[TheForge] Crush proof mailbox

[Albin Drzewianowski]

ON the surface the video camera is a good idea.  Only thing,  Back when my
mailbox was being attacked on a semi-regular basis, the attacks would be
anywhere from 3-18 months apart.

The hoodlums would go down a particular road once every blue moon.  Over 30
years that still adds up to a good number of mail boxes. 

So the camera idea probably would not work.   No way to anticipate when it
is   "your turn" again. 

Regards,
Albin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 6:39 PM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Crush proof mailbox
> 
> It is true a mailbox has to be of an approved design
> but the specs relate to height and distance from the
> driving surface rather than size, shape, color, etc.
> 
> The real thing you have to think about is liability. If
> you put ANYTHING in the right of way YOU are liable for
> damages and injuries caused by idiots hitting it. Some
> things like standard approved mailboxes are covered as
> they come from the store and liability is the
> manufacturer's. However, if you build one from steel
> plate, fill it with concrete, set it on a section of
> well casing, etc. and someone hits it at 50mph or rips
> their arm out hitting it with a b'ball bat at 70.
> You're IT and your insurance company isn't likely to
> have any sympathy for you let alone covering it for
> you.
> 
> What I like are the plastic fall apart mailboxes. They
> just come apart when hit so there's little to no
> satisfaction in bashing them and you the home owner can
> just snap them back together in the morning.
> 
> If it were a problem here I think I'd hang a video
> camera and let the postmaster general prosecute the
> little felons. Yeah, it's a felony to interfere with
> the US mail.
> 
> Frosty
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