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Buses follow predictable routes at predictable times.
The drivers who collect mail from fixed mailboxes do the same thing.
Why not mount a mailbox in the side of a bus ? The bus passes fixed points at known times. When it returns to the depot, its mail can be automatically unloaded and fed into
the postal system.
In this way the latest postal collection would automatically be the time of the last bus to pass any particular point.
This service would supplement, not entirely supersede, existing fixed mail boxes. But it might cut down on the number of boxes needed and ensure more efficient deliveries.
Hupp Mail
http://www.flickr.c...-72157603342165918/
Those saturday mornings watching B&W films were not wasted. [bigsleep, Oct 18 2009]
Royal Mail Post Bus
http://postalherita...vingthemail/postbus
Includes Daleks [pocmloc, Oct 18 2009]
Fries for 8th of 7
Supermarket_20Trolley
[goldbb, Oct 19 2009]
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Useful way of bypassing the mail strike. |
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I like this plan, and it could easily be implemented. [+] |
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and if you don't live on a bus-route ? [-] |
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Then get a taxi to one of the stops. Duh! |
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FT, I imagine this would implemented in places with lots of bus
stops, like in urban areas and inner-city suburbs. In my town,
there are far more bus stops than mailboxes, so this would be
very convenient. The mailboxes in
areas off the route would probably be left where they are, so
you wouldn't be affected. |
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I've often wondered why we need such mailboxes, however,
when all you have to do is put the flag up on your household
mailbox and leave it there for the postman. Just put a lock on it
with a key that only postmen have, like the TSA-approved locks
for airline luggage, and it's just as secure and you don't have to
leave your home. |
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That system is not extant in most countries, [21Q]. Posting mail involves dropping it in collection boxes, usually. |
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I think [bigsleep]'s link should be developed further - after all, who wants to wait for a bus just to post a letter?
The bus should collect the postbox from the bus stop post, and afix a new empty one.
Boxes would be stored on a bandolier. |
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You could have a special bus specifically for information. And another one running parallel, purely to look up the location of the pick-up points and destinations. And something that tells the time. |
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Do you want fries with that, [IT] ? |
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Don't be silly 8/7, a french fry bus would be redundant, since you could get fries on the Supermarket Trolley. |
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It's a bit too practical for me, but have this crumb anyway [+] |
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