Mailbox etiquette (house, United States, river, city)
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So isn't there rules about mailbox placement?
Like when you have a bank of boxes in a row shouldnt they be so everyone is able to pull up to their box in the car and check their mail? And thus also keeping it easier for the postal worker to deliver the mail?
I'm curious because some toolbag from the city just bought a place up the road and installed a new mailbox and placed it out past all of the others in the row so that now nobody can roll up to their box and get the mail without getting out of their vehicle.
Check with the post office, they have rules. I once wanted to move the mail slot ( on our house ) from one side to a different side, they said they would not want me to do it. The postal routes are timed, or something like that.
So isn't there rules about mailbox placement?
Like when you have a bank of boxes in a row shouldnt they be so everyone is able to pull up to their box in the car and check their mail? And thus also keeping it easier for the postal worker to deliver the mail?
I'm curious because some toolbag from the city just bought a place up the road and installed a new mailbox and placed it out past all of the others in the row so that now nobody can roll up to their box and get the mail without getting out of their vehicle.
I suspect the mailbox will be in line with the others as soon as the postman delivers. The post master will call the owner and request they move it. If not it would be a shame if it were "accidently" knocked down.
It was knocked down already!
It's one of those plastic ones.
So the box part is 3 snap together pieces.
Don't know if it was an "accident"or not, but it sat there in pieces for a few days before I assume the owner, snapped it back together.
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So isn't there rules about mailbox placement?
Like when you have a bank of boxes in a row shouldnt they be so everyone is able to pull up to their box in the car and check their mail? And thus also keeping it easier for the postal worker to deliver the mail?
I'm curious because some toolbag from the city just bought a place up the road and installed a new mailbox and placed it out past all of the others in the row so that now nobody can roll up to their box and get the mail without getting out of their vehicle.
Has anyone tried speaking to the new guy about it? Maybe he/she is just clueless.
At least its plastic. We had a new neighbor who built a rock house for his mailbox. It sticks too far out in the road. Our mailboxes are at the end of each drive so it doesn't obstruct anyone else but good grief it sure stick out in the way if one needs to pass an oncoming vehicle.
I would guess the postmaster would have something done about it if there were a complaint.
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Our mail carrier will not deliver if he cannot reach the mailbox without getting out of his Jeep. Cars have to be parked 15' away from any mailbox, and same with the garbage/recycling on the day it's collected. Postal regulation do include mailbox height (41-45") and they must be 6-8" from the curb, or where the curb would be in more rural areas. The rules are to make it easier for the carrier. The USPS doesn't care whether it's easy for the resident to drive up and get there mail, in fact it's probably illegal, since the mailboxes are on the wrong side of the road for the driver to reach it without driving on the wrong side.
It's about 6" past the rest of the boxes.
And it's in the middle of the row, of about 6 or 7 so it's in just the right spot so nobody including the mailman can roll up and check without getting out, or for the mailman, to have to zig zag when delivering. The front of all the other boxes are even with each other and this one sticks out like a sore thumb.
My block is mostly 2nd homeowners so there really isn't anybody around to complain. Hell, I don't even know any of my neighbors(which is fine by me). I'm not losing sleep over this. It's really not *that* big of a deal, it's just the principle of it. I'm going with them installing it to be easier for them rather than being clueless just based upon the quality of the majority of these cidiot 2nd homeowners.
Maybe the post office will acknowledge it being an issue and notify them it needs to be moved back.
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