Royal Mail bolts metal plates over postbox after postal worker given parkingfine

[The Bald Eagle]

Have any of these CEOs ever seen a Traffic Management Order?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10000244/Royal-Mail-bolts-metal-plates-over-postbox-after-postal-worker-given-parking-fine.html

[Ewan Hoosami]

They did see one once. As soon as they had finished laughing their bollocks off they popped it in the recycle bin along with the statutory guidance.

http://www.bexley-is-bonkers.co.uk/newspapers/news_shopper/2011_07_20.shtml

[DastardlyDick]

Clearly both cases of (alleged) PCN targets being more important than common sense!

[dangerous beanz]

Makes perfect sense, I used to have the guy who ran the postbox repair/maintenance crew for SE London in my office. I reckon he used to spend about a third of his time on parking ticket appeals, despite having to negotiate road access for each job, with the flippin council.

I dread to think of how many tickets Royal Mail vans (crown vehicles)get every day

[DastardlyDick]

I dread to think of how many tickets Royal Mail vans (crown vehicles)get every day

If they are collecting/delivering mail then they have an exemption from Parking Regulations. If, however, they are in the local cafe having breakfast/lunch/dinner, then they haven't.
The fact that Royal Mail cannot be bothered to even write a generic letter of appeal is of course their decision, but I strongly suspect that the CEOs in question only issue the tickets on the assumption that Royal Mail won't actually have to pay them, but it contributes to their (alleged) Target of XX PCNs per shift.