My postman will complain that my dumpster is blocking his route. (We put our garbage in our driveway before going to work. The garbage collector comes in front of the postman. The garbage collector puts our box wherever he wants, often with the lid open on his back. We have no influence on that. The postman sometimes leaves us bad news or moves the can in the middle of our driveway so we can`t drive down our driveway without getting out of our car to move it. It`s NOT our fault and the postman is just an idiot. The GOVERNMENT has much more attraction to the garbage collection business than I do! I asked the garbage collectors not to leave the trash in the middle of the street, and I can`t be home to keep the trash, I have a day job. I understand that this is extremely frustrating for the postal worker, especially on garbage day, but a landlord cannot change the practices of garbage collection companies, the post office can be very persecutive if it intervenes. We built a house in 1985.
It is located in a cul-de-sac that we share with five other houses. The postmaster at the time ordered us to set up our mailboxes in a row on the right side of the street when we got out of the cul-de-sac. This places mailboxes across the street, away from our residence and about 200 feet from our car. The six boxes are about 1 1/2 feet apart. They are all similar in size, but mounted on different poles. Ours is on a 1 1/4 inch steel pole. The bottom of the mailbox is 43 inches above the ground. The front of the mailbox is 7 inches from where the curb swab hits the grass. It was approved by the postmaster during the initial installation. I have maintained our mailbox over the years, but I have never changed the structure or location.
Other families came and went. Some of the other mailboxes have been replaced. A few months ago, our (new) carrier started telling us in writing that our mailbox is too far from the road. The messages ask us to move our mailbox closer to the road to adapt to others on the line. Ours is currently about 4-6 inches further from the road than the others. Last week, we received absolutely no mail, which is very unusual. I`m sure they stopped the delivery. I will be at the post office tomorrow to discuss it with them.
I am just wondering what you think. I would like to mention that I had to retire a few years ago because of a physical or health disability. Mobility has become a big problem. (I retired after five years as a firefighter and 35 years as a law enforcement officer.) This could also be a good time to address the issue of moving our mailbox from the cluster to a more convenient location for my home. What do you think? After all, simple slots aren`t that pretty and why settle for that when there are so many aesthetically pleasing mailbox styles and shapes to choose from? I don`t think you understood what letter size means. Their plan means more people stay home to receive mail, or more days later at the sorting office to pick them up as soon as they receive a card. if they are lucky enough to get the card. But. Realistically, it`s probably not worth taking legal action. If it were me, I would contact my local post office/postmaster, tell them what happened, and then let them advise you on where to place your box.
The roadside usually belongs to the government/city/county, so it probably wasn`t within your neighbors` rights to delete your mailbox, but it`s probably not worth your time. This explanation is not stupid at all! The assumption that a tree in your garden will be hit by someone is not a valid argument at all. The tree is in your garden and no one is allowed to drive into your garden and hit your tree. Hitting a mailbox – in the right-of-way of the highway – should not happen, but those who drafted the regulations also decided that a mailbox must be made of materials that limit damage to vehicles and bodily injury. If someone builds their mailbox from irreconcilable materials, they have broken the standards and could well be prosecuted for placing a deadly solid object (DFO) in the driveway of the highway. Similarly, the municipality responsible for the road where the mailbox was placed could be sued for authorizing it there! What can be placed in the right-of-way is subject to the rules of the participating municipalities, as well as the USPS! Building mailboxes from ANY material that, if hit by a faulty vehicle, could cause injury to everyone involved, is absolutely prohibited for exactly the reasons given by the commentator.
