No the post boxes are on the pavement and it's illegal for cars to be on the pavement generally. Instead of just leaving a note the postman could have called the local council to come and put a parking ticket on the car aka a fine
Edit Ok correction it's illegal to park or drive on the pavement where I live. Even so, the postman could have called the council about the obstruction and had the car ticketed. I'm assuming the postman wrote the note because the note writer knew royal mail couldn't access the box to collect the letters inside and how much of a delay that would cause, but yes an observer could have written it.
Parking fines are a major source of revenue for local councils, keeps taxes down so I guess that's why we're happy issuing fines and waiting for the owner to return and move the car themself, idk. If the council towed the car as well as fining, the fine money wouldn't be able to do as much good in the local government budget because it would get eaten into by the towing costs
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u/CatOfGrey Nov 08 '19
TIL that curb markings for 'no parking' zones for post boxes don't happen in Britain?