{"id":140940,"date":"2018-06-14T03:51:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T03:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/world-cup-2018-royal-mail-bans-england-flags-from-vans\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T03:51:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T03:51:39","slug":"world-cup-2018-royal-mail-bans-england-flags-from-vans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/world-cup-2018-royal-mail-bans-england-flags-from-vans\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2018: Royal Mail bans England flags from vans"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"England flag attached to car\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1513B\/production\/_102013368_be2bc21f-21d2-4f71-a890-120ef10700de.jpg\"\/><figcaption>Image caption                                      Other drivers are free to fly flags on their vehicles, provided they are safely attached and not too big                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Patriotic postal workers looking to show their support for England will not be allowed to fly flags on their delivery vehicles during the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Mail has banned flags and stickers from being put on trollies, bikes, vans and lorries.<\/p>\n<p>It says they could distract drivers or &quot;pose a potential hazard to other road users&quot;, should they come loose.<\/p>\n<p>But the Royal Mail is not banning flags altogether - they will be allowed to be displayed in offices.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your questions about English identity<\/li>\n<li>Which World Cup team should you really support?<\/li>\n<li>Saudi flag removed from pubs&#039; World Cup bunting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The company said the policy was in place for previous World Cup tournaments. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Flags should not be flown on vehicles as Royal Mail has a duty of care both to all employees and to members of the public,&quot; a statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;No other flag or insignia should be carried next to the Royal Mail brand and insignias.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The company added that live radio commentary would be playing on PA systems throughout their offices during matches.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament begins on Thursday, with Russia v Saudi Arabia kicking off at 16:00 BST. England&#039;s first game is on Monday evening, against Tunisia.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Reuters                                                    <\/figure>\n<p>Some have called Royal Mail&#039;s decision &quot;unpatriotic&quot;, while others said it was the right decision, as they were professional vehicles. <\/p>\n<p>Driving with a flag attached to a vehicle is legal. But, in accordance with the Highway Code, it must not obscure the driver or another road user&#039;s vision, and it should be fixed securely to the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>It may cost drivers at the pump though - with some experts claiming an average car with two flags attached burns an extra litre of fuel per hour than those without. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image caption Other drivers are free to fly flags on their vehicles, provided they are safely attached and not too big Patriotic postal workers looking to show their support for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}