Think you’re a good driver?
You’ve got many miles to go before eclipsing the record of Merced mail carrier Arthur Hanson.
Drum roll, please!
Hanson has driven a mail truck more than two million miles without an accident during his 60 years with USPS.
No wonder he’ll be honored in a ceremony at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Merced Post Office, 2334 M Street.
Someone licensed at 16 and driving until age 86 will typically total just short of a million miles. That’s based on an average of 14,000 miles yearly.
Putting a million miles into perspective, that equates to 40 trips around Earth or two round trips to the moon.
Thus, Hanson has driven — accident free, no less — the equivalent of 80 times around the globe or four round trips to the moon.
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