How did you hone your motorcycle driving skills on snowy roads?

Mr. Mori driving down a snow-covered residential alley.

Next, we asked him about his driving skills. Mr. Mori had no experience driving a motorcycle before joining the Bureau. How did he learn to drive on snow-covered roads in the middle of winter?

As you would expect, they don't suddenly go out to the delivery site with zero experience in driving a motorcycle on snow-covered roads. Even so, this training takes about one or two days. After that, they will actually go out into the field. I'm sure you are quite anxious about it. ......

Mr. Mori, who drove his motorcycle every day, rain or snow, said that after about two years of driving on snowy roads, he felt that he was finally getting used to it.

There have been plenty of near-misses."

Deceleration and curves are very careful.

Naturally, the way we drive changes in summer and winter.

I guess driving a motorcycle in a snowy area is quite difficult and hard. I asked Mr. Mori a question that had been on my mind. What do you do on days when there is a blizzard or after a heavy snowfall? It's not like you can just take a day off from deliveries...?

A postman who drives his bike on snowy roads is still a god.

Postmen who deliver without a break even in heavy rain or snowstorms.

When I spoke with him, I realized that mail delivery in snowy areas is quite a tough job. Driving on slippery snow-covered roads takes a lot of nerve, and walking on unplowed snow-covered roads takes a lot of strength... Even on days when trains and buses are suspended due to extremely heavy snowfall, mail is delivered to mailboxes at home because of the hard work of the postal workers. The postmen who ride their motorcycles on snow and ice covered roads, they are gods after all.

Thank you for your daily work!

Interview supported by: Hokkaido Branch Office of Japan Post Corporation, Sapporo Minami Post Office

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