Photos: How UPS handles & delivers packages

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Photos: How UPS handles & delivers packages

A photographer visits the sorting facility in Roswell and goes on a delivery route to Cumming with a UPS driver.

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service pre-loader Etonka Bowden, sorts packages before morning deliveries from the company's sorting facility in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service pre-loaders sorts packages before morning deliveries from the company's sorting facility in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service pre-loader Etonka Bowden, sorts packages before morning deliveries from the company's sorting facility in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service pre-loader Etonka Bowden, loads packages on to a truck before morning deliveries from the company's sorting facility in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Richard Trzcinski, left, goes over the automated computer system that devises optimal routes for its drivers known as ORION, with fellow driver Daniel Petranck before heading out on deliveries from the company's sorting facility in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Richard Trzcinski, right, goes over the automated computer system that devises optimal routes for its drivers known as ORION, with fellow driver Daniel Petranck before heading out on deliveries from the company's sorting facility in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service drivers stretch before heading out on their deliveries from the company's sorting facility in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson pulls out of the company's sorting facility in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson is seen in the side mirror of his truck while pulling out of the company's sorting facility in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, a residential neighborhood is seen through the windshield of United Parcel Service truck during a delivery run in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson scans a package before a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson steps off a truck while making a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson scans a package before a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson makes a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson makes a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson makes a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson makes a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson makes a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson, left, gets a signature from Peter Sundquist while making a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson, left, gets a signature from Peter Sundquist while making a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson scans a package before a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson makes a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson makes a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson makes a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service driver Marty Thompson makes a delivery in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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In this June 20, 2014 photo, United Parcel Service pre-loader Etonka Bowden, sorts packages before morning deliveries from the company's sorting facility in Roswell, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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