Seat Belts

• Postal Service drivers must wear seat belts when their vehicles are in motion.
• In an LLV, drivers must wear the lap belt and shoulder belt whenever their vehicles are in motion. Exception: when shoulder belts prevent drivers from reaching to deliver or collect from curbside mailboxes, they can unfasten the shoulder belt, but never the lap belt. And the shoulder strap needs to be fastened again when entering a highway or crossing an intersection.
• Seatbelts reduce serious crash-related injuries and death by at least half, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Seatbelt use is required by law in 49 states.

Driving safely helps the Postal Service reduce accidents and injuries.

And that’s smart business.

Misuse of government computers and phones

Government property — like your computer or phone — is assigned for your official use but doesn’t belong to you. You can only use it as required by your postal duties. Minimal personal use is acceptable, provided:

• Your productivity isn’t adversely affected.
• It doesn’t interfere with the mission or operations of the Postal Service.
• Time and size are limited — there’s only minimal wear and tear on equipment, only a small amount of data or transmission is impacted, and only small amounts of consumable office products like computer memory or toner are used.
• You don’t violate any other law or regulation, including the Standards for Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch. See 5 CFR §2635.

When you preserve government property for its intended use, you show our customers that we won’t abuse their trust for our personal gain.

And that’s smart business.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for guidance.