or death.

[@thsizzle8272]

More than 50% of hit and run drivers are never caught.

[@mom2babygkaterad946]

Had someone hit the USPS's vehicle & drove off charges would've been immediate & severe. This is awful!

[@milesjohnson5487]

Federal charges I bet.

[@jasperstromy2778]

I'm sorry for the postal worker BUT they committed a hit and run crime. He should of filed a police report.....period

[@jeffw1267]

I'm a carrier, and we are supposed to report it no matter how minor the accident is. One time I knocked over a mailbox, I reported it to management, and I couldn't drive for a week until I went to postal driver school. The post office paid to fix the mailbox.

[@JohnSmith-ue3xm]

Watch the whole video. He did file a police report and decided not to pursue criminal charges. Now you don't have to watch the whole video. You're welcome

[@infdox9051]

Prison for worker and USPS pays for everything

[@deko2485]

Didn't want to lose their retirement and all their benefits. Shame on them.

[@bennyskim]

The police in the Bay Area don't do anything period.

[@Stutterstun]

Government accountability is a myth

[@LemonHillSoccer]

Harris endorses this message

[@DesertDog]

​@@LemonHillSoccer🤡

[@stevens6398]

This is what worries me about the USPS handling our ballots.

[@DesertDog]

@@stevens6398 DeJoy made it crappy on purpose because he owns stock in FedEx and UPS

[@MissMeggypoo]

As someone who believes in limited government and works for the dumb government, I can attest to the validity of this statement.

[@Nd8tz]

This is why you file the police report and ask to press charges. Then you immediately go to your own insurance company and file a claim with the police report and video evidence, pay your deductible, they send someone out to do the estimate or schedule one for you. They repair the vehicle or determine if it’s a total loss , then they Subro the claim for all the damages + your deductible to the party at fault .. in this case USPS. You let your own insurance company handle all the back end crap and claims process.

[@waynesguitar]

I trained as a USPS driver in Chattanooga, TN back in early 2023 but resigned within a few days. I did not like the job. But during training, the instructor taught that when you dismount from the vehicle, you first set the parking brake, you turn the front wheels towards the curb, you shut off the engine, then you dismount. This driver did none of this. He left the vehicle running, the parking brake was off. He violated every rule of dismounting from the vehicle. We were taught that it would result in immediate termination if found out by the USPS. That is why the employee quit before he could be fired. He took shortcuts and ended his career as a result. This was absolute stupidity at its finest.

[@tainadelcaribe]

That was my training as well. I did my first 360 and at the end of the 5 days off I turned bldg keys in along with my resignation. The place was being run by a short-man-syndrome PM who gave the supervisor position to the most incompetent front clerk he had. She was ok as a front clerk sup, but had no common sense and no respect for anyone. All because of an affair and because he could manipulate her in many ways since she didn’t know the job and he was a “trust me” guy so she trusted him. I wasn’t about to keep running a hub (serving about 20 offices in multiple cities and counties) everyday for them morons one more day. I they didn’t even tell me they had given the position which is the other reason I resigned, because I knew they were not above “forgetting” to tell me I got it, and when I did not go in (because I didn’t t know I had to; I wasn’t on the next schedule) just say I abandoned the job. So I made it easy for them and for me. I rather make $19 somewhere I don’t have to stress about ridiculousness from grown folk like they’re toddlers.

[@waynesguitar]

@@tainadelcaribe Thanks for your reply. I saw the writing on the wall early and resigned. $20.00 per hour coupled with all the scrutiny and fear of losing my job in an instance was not worth it.

[@Dealerplates420]

You don’t have to explain it all 😂😂😂

[@EagleLogic]

Glad you received training on how to properly park and exit a vehicle. Anyone with a drivers license should know this.

[@jadeblackwell6227]

@@EagleLogic exactly 😂

[@MoonDog991]

You should definitely file a criminal complaint. That would escalate this to a matter they'd finally take serious and stop brushing you off. That was a hit and run.

[@946towguy2]

Sure, except that the USPS can claim qualified immunity under state laws for their drivers and vehicles. USPS vehicles do not need license plates and their drivers are exempt from needing a state drivers license. You have to pursue them under federal regs and then sue in federal court if that fails.

[@uzi1951]

@@946towguy2 If you operate a motor vehicle as part of your duties, then you must have a valid, current state driver’s license in your possession while driving the vehicle. This requirement applies to all drivers of vehicles owned or leased by the Postal Service, owned by contractors, or owned by the driver.

[@skyhawk_4526]

@@946towguy2 Wrong. Government employees are protected under qualified immunity for harm caused by official acts done on behalf of the agency employing them. Committing a crime is not covered under qualified immunity as evidenced by the many government employees and officials who have been charged and convicted of crimes committed on duty. USPS workers also DO have to have to have valid state driver's licenses. The only thing you got right is about the license plates and that's because the vehicles are owned and operated by the federal government, and therefore not subject to state registration requirements. However, all USPS vehicles have registration numbers that are clearly visible on the rear of the vehicle to individually identify them. It is basically the equivalent of a US Government license plate, and they are in fact "registered" and in an automated database maintained by the US government and accessible by state and local law enforcement.

[@TuDoNgonLuan007]

Hire a good lawyer!

[@LD-jv9vq]

@@skyhawk_4526 OK so hit and run is a criminal act, so they got that right too. Call the police regarding the criminal act of a hit and run incident committed, and press charges.

[@charleszeitler8536]

USPS has been unaccountable and shady for decades

[@imsoniceee]

They bring you your mail for free. What more do you want ? Imagine if they charged for 💌

[@moralesgto]

@@imsoniceee u are not very smart buddy

[@KarmenD-ce5re]

@@imsoniceee lol, NO THEY DO NOT bring you the MAIL for free, what do you think postage is for!!??! DUH!!!

[@DarthVader1977]

So they are copying your lifestyle?

[@truthiscensored]

@@imsoniceee USPS make their money through postage and Junk Mail. Nothing is free in the mail, somebody paid for it

[@JsYTA]

As a Bay Area resident, this is 5 star local usps customer service.

[@proudasiangirl576]

Terrible. Inexcusable of the driver. That's absolute hit and run and charges should definitely be filed.

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

But you can bet your bottom dollar he wasn't fired.

[@Wee162]

Story said the driver immediately retired after the incident.

[@notmebutyou8350]

​@@Wee162Right. I wonder how old he is....

[@NONAME-kw3pu]

DISMISSED IMMEDIATELY FOR CAUSE

[@Marc-King777]

That driver should have been charged with hit and run and sued.

[@grafxgrl8030]

Did he retire to keep government benefits so he wouldn’t lose them if fired?

[@Staticky1000]

😂

[@EconomicWarfare]

Smart move 😂

[@Staticky1000]

@ yo

[@Law19157]

Probably

[@nikaanderson1868]

Of course

[@mw-sl9vo]

he should have called the police

[@946towguy2]

Police have no jurisdiction. U.S. Postal Police, FBI and U.S. Marshall's service have authority.

[@mw-sl9vo]

@@946towguy2 police have no jurisdiction over a hit and run? are you sh!tting me?

[@skyhawk_4526]

@@946towguy2 California police officer and former federal law enforcement officer here. You are incorrect. We recently arrested an on-duty USPS carrier for DUI and Hit and Run after he crashed into someone's fence and drove off. That's not the first time we've done so either. The FBI has jurisdiction over federal crimes and any crimes (state or federal) that are committed on exclusive federal property. Hit and run is a state crime. Only if the (state) crime occurred on federal property would federal law enforcement have any jurisdiction. The Assimilated Crimes Act which allows feds to arrest or issue citations for state code violations on property with exclusive federal jurisdiction like federal buildings, military installations, certain federally managed lands, etc. This is because only the feds have police powers in these areas and there is no federal crime of hit and run or (in the case I mentioned) DUI, so they arrest or cite for violation of the appropriate state law. The feds actually have zero jurisdiction in the case shown in this video because no federal crime was committed, and the crime was not committed on federal property.

[@dizzleslaunsen2372]

@@946towguy2why are you reposting this misinformation all over this thread? Are you related to the postal worker or something?

[@karlfonner7589]

@@skyhawk_4526 I want you as a lawyer

[@59phonebone]

The postman always dings twice. … I’ll let myself out now.

[@rocketmanpm]

Okay. Now that's funny!

[@bgyd6687]

😂😂😂

[@beautybliss7127]

👏😂

[@thebigmon]

You're giving away your age there, amigo.

[@NorthcoastPatty]

hahahahahahaha

[@SteelShield21]

The fact that the post office car was already missing half his bumper before hitting the Jetta tells me this wasn't his first rodeo

[@vndragonslayer1]

harris voter probably

[@Daniel15au]

​@@vndragonslayer1why do you people always have to make things unnecessarily political?

[@wileyjohnson5681]

​@@vndragonslayer1You lunatics with these politics has become overwhelming.

[@vndragonslayer1]

@@Daniel15au i was raised middle class with 2 dads, one was small business mcdonalds franchise owner and i believe in opportunistic economy

[@vndragonslayer1]

@@wileyjohnson5681 guess what the majority voting bloc in bay area is.. hint.. its not a bloody shade color

[@notmebutyou8350]

Why would you NOT press charges???? He hits your vehicle, then tries to run off! !! Unbelievable.

[@Itzguzman]

What would he get out of that? Just time wasted. The driver would not spend a day in jail, if he was even taken to jail at all, he would be released the same day. If convicted, he would only get probation.

[@nancymcmonarch]

@@Itzguzman Pile of excuses. Speaking of time wasted, I don't know why he even filed a police report if he had no intention of following through.

[@Jawwaad1111]

@@ItzguzmanHe probably wouldn’t get anytime in jail but he would most likely be fired from the PO as he did a criminal act in a federal vehicle. It’s clearly a hit and run.

[@jonesvaughn8946]

​@@Jawwaad1111I think the most he probably would have gotten is he probably would have had to pay a small fine and that's it

[@Jawwaad1111]

@@jonesvaughn8946 Yeah probably just a fine but he knew he was going to get fired and that’s why he took his retirement right after this happened. Probably had at least 20 years of service and with that, he retired comfortably from the PO.

[@amaggard14]

Remember that if you want a company or business to pay for something they did, always go to the media. You will get nowhere otherwise.

[@thomasharris5151]

HIT AND RUN, is a crime!😡

[@happicheshirecat]

No shit

[@nyman4686]

Yeah his point is he wasn’t held accountable for it.

[@AFAskygoddess]

He was an idiot for not pursuing criminal charges. The driver left the scene of a crime.

[@isrm8389]

So did guy not file a hit n run report 🤷‍♂️

[@jeremiewiggins3461]

Same thing I was thinkin. Why call usps and not the police

[@sabrinashaw7951]

Yes this was a police investigation from the get go.

[@loligagger85]

lawyers are $500 plus an hour, typical cost on a thing like this is $25,000 to $35,000 ... all for a car worth $6K at best? Troll harder Dem Smooth brain

[@blackcherry6877]

​@loligagger85 The car was worth more than that. Had he had a lawyer, he could of sued the post office and got all his money back.

[@melissasmess2773]

My old carrier smoked, my house was the end of her route, she always threw her butts by my mailbox, my field caught fire one day, luckily it was moving slowly upwind and my neighbors got some water hoses connected and saved my shop.

[@junedeike6144]

Omg.

[@thedognoseknows4451]

Wtf. That's terrible

[@3006Ave]

USPS driver should be charged for hit and run.

[@MichaelAlanis-t2v]

The Police should have been contacted immediately

[@chrishao7169]

There would have been much less damage if the post man didn't try to stop his truck....

[@justayoutuber1906]

man or woman?

[@nancybryson5488]

Definitely a guy.

[@joeblow1688]

There would have been no damage, if the driver had set his parking brake.

[@tammyyplatt5995]

He hit the gas instead of the brake that was the problem.

[@tammyyplatt5995]

​@@joeblow1688and turned off the vehicle.

[@skygazer858]

Should have called the police instead of the post office. Leaving the scene is a crime.

[@randall9000]

It’s CA. If you call 911 while being murdered, they might show up in 3-4 hours. No cops are coming out to deal with this

[@WavyFBaby]

They should pass a law or policies that don’t allow people to retire instead of being fired. It they did something that was big enough to be fired while employed, then they shouldn’t have an opportunity to retire while the case is pending.

[@bikedawg]

I would sue the USPS for punitive damages too.

[@dantheman6607]

Hi 🤡

[@mattburrito]

its a corrupt system 101

[@bennyskim]

Something similar happened to me, they tell you to talk to insurance who tells you to pursue the driver in court. Only problem is the driver the city hires is an illegal immigrant who cannot be sued.

[@NotTrumpNOMatterwhat]

Punitive damages? Man we got hate filled unhinged American here, that thinks the TAXPAYERS should pay PUNITIVE damages for a dented bumper. GET A GRIP ON YOURSELF.

[@dantheman6607]

@@bennyskim lol 😂

[@skyhawk_4526]

Should have called the police first. The USPS worker committed a hit and run.

[@Gfysimpletons]

It’s california Like the police care! 😂

[@nb-user25]

@@Gfysimpletonsstop drinking the kool-aid…Republican states have some of the highest crime rates in the country…if police cared in those states why such high crime?

[@jeffw1267]

The cops won't touch it.

[@C.O.Rey_Male-mon]

They're suppose to contact their postmaster unless it's an emergency. Then the postmaster is to contact the correct response units and go to the scene of the accident.

[@timlarson-m1b]

@@C.O.Rey_Male-mon He could'nt be bothered with such nonsense, had to get that route done.

[@sdfsdf2205]

"erm sir, you need to file a 95 form, you filed the 94 form". "Sir unfortunately you didn't fill out the 95 form in a timely manner, so it will be on the bottom of the pile". "sir, sorry we are backed up now due to the elections". "Sir please hold".

[@markenda1]

Sounds like they are taking lessons from the Vogons.

[@michelledenesha4046]

Now you need to file in triplicate 😅

[@Huhgundai399]

The dollar signs this man must have had in his eyes when he saw it was a USPS truck

[@SpencerFcp]

I doubt he made pretty much anything out of this and likely broke a little bit above even. You aren't getting rich off someone hitting & running unless they actually hurt someone.

[@michaelsiengo1]

Ring, doorbell, cameras, single-handedly saving America

[@marcseclecticstuff9497]

USPS has a long history of screwing EVERYBODY out of the money they owe. I worked for a semi-trailer repair company and most of our clients were railroads and trailer leasing companies. USPS damaged a couple of railroad owned trailers to the tune of $7500.00. When USPS picked up the empty trailers they were inspected at the gate for damage and anything found gets written up and put in the manifest box of the trailer. USPS isn't responsible for any of that damage. When the trailers made it back to the railroad, they were again inspected at the gate and the damage found and documented on another J-2 inspection form. Any damage on that one is on USPS to pay for. We repaired the trailers and billed the post office. Exact same thing as this poor guy got, they simply ignore you for months, if you manage to talk to somebody they're always the wrong party and pass you back into never never land. Got our lawyer on it, same nonsense. With all the layers of red tape suing them would take years and it wouldn't be worth it for $7500. We were a tiny, family run business, we really needed that money. At least this guy got something back via insurance. Sucks but something is better than -$7500.00

[@waleyefish9026]

I found the same thing with USPS. I stopped doing business with them.

[@albeit1]

I’m not surprised at all. In my experience, you can’t even get the post office to forward your mail as requested. And if you have to leave a domestic abuse situation, they’ll keep delivering your mail to your abuser. Or as I used to call him, my psycho ex from hell. They are surprisingly efficient at SELLING YOUR NEW ADDRESS to companies though. No private company would get away the substandard performance a government agency does. They’d get competed out of existence.

[@OhNoTheBenNo]

You do realize it takes a carrier that cares to do it right? Carriers focus on their own routes and definitely don't maintain other people's routes. You had a carrier that didn't care about his job and just throws all the mail in the box with no care. I promise you all the carriers that works with him hates him because he's the kind of guy that will never bring his forward cards with nor writes them up.

[@albeit1]

@ you don’t realize an organization has to get its people to do the things it commits to doing? If a business that fails to deliver explained that its people just won’t do their jobs, people wouldn’t care why it’s failing. They switch to a better company.

[@OhNoTheBenNo]

@@albeit1 you never had a single bad coworker then

[@albeit1]

@@OhNoTheBenNo ah. Me having a bad coworker means USPS doesn’t suck after all.

[@OhNoTheBenNo]

@@albeit1 idk why you're trolling and being intentionally difficult

[@cliffords.8341]

USPS is known for delivering mail to the wrong address, dumping mail on the side of the road and now a hot and run along with delaying reimbursement. What is this country coming to?

[@Justin_Holland]

Wait...he called the post office and actually got hold of someone?

[@Starfish2145]

So he filed a police report but DID NOT WANT DRIVER PROSECUTED??? 🤦‍♀️

[@StefaniClowdis]

No good deed goes unpunished

[@jennifer3164]

Idk horrible

[@melissasmess2773]

He wanted to continue receiving his mail. 😂

[@tommygunn-cq7kp]

Because he was black and its California.

[@boondocker7964]

Maybe, some money changed hands?

[@okay_then3337]

Lmao the way he tried to press the brakes but accelerated 💀🤣🤣

[@tiberiussempronious6252]

Right. He jumped in hoping to stop it but hit the wrong pedal.

[@navb0tactual]

"Why the engine rev tho?" *puts pedal on the floor TWICE*

[@changkwangoh]

Haha, a Asian for sure

[@zapcodeknock4503]

And yall seen that video of the kid stopping a car by pushing it back but this geezer messed up

[@Lex1uth3r]

My grandma used to do that too. My dad took her license away after the 2nd time she totaled her car,

[@ion_q]

New car parked onthe street instead of the driveway or garage? Why?

[@Phlowermom]

Call the damn cops!!! Don't they keep saying, "next time this happens, call us".

[@946towguy2]

Local police can't do anything to USPS.

[@Phlowermom]

@946towguy2 No, but they can take a police report to help with your insurance claim. By documenting damage with pictures they can prove they took in a timely fashion can help. Document 8 ways from Sunday!

[@dreamer6508]

How would the police identify who is the driver, hit and run involving property damage is not investigated by the police

[@jameseverly8501]

@@dreamer6508 hey dufus it is on video you can not argue with a video

[@Milesco]

The victim doesn't have to pursue criminal charges -- that's the police and prosecutor's job. This is a clear-cut case -- with video proof! Why isn't the District Attorney's office pursuing this???

[@nancymcmonarch]

The D.A. doesn't prosecute every single criminal complaint. When complainants announce "Oh never mind, just kidding, I don't feel like taking this to court," they get bumped to the D.A.'s "Not worth my time" list.

[@Milesco]

@nancymcmonarch Yeah, that's understandable -- in most cases. But in _this_ case you have high quality video of the collision and the illegal departure (hit & run). It's an open-and-shut case. If I were a prosecutor, I would _want_ to pursue this one, even if the victim isn't particularly keen on doing so. (And of course the prosecutor can subpoena the victim and make him testify even if he doesn't want to.)

[@johngomez7895]

This is a perfect example of how the government works. And democrats want bigger government, if that happens you will be sorry and there will be nothing you can do about it.

[@kevinm.3506]

That’s a felony hit and run. The driver should be charged

[@richardjacques1731]

How do you know it is a felony?

[@Unedited43795]

No it's not a felony. Good grief.

[@joecascade5105]

​@@richardjacques1731federal employee, federal property, felony.

[@jmhkeys3279]

⁠@@richardjacques1731 In most states It can be charged as either a misdemeanor or felony. It’s most likely a felony only if there’s injury or death.

[@jmhkeys3279]

Not a felony. Misdemeanor . CA: THE DEFINITION OF “HIT AND RUN” UNDER VEHICLE CODE § 20002 In order for you to be convicted of hit and run[2], the prosecution must prove the following: While driving, the defendant was involved in a vehicle accident; The accident caused damage to someone else's property; The defendant knew that (he/she) had been involved in an accident that caused property damage; The defendant willfully failed to perform one or more of the following duties: (a) To stop immediately at the scene of the accident; or (b) To provide the owner or person in control of the damaged property with (his/her) name and current residence address [and the name and address of the owner of the vehicle the defendant was driving]. PENALTIES UNDER CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE § 20002 As a misdemeanor, hit and run carries a possible sentence of up to six months in the county jail as well as a fine up to $1,000.00 dollars, or both. Penalties can also include 3 years of probation, restitution for the damage to property as well as 2 points on a California driving record.

[@zaad5273]

He should have filed criminal charges in this case. It was a clear hit-and-run.

[@kenmore01]

Are you kidding? The post office can't afford to replace a Volkswagen!

[@cockyhemi]

The USPS has been operating in the red for decades. They’re insolvent just like every other governmental agency. 😂

[@doright8355]

No, it's not kidding. For 2023 year. WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service announced its financial results for the 2023 fiscal year that ended September 30. The net loss totaled $6.5 billion. USPS's revenues haven't covered its expenses and debt for more than 15 years. And its expenses are growing faster than its revenues. Replacing the Volkswagen is out of reach for the USPS. We need to do a "GoFundMe" for USPS.

[@cockyhemi]

@@kenmore01 The USPS has been operating in the red for decades. It is insolvent just like all other governmental agencies and programs. Only a matter of time.

[@lisa9867]

@@doright8355 The only reason the post office functions at a loss is because they are forced by Congress to fund pensions 75 years in advance. They can no longer do this and default on the payment. No other federal agency is expected to fund employee pensions for future employees that are most likely not even born.

[@jimbobfisher8904]

Bidenomics

[@thesuperjoe]

This is why I never park on the road Too many idiots

[@Anom-vd4kn]

Some of us don’t have choice.

[@booploops22]

It must be nice to have the privilege of not having to park on the road.

[@Honey-Sanchez]

I was a USPS driver for the Xmas season in downtown Seattle. It was my first and last day. I didn't hit anyone but the pace and work load was overwhelming. It's dangerous.

[@mikolots]

But no excuses for not leaving your car in park and thennnnn doing a criminal hit and run. He was very irresponsible.

[@MichaelJones-yx4zv]

Why not take them to court? Sue for complete amount

[@moralambush]

A local USPS post office worker stole my new credit card while my mail was on hold during vacation. Used it to fill up gas and buy donuts. These clowns are unbelievable.

[@plantsplantz2116]

Mail theft is a real problem

[@lablaine1981]

​@@plantsplantz2116💯 agreed...in the USPS box,or in route,or delays...sad what trust we had the crooks took away🕯️

[@blakewu1375]

How did they activate the card? Just curious

[@moralambush]

​@@blakewu1375no idea. I called the bank to ask & they had no idea how it happened either. It was an existing account but a new card to replace the old card. My hunch is the security for these credit cards aren't that great.

[@jjk2one]

Doing things like that is supposed to be a federal offense.

[@OscarsMama]

Looks like he panicked and hit the gas instead of the brake.

[@Mmshroom]

@@OscarsMama there is a pull break right by the steering wheel and it sounds like it failed- this man is overworked.

[@90daysinvegas53]

@Oscarmyerweiner... Nothing gets past you, huh Sherlock.

[@OscarsMama]

@@Mmshroom I agree!

[@OscarsMama]

@90daysinvegas53 why don't you go get the mental help you so desperately need Mr.90dsysinvegasandconstantlydrunk

[@whackamole4909]

what it looks like to me...a driver smashed into a car a couple times and took off.

[@SarahLovesBoobahandErEr]

I would’ve pressed charges, taken them to court and then some to get the point across that they cannot get away w sh*t like this! How despicable!!

[@90daysinvegas53]

@SarahLovesBoobsandhandsEr.. Yes, exactly! I agree. He could have sued not only for damage to the car but also past and future damages or loss.. whatever it's called.

[@thomasgriffin2326]

Ok Karen

[@SarahLovesBoobahandErEr]

@@thomasgriffin2326 😂

[@epiklyfail6601]

$3000 in lost wages from not being able to drive to work? Either he has an extremely high paying job, or he took off more days than required

[@sirrichardwhitney5452]

I had one in Michigan crash into a snow bank,, drunk walked past other homes, and went a quarter mile to my house demanding to use the bathroom. I refused her, reported it to the sheriff, mail stopped coming for a month , no results except mail missing. The post office said it was resolved..

[@runnergo1398]

He pressed the gas instead of the brake lol

[@JoanBrown-j3e]

Nothing funny about that and ‘lol’ is SO lame and outdated.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@JoanBrown-j3e Plenty funny. Must be misreble to be around U, Miss Uptight.

[@craigc1879]

@@JoanBrown-j3egotta be blue

[@MoneySavingVideos]

@@JoanBrown-j3e lol

[@ultimatums1]

Funny as hell, cope ​@@JoanBrown-j3e

[@7415_Gamer]

Post Office struggling to make money, Post driver struggling to control car.

[@phil1517]

The Post Office loses money intentionally by underpricing junk mail for political reasons.

[@solar_warden81]

😂

[@phatnum17]

⁠@@KarmenD-ce5reWrong, the money it generates in profits is supposed to fund its operations, but it instead incurs billions of dollars in operating losses annually 😅

[@phatnum17]

@@KarmenD-ce5re No you didn’t lol. “They aren’t suppose to make money” they Infact do 56 billion dollars of revenue generation actually this last quarter, it’s just not enough to sustain their operations sustainably. They ideally want to break even but now the tax payers still foot the bill smh.

[@redkellbell6169]

​@phatnum17 think they meant not supposed to make a profit after expenses. I'm an ex carrier and that's what we were told. USPS is meant to be a service to the american people per the constitution, not a business. However, it's not supposed to run in the red and have poor service like it is now 😬 I blame a certain administration for severing ties between the government and the USPS. The latter effective running as well as... well, a run away teenager or freight train.

[@matthewnachel7112]

I think the driver knew exactly what he was doing. He wanted to as they said he retired exactly after the incident. I think it was intentional. I don’t know if it was intentional towards the family, but whatever the case is crazy well good thing he retired because he would’ve been fired otherwise

[@R0B__]

Why was the car parked on the main street and not parked on the driveway?

[@projectkj7643]

I was sitting in a chair 5’ from front door, mail lady puts my mail in slot in door and, once again, there’s a notice that she had certified mail for me but I wasn’t available to sign! She didn’t knock on door and the form was pre-filled. I ran out and stopped her. She apologized, went to truck and got my letter! She LIED bc she didn’t want to deliver my letter. I have been going to the PO and dealing with surly workers trying to get CERTIFIED mail!!!

[@zureai]

Yeah I hate those type of workers… my nearest post office is 20 minutes …

[@chekote]

USPS does that to me all the time. 😡 I’ve met absolutely lovely USPS workers, so I know that not all of them are this terrible, but boy there are a lot of them!

[@bleukreuz]

I know your pain. A lot of third party courier in Australia does something like this too. You would take the day off to wait for important delivery and never get any knock or door bell at all... I don't understand it, they already have the item in the delivery vehicle and made the effort to drive to your address but then not try to deliver it??

[@poetryismyting8854]

@@bleukreuznot defending it but a little inside look. The mail your carrier delivers is all presorted and a concrete route. They have to drive past your house regardless if you have mail or not to follow their route. Now as far as the certified letter, I’m guilty of being annoyed of pulling to a house, knocking and waiting 4-5 mins, no response, and the customer decides to stumble to the door after I already wrote up a notice and as I’m leaving. I’ve done that to a house who often gets letters but is never available to answer the door. I found myself “assuming” they won’t answer after a while. Lot of scenarios but like I said not defending it. Mail carriers have no AC, typically work 6 days a week, unpredictable work hours and trucks with terrible gas emissions in the cabin of the truck.

[@old_school_guy]

Did people not hear that transmission grinding with wheels rolling? Some serious issues there too.

[@freedom0164]

That's what I thought 😂

[@hedwards4599]

Standard form 95??? That's rubbish!

[@mandelstamm]

Government red tape at its finest!

[@Mmshroom]

@@hedwards4599 imagine working there and getting hurt. Or you need a day off it’s all forms. To do this to a civilian outside the agency is ridiculous.

[@MsLH208]

The Post Office has gone to the trash can for a long time now.. it's sad.y he didnt call the cops??

[@daveluttinen2547]

There should have been NO MERCY toward the USPS and the driver. Charges should have been filed. Hit and run is a serious crime.

[@anthonychihuahua]

USPS: We have investigated ourselves and find no wrongdoing.

[@cockyhemi]

Typical government agency.

[@bryandeviney4072]

Why do government workers only get a slap on the hand... any normal citizen would have been criminally charged for hit and run for what he did.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Please! They'll steal your mail in a heartbeat, and even EMPLOYEES say exactly what everyone else already said: lazy, thieves, and no honor, as shown. They'll steal it and cut open the replacement BOOK package hope they'll READ IT, anyways.

[@MaryMary-iw7wh]

Despite popular belief....The USPS is NOT a govt entity.However this is unacceptable and a hit and run. Destruction of someone's property and then to run like a coward is bs.

[@kjdnyhmghfvb]

any normal citizen, who isn't rich, or didn't have connections.

[@jon-47]

@@MaryMary-iw7wh The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government

[@bryandeviney4072]

@@MaryMary-iw7wh The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 established the USPS as an independent government agency.

[@Jason-oo4jg]

Hit & RUN is a CRIME - File it with USPS POSTAL INSPECTOR OFFICE. Find out WHO ran that route on that DATE & TIME

[@RichardsWorld]

Don't worry. The check is in the mail.

[@whackamole4909]

oh great means another "visit" from the USPS. Keep your ring camera running...

[@MrKensei7]

Lol😂 this dude worked another six months before he retired😅

[@brianrobertson877]

Wrong!

[@cmoney555]

My vehicle was hit by a postal worker. The hoops you have to go through if you get in an accident with a postal worker is INSANE. You have to MAIL in their stupid form and all accident reports/receipts, etc. and pay out of pocket or go through your own insurance and be out money. They have no insurance company you can deal with, all you can do is mail them your information and wait. Its an absolute joke and the postal service should be ashamed and they shouldn't be allowed to operate this way.

[@OnlyTheEd]

The grinding sound is someone's transmission going bye-bye.....

[@p19shelt]

yup!

[@joeg5414]

I almost had this happen when I was a carrier at the post office. Didn't go in park. I got out and it started rolling away. Jumped in and got it stopped inches from the car in front of me. Some of these old mail trucks have an issue where the lever looks and feels like it's in park, but it actually is not. I drove a bunch of them with this issue

[@llamacebu216]

Another reason insurance is a scam. No way that damaged the frame LOL

[@Bix06068]

Privatize the Post Office. This is unconscionable behavior at all official levels. The people are in charge now!

[@tokyosan7906]

USPS is incompetent.

[@juneau66]

Absolutely disgusting behavior from our government

[@JasonB808]

Man should have contacted a lawyer. The lawyer would have know what to do to get money quicker and get more money. Probably would have been settled out of court too.

[@TLA79]

He's lucky. My USPS delivery guy would have smashed the car then get out and crap on the windshield, then drive off.

[@yonusa72]

This is so dirty, Insurance is is the culprit too. They’ve been really shady in California after the fire losses

[@ryanamendt8363]

No.

[@rustynail6936]

Insurance companies have always been shady. Where have you been?

[@pdcamsnews]

Well, he should have called the cops first. Hit and run is a crime then called his insurance company and let them go after them for damages. He went about it the wrong way.

[@aaroncoulter3462]

Haven’t you ever been to a post office? There’s like two people working at any time. One in the front and one in the back

[@nunyabidness7547]

well that might depend on if your talking about a heehaw post office that services 34 people. Mine in the morning has 40 or 50 people working in the back. In the afternoon there's not a lot of people in the back cause the all out delivering the mail.

[@teedouble]

tHE USPS DRIVER retired! A good way to keep his pension as he wasnt fired! He knew the game.

[@lilibethdoherty295]

This could only happen in California where Committing a Crime only has Consequences for Victims and not the Criminals.

[@michelledenesha4046]

As a retired postal worker, happens everywhere