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Absolutely no shot of the street leading to his house. Great reporting.
Not able to get home assurance is wild, free market must be nice though
Man, American drivers are incredibly shit.
Looks like the perfect intersection for a proper roundabout. That should prevent any head-on collision to the home. Would also have the added benefit of making the whole interaction safer.
I still can't believe how often cars drive in to buildings and how nothing changes in North America.
You learn when you get older here, things don't get fixed, not because they cost too much, but because it isn't good in the long run for capitalism.
I would bet cancer could be cured, but then there is no money coming in for the treatments.
The situation is an easy fix, I don't know enough about traffic to know it, but something is preventing it, most likely someone's pockets getting filled.
Commercial places often put concrete decorative boulders, residentials decorative rocks or boulders or a planter w/ a low retaining wall.
“We’ve tried nothing and we’re out of ideas!” is the carbrain response to every problem.
Chicken-bleep mother-froggers! Lol
Edit: There was a house in my hometown who had a similar problem, though a country road with a 90° turn. They put giant boulders in front of the house too.
Some distant friends of mine were racing down the country road in two cars trying to be the first to make the 90° turn. It went as expected and one car hit the boulder, launched in the air, hit the garage, went through the car in the carage and came to rest in the bedroom. Luckily everyone walked away, including the man in the bedroom who sleeps naked.
The moral of the story is it is good to have idiot friends, so you have a collection of fun stories to share over beers.
I know of one spot near me that's been hit three times.
It's hardly a bend, but what will get people is the slight rise in the road before it. You don't notice it at 35 (or even 45) , but if you're reckless and over compensate when your weight comes back down you end up in their living room.
The house near me has had their fence taken out 3 times in 3 years. People used to fly though the neighborhood (35) going 55 plus and take too much speed into the curve and hop the curb. City added 2 all way stops and it has for the most part slowed people down
My mom’s house is at a T intersection at the bottom of a steep hill. When it snows at least one car ends up taking out the rock wall we built when I was a kid. Then I have to come back and rebuild it before the next storm.
The last time it happened we could see the path the guy took home as the oil leaked out of his pan after mounting the wall.
It’s a 30 mph road that loops so it’s mostly only delivery people and residents, but no one has made it more than 10 feet into the yard in 30 years, though the accident rate has seemed to increase in the last 10.
Get a few raised beds with stone walls holding them up, added bonus is that it looks nice
Or sink some Czech hedgehogs partway into concrete. Doesn't look nice though.
I was thinking the same haha. Might be cheaper than insurance
I think that’s the ticket. The county should install anti car raised beds. I know they can find someone who knows how because every US embassy has them.
And it should be a roundabout.
As long as the put in on the street and don't enroach on pedestrian space for a solution the cars caused.
Speaking of which, the barrier should definitely be put in a place where they protect pedestrians too. Imagine getting hit by a speeding car, only to be hauled into a nearly house and be crushed against it.
My idea is a little more rustic, but either works.
Yours would look better no doubt.
Still likely have to replace the wall every time. Better than home repairs but still a huge pain.
Put the stones back in position, pile the earth back in. Sure its some work but its easily done on your own in an afternoon rather than clear structural damage to your house that will cost a shitload more.
Something like this.
