Posted by Rich'sToys on July 12, 2014 at 19:13:39 from (74.44.62.193):
In Reply to: Mailbox Knocked down! posted by Deere Scotty on July 11, 2014 at 03:59:28:
I was a rural mail carrier for over 21 years. As mentioned mailboxes should be on swinging or breakaway posts, but a lot of them aren't. I also had a couple of the homemade, vandal-proof, plate steel boxes on my route. Technically, they are not legal, but we let them go. As mentioned, the owner is liable for any damages if someone were to hit one.
It seemed that the vandalism would run in streaks. And usually the snowplows do not hit them. Most of the time it's the wet heavy snow coming off the plow which takes them out. And then it usually was the ones which had not been properly maintained to begin with.
In my years on the route, I saw just about everything!
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