yet ANOTHER one through my fence...

[id10t]

Was walking in my front door at 9:10, coming home from work (teaching class late), heard a car on the road headed our way "hrm...sounds kinda fast". Then I heard the skidding on gravel "sounds like it ain't gonna make it" then I heard the thud pause thud crunch.

Older early 90s Nissan pickup, dude had seat belt on but no air bags. He does the Dukes of Hazzard thing and comes out the passenger window, missing a shoe but only one bruise/scrape on his leg. Truck on its side, took tow truck 45 minutes to get it all out.

For a change, response was quick by both medical and LE, although the actual agency to take a report took about 30 minutes to show.

Dude will come back later this week to pick up his fishing poles and skis and fix my fence.

[sc_rufctr]

Yikes!

[tevake]

Seems like this has happened before. Did we talk about putting in a berm built up to keep them out of your property? Is there signage to warn of the turn?
Must get old!

Cheers Richard

[ckelly78z]

You need speed bumps in the road coming up to your fence (and plenty of signage)....morons !

[wayner]

Yes, a burm should that they can clear that fence ( Dukes of hazard style)

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by wayner

Yes, a burm should that they can clear that fence ( Dukes of hazard style)

Carefully position some cinder blocks for the landing....free redneck lawn art

[T77911S]

put a double gate there with hinges and big springs. when they hit the gate opens and then closes.


yea happens a good bit down from my house. the drunks use my road to avoid the cops on the main road. problem is there is a 90 degree turn and a lot don't make it.

there was at least one person killed, a kid. saw what I assume was his dad out there the other day. they keep flowers at the tree he hit.

a cop lives down the road. his son put the car in the ditch in front of my house upside down.


when I was a kid there was a sharp turn up the road from our house. never failed, over shoot the turn but hit the telephone pole. usually took the power out to our house.

[MBAtarga]

You just need to spread out a good layer of loose gravel about 1/4 mile up the road from your turn!

[id10t]

I'm lucky with the way the yard is laid out. Where this guy went through (straight shot from road) there are lots of large water oaks and a few large limestone boulders. A tad to the left of this is a large water oak lying on its side, parallel with the fence. It is long enough that anyone that avoids it will simply take out my mailbox and keep going on down the road.

I've thought of putting in some clumping bamboo on the corner, but I'm tired of fighting the bamboo the POs scattered all over the place as it is.

Don't want to add more boulders, rocks, etc - too much potential for bad injuries. My house is another 200 feet past the fence, so I'm not worried about someone hitting the house, etc.

[KFC911]

You're doing it right imo....'cept for the bamBOO...hoo, hoo. I'm still considering some....Vash thinks I'm an idiot...he may be right

[Gogar]

Just be careful about where you place the sandbags in the runout area of the turn.

[crb07]

Originally Posted by wayner

Yes, a burm should that they can clear that fence ( Dukes of hazard style)

Set up a camera as well please.

[VincentVega]

please, skip the bamboo. My dad likes it and every chance I get I'm trying to contain it. It wins.

I'm not sure I would have your patience if in your shoes.

Wonder if something like this could work?

[sammyg2]

Explosive reactive armour

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[john70t]

Originally Posted by VincentVega

Wonder if something like this could work?

That is awesome:Cable fence with glow reflectors. Wide post placement narrowed at ground level to provide break line. Break-away cable connectors with increasing drag feature.

But given X crashes after Y years of the county knowing about it....it shouldn't be his problem anymore.
Especially since his kids like to play all over the yard.

The road engineering is currently a liability to his personal property.
Government road signage and protection and claim = government problem.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by john70t

....

The road engineering is currently a liability to his personal property.
Government road signage and protection and claim = government problem.

He should sue the hell out of 'em...BK911 can provide some guidance

[Baz]

Glad no one was badly hurt.

[Bill Douglas]

Bad luck that the fishing poles broke in the accident and the leaking fuel set fire to the truck.

[red-beard]

What about a wall of those water barrels?

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by red-beard

What about a wall of those water barrels?

With a little cement mixed in just to keep the water from evaporating....