Congratulations to Million Mile Drivers in Hialeah, West Palm Beach

According to the National Safety Council, more than 10,500 postal employees nationwide have achieved a distinction most people never even get close to in their lifetimes—driving more than one million miles, accident-free. 

Palms West Letter Carrier Richard Glander (center) 

In South Florida, recent Million Mile Award winners include Ceaser Erwin, Frank Gonzalez, Ray Rivera, and Rick Rossetti of Hialeah’s Palmetto Lakes Station. Palms West Letter Carrier Richard Glander also was recognized for safe driving when West Palm Beach Postmaster Richard Fermo presented him with his National Safety Council Million Mile Safe Driving plaque. 

When asked how he managed to remain accident-free for 30 consecutive years despite the growing population accompanied by increasing traffic, Glander replied, “…with luck as well as the fact that I had a park–and-loop route for over 20 years.” Currently, Glander has a curbside route which makes him happy. This safety-minded group is among the 300,000 city and rural letter carriers and truck drivers who log more than 1.2 billion miles annually when delivering to America’s 152 million addresses. There are nearly 214,000 vehicles in the nation’s 31,000-plus Post Offices. The Postal Service’s has the world’s largest civilian fleet.