Inside a UPS training school where workers haul boxes across slick 'ice,' perform high-stakes driving drills, and deliver packages to empty homes in a mock neighborhood

• I went to a UPS school in West Boylston, Massachusetts to train like a delivery driver for a day.
• The experience left me with the impression that UPS workers might be among some of the safest drivers on the road.
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Surging package volumes are bringing an unprecedented number of delivery trucks and vans to our neighborhoods in the US and globally.

UPS is on the front lines of this growth as the biggest shipping company in the world, with more than 129,000 delivery drivers globally.

I went to a UPS training center in West Boylston, Massachusetts, to see how the company, under the pressures of unprecedented volumes, is educating its drivers to safely and quickly deliver hundreds of packages daily.