Royal Mail Delivery

From the BBC:
"Royal Mail wants to be able to leave post next door"

It wishes to trial the idea for mail that is too large to post through a letter-box, and for some post that requires a signature.Special delivery mail will not be included in the planned pilot scheme. Watchdog Consumer Focus said that while some consumers would welcome the idea of being able to have mail left with a neighbour, "worryingly there is no opt-out option"."For many people having their mail left with a neighbour they do not know, or might not trust, could open the door to problems," said its director of post, Robert Hammond. At present, postmen and women have to take items of mail back to their delivery office if the named recipient is not at home and the items cannot fit it through the letter box, or require a signature.

^ If I was British (or the USPS tried this in the US) I would be completely against it. It is one thing to have a customer that doesn't mind if a package is left with their neighbor to go to their Post Office and sign a form allowing the Post Office to do just that and another to force everyone to do it. I live on a small mountain road in the middle of nowhere and don't know my neighbors and wouldn't want anything sent to them. I can't imagine many people in cities would want to do the same. This just seems like a stupid idea that will cause more problems for everyone. ^

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14346271