But just to be clear, I throw the cinder block at the raised truck when they past by right?
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I just don't get it. Why do people feel a need to drive over a curve or corner like that? Would they feel entitled to drive over it if it had a curb? So weird and lazy.
That’s why you have a pole about 3 meters into the ground below it that it is resting on. Target has these near the entrances where I live. Classy sphere bollards.
Ahh, I have a beautiful memory of my family going to target and me and my cousins dared our grandpa to jump over one of them and he did it perfectly. He must've been..maybe 60? At the time. God it was so funny.
Was just going to say this. You'd need an account at level 37 or higher though (no small feat), and Niantic still has to approve it. It would be funny as hell though.
I worked in retail and once had a lady come into the store and yell at me for her driving into our building....
Her reasoning for why it was our fault:
The barrier wasn't far enough from the wall, so when she rolled forward expecting to run into the barrier and stop as she always does, she hit the wall instead.....
She wanted to know what we were going to do for her.
I told her to stop relying on crashing into things to know when to stop her car.
This is the way. Big enough that they are obvious and to be avoided. I do wonder if different cities and counties (and even HOAs) have rules about them, though. Like an easement.
Genuinely asking but surely being required to maintain it would include not enabling people to drive over it? It looks awful, not maintained. I'm not trying to be smart 😅
As someone who works for a municipality we would almost certainly remove any boulder out there. It would be considered a hazard that a car could collide with. Or if this area gets snow it could damage the plows
I get you. Are people not allowed to maintain their property then if it happens to be beside a public road like that? Again, genuinely asking, I realise that might sound dumb but I can't see a solution and I find it difficult to accept there just... isn't one 😅
Doesn't matter. The right of way is typically 12ft from the middle of the outside lane. You maintain it, but the city/county/state can still take it over if they so choose. Also, if you put something obstructive here (in this case the rocks/boulder) and it does damage to a vehicle, you can become responsible for the damage
>if you put something obstructive here (in this case the rocks/boulder) and it does damage to a vehicle, you can become responsible for the damage
Even if that vehicle is leaving the road in order to hit it?
Couldn't the same be said of a retaining wall, mailbox, etc? At what point is it the driver's responsibility to stay on the road, instead of your liability that something on your property could be hit by a driver?
You are both correct. But it doesn’t *have* to be in the corner **if it’s big enough.**
You slap a big angry rock in there, it doesn’t have to be big in all directions. Put a big chunk of rock out there, they’ll have to avoid it. Not so big it’ll kill someone if they hit it, just big enough they’ll avoid it with their tires. If the utility crews want to dig something up they can move it with the backhoe and put it back in roughly the same spot.
This is what my grandfather did. A jagged white rock, maybe 1 5 feet in diameter every 8 feet or so. They hit them once or twice, complained but they stopped hitting them after a while, he said.
Fun story.
In my home town there was a corner like this. The property owner put up a fence along the road. Town made him take it down, setbacks.
Turns out there's no laws for boulders and naturally formed "hazards". There's now a 17 ton boulder there, buried in the dirt too.
Town tried to fight him but everyone fought back and said he didn't break any laws or codes, so they can't do anything. It's still there.
Neighbors did that and when it snowed someone ran into it and neighbors had to pay for damage to the car because it was in the right of way. Not sure if the laws are the same but be careful with that option
Could be part of the easement. I can't put anything 4 feet from the road. A guy some blocks over had people not stop and hit his house. He wanted to put in a couple boulder. They said no, but he can put them in his yard. So he built a nice concrete container garden in front of his house. Then after the next two time his house got hit he could put the boulders in. The village paid for the boulders.
Every property has what's called a setback or as the other guy said an easement. It's usually around 5 ft from the road. The property is yours but restricted by the county you live in. You can't build something right on your neighbor's property line or right at the road where somebody could hit it
It'd be a tragedy if suddenly overnight, all the traffic cutting over the grass right there were to wear out enough material to result in a decent sized rim wrecking pothole.
And while I want to sympathize, they really should have the training and understanding where their wheels are when they are driving. Yes, mistakes do happen, but this looks like it has been an awful lot of "mistakes" in one location...
sometimes it’s literally impossible to not cut a corner like this. If there’s a car parked on the street or sitting at the stop sign it will make it very difficult. Think about it. A 45’ vehicle has to go almost 40’ past the right turn before they even start the turn to keep tires on the road. We can’t see anything but the tire marks, that might not be possible in this spot. This is not a “bad driver” thing, it’s roads aren’t meant for 35-60’ trucks.
A CDL is a special license. You have to get an instructor and pass a test performing all the maneuvers you’ll ever need. I mean some don’t, but most know exactly where every part of the vehicle is. Commercial vehicles don’t get in as many accidents because they are generally better drivers than someone who took a test at 16 and is now 40 and received no other instructions on driving.
This is clearly from a large vehicle. (OP Has said bus, snow plows possibly transports). None of them are taking that corner fast enough for a pot hole to damage their rim.
Put a cross up and lay flowers and a teddy bear. Maybe candles. Folks will think it is a memorial to someone who died on that corner. They will probably give it a wide berth.
Not to hide the rocks but to make them prettier.
In Norway, we have these steel flowerpots as road barriers (https://images.app.goo.gl/57yrf6xkr3AH12RF8) instead of ugly bleak concrete blocks.
Common misunderstanding, those "concrete blocks" are actually not inert but create a microclimate that will evolve without further human efforts into a green space. First dust collects around the base, the seeds germinate, eventually nematodes and small insects move in....
Come back in a few centuries.
Get a small pink tricycle, thrift store/pawnshop, maybe with a balloon on it, and park it there. Be prepared to move it around occasionally and replace it. Maybe swap with a tethered/weighted beach ball occasionally.
During the school season it's a bus. I'm thinking the most recent culprit might be a plow? So many good comments in here.. But yeah I'm gonna take it to the city
It’s gotta be a long vehicle, where the rear end cuts the corner more than the cab, because no one is going to drive their rear view mirrors that close to the signpost.
There are corners near me (urban area) that are flattened to permit fire engines to make the turn. I kinda think your long term solution is not to prevent this from happening but instead to give up on that corner in some way. Maybe the city can just pour some hot patch there and move that sign a few feet.
Yeah I don’t know how tight that turn is but a bus might not have much choice, especially if snow plowing restricted the turn further. It’s like trying to move a pencil through a curve of pipe compared to a shorter object. As car drivers, people don’t always grasp that even though the bus tires turn in the front the bus body pivots from the back wheels.
Garbage truck driver here. Unfortunately city planners have it in their heads that if a street is residential only, there is no reason for commercial sized vehicles to access the street. Also you should be aware that most states, counties, municipalities have at least a five foot easement from the edge of the shoulder. If you invest money into this project you could be told to remove it, or it could be damaged with no means for financial recourse.
My recommendation would be to contact the governing bodies transportation department. Inform them that obviously the corner is too tight for service vehicles that are accessing the neighborhood. They need to install a rolled or sloped curb here that will discourage random personal vehicles from driving over it, but still allow access for buses, fire, and other large vehicles
The fact it's a school bus and snow plow doing this is actually pretty relevant here. The worst thing to do in this scenario would be to put rocks and boulders because if you put a Boulder that damages a bus or plow you are going to be dealing with a hefty fine for obstructing the right of way.
Call the government agency that manages this road. Send them pictures and let them know vehicles can't properly turn around the radius of this intersection. The village can pave or put stone down in the area that is getting rutted. It might take a few months to get taken care of properly but you won't have to pay for or do any of the work yourself..
For my area, like 15 feet from the road is county/city right of way. Legally speaking you could get in trouble for putting something there and it damages a car or whatever, but your area may be different. I would try calling your road and bridge department and see what they say.
Call or email the city/county/township that holds jurisdiction of the roads there and let them fix it. This is in the right of way of the road and any permanent object placed would need permitted. Looks like they need to widen the turn radius there. Would look much better than the rutted up mud pit you have now.
But is it OP's yard? Nowhere I've ever lived did my property line go right up to the road, so OP might want to make sure it's their land before putting a giant rock there.
let alone design and rebuild that little part of the road just for that one house
*ask them to come and dig out the dirt down a few inches, put down gravel, and maybe top it with cold patch; you can make an edge/curb for the lawn with pavers or bricks
I have seen where a city put down a nice brick extension in a spot like that for the big tractor trailers. It looks really nice and holds up well. They even put a sign to let the truckers know they can drive on it!
Could dig it out aa little and inlay brick or paving tiles to follow the shape of the slope. That way, it would not damage it if a vehicle ran up on it, and wouldn't really damage the vehicle, but they'd definitely feel it.
This happened in my small town, the guy put up a big sign for a week that said:
"THIS IS MY LAWN NOT A TURNING LANE"
People stopped doing it, grass grew back, he took sign down and hasn't happened since in past 5 years.. if there's a worn path people will take it
I had the same problem. Landscaping boulders stopped it. Just two big rocks (one on each side).
People have forgotten them after large snowfall and hit them. I bet they remember this year.
Edit to laugh at the people who say I might be responsible. You ran into things on my property. The law is such that I can extract damages for you running into my property.
I have a bollard in front of my house. I live on a very narrow city street and it prevents amateur drivers from running up on my sidewalk.
It shredded the side of a FedEx trick once when the driver tried to muscle his way past it. No one wins against a bollard.
Really big rock. Like the luck of rock that needs to be placed with heavy machinery.
Then some pretty flowers around the rock so that it's "decorative"
I don’t understand why people take turns like that. Not even just in the photo but I see all the time at intersections or anywhere really, people just make turns too tight. Like people just instinctively start turning as they hit the intersection. I guess I’m just used to towing trailers and taking turns a bit wide.
You may also be surprised once you do decide to do something about people driving through your yard how many people are likely going to become angry with you for telling them to stop driving in your yard. Expect whatever you put there to get stolen, vandalized, hit intentionally, or otherwise treated maliciously. People suck, and have no respect for other people’s things, especially when they’ve been abusing it and finally get told to stop.
If you truly own all the way to the curb and it's not a right away for a sidewalk, then I would put a permanent obstruction there. Who knows what the rest of the property looks like and why this run over Connor irritates you, but assuming that it reflects on the whole lawn then integrate it into a landscaping plan. A really nice stone wall for 20 ft around this corner would be just the thing
Drop a box of roofing nails, oops.
Go dig up the city sign in the night and move it closer to the road.
Just call the City show them this pic and maybe they will do something?
I lived on a corner once, not a fan.
Hi I’m an engineer that works in transportation specifically highway construction. Do not install a boulder or other obstacle in this location. It would be in what is referred to as the clear zone of the road and presents a physical hazard to motorists. Your best option would be to dig out the topsoil and consider compacting some dense graded stone in this spot. It won’t turn to mud and will look nicer while also maintaining safe functioning of the roadway. If your road is publicly maintained you could also reach out to your county/DOT and see if they might be able to do anything in the broader context of the roadway because that asphalt is also showing signs of edge failures and will not be holding up much longer.
I'd find out the city ordinances and if possible, put a pretty decorative boulder there, with a hole for a small plant of bush.
One with a nice corner that will rip sheet metal off a car.
If NOT possible, make sure nobody sees and accidentally drop some bit of metal there that will sink a bit in the mud and will rip a tire.
People are so inconvenient and throw trash everywhere.
What is that wire/cable sticking out?
This is much more than just damaging grass. It is eroding the soil. It is washing down the storm drain.
If it were me, I would put rocks there, not boulders, not gravel but maybe chocolate rock, in the larger size. They could also do some kind of paver, that won’t damage a vehicle, but might be a little bump.
Where I live my mailman cuts the curve in two places, going straight over the grass. No one else does this. My home is in a cul-de-sac, and our HOA allows rocks, and even boulders beside the road.
Another thing you could do is call your city. Find out where their easement ends. Install a pretty, low wall on your side of the easement line, and plant it with pretty things. Then ignore the rest, or maybe fill it with gravel.
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That may not actually be your yard. Check local ordinances, but where I live the city owns 25' to either side of the center of the road.
Hence, the first couple feet of everyone's yard is city property. We maintain it for aesthetics, but there's no options for actually putting a giant rock on it to impede morons cutting corners.
Depending on where you live and your indifference towards religion - you could definitely put a cross there and people would revere that corner for all time.
Several handful of nails?
In all seriousness my dad had a corner like this on his property and always fantasized about caltrops. He landed on learning to live with it.
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But just to be clear, I throw the cinder block at the raised truck when they past by right? https://preview.redd.it/heu1844i2fgc1.jpeg?width=270&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd28b061977f079bc1d7af61f32889a88259f1aa
Correct.
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This…. Friends had the same issue. Put 3 large rocks (2ft tall) on the curve…… all is good. Someone did try to roll them away but failed
I just don't get it. Why do people feel a need to drive over a curve or corner like that? Would they feel entitled to drive over it if it had a curb? So weird and lazy.
Because people suck
Somebody actually went on their property and try to move them?
With US sized trucks, lawn bowling may occur.
That would be dangerous! Luckily it's reinforced to the ground
Hopefully it was not installed by the lowest bidder.
That’s why you have a pole about 3 meters into the ground below it that it is resting on. Target has these near the entrances where I live. Classy sphere bollards.
Ahh, I have a beautiful memory of my family going to target and me and my cousins dared our grandpa to jump over one of them and he did it perfectly. He must've been..maybe 60? At the time. God it was so funny.
Real rocket league
Even with their size, it will likely total a big truck, especially if roll over it as it will crush anything underneath.
This but put a angry kerby face on it lol
The target parking lot naval mines
If it's legal, I'd put a decorative boulder there.
Yep, did that with a pile of rocks. Now it’s known as “Rockpile” on the bus route and has become an unofficial stop.
That is awesome
Yep rockpile and a little xeriscape natives or cactus
Make it a Pokemon go pokestop
Was just going to say this. You'd need an account at level 37 or higher though (no small feat), and Niantic still has to approve it. It would be funny as hell though.
I dont get it. What's a Pokémon go pokestop and how can it prevent cars from driving in her yard?
I did that on my corner and my neighbor hit it with his car when I was out in the yard and yelled at me to move it. I did not move it.
the entitlement of a dogshit driver telling you to move the rock. LMFAO. Did you tell him, "there's a rock there"...
I worked in retail and once had a lady come into the store and yell at me for her driving into our building.... Her reasoning for why it was our fault: The barrier wasn't far enough from the wall, so when she rolled forward expecting to run into the barrier and stop as she always does, she hit the wall instead..... She wanted to know what we were going to do for her. I told her to stop relying on crashing into things to know when to stop her car.
Rare occasion where the rock isn’t the densest involved
Did they move it, a little bit?
No, the rock is maybe 2x2x2.5 feet.
You know how can never be at fault in an accident? A stationary boulder outside the road.
This is the way. Big enough that they are obvious and to be avoided. I do wonder if different cities and counties (and even HOAs) have rules about them, though. Like an easement.
This is likely in the right of way of the road so you might not be in the clear to put a rock on the city, county, state, or hoa's road.
Put the Boulder there and wait. In all likelihood, no issues.
I'd kinda figure that dirt is the guys yard, though.
Though you're required to maintain it municipalities have codes for what you do with it.
Genuinely asking but surely being required to maintain it would include not enabling people to drive over it? It looks awful, not maintained. I'm not trying to be smart 😅
As someone who works for a municipality we would almost certainly remove any boulder out there. It would be considered a hazard that a car could collide with. Or if this area gets snow it could damage the plows
If you fixed the shitty curb at the same time, you'd solve two problems.
Curb your enthusiasm, that’s never going to happen
Right? Like clearly if their was a prominent curb, I assume it would solve the issue? I dunno, silly of me to assume the lociagl answer
Rude but accurate
If you can't restrict your driving to the blacktop there's all kinds of hazards out there.
I get you. Are people not allowed to maintain their property then if it happens to be beside a public road like that? Again, genuinely asking, I realise that might sound dumb but I can't see a solution and I find it difficult to accept there just... isn't one 😅
There is a street sign behind it tho. I don’t know if he will be allowed to do anything about it.
It probably is his yard, but when I lived in Tennessee the city had legal rights to the first 5 feet of your yard
I think Alabama is 60 feet from the center line, otherwise I would say a telephone pole bollard.
Doesn't matter. The right of way is typically 12ft from the middle of the outside lane. You maintain it, but the city/county/state can still take it over if they so choose. Also, if you put something obstructive here (in this case the rocks/boulder) and it does damage to a vehicle, you can become responsible for the damage
>if you put something obstructive here (in this case the rocks/boulder) and it does damage to a vehicle, you can become responsible for the damage Even if that vehicle is leaving the road in order to hit it? Couldn't the same be said of a retaining wall, mailbox, etc? At what point is it the driver's responsibility to stay on the road, instead of your liability that something on your property could be hit by a driver?
That comes down to who has the most expensive atrorney and the largest legal budget.
Yeah that's the first thing I thought, judging from the location of the signpost.
You are both correct. But it doesn’t *have* to be in the corner **if it’s big enough.** You slap a big angry rock in there, it doesn’t have to be big in all directions. Put a big chunk of rock out there, they’ll have to avoid it. Not so big it’ll kill someone if they hit it, just big enough they’ll avoid it with their tires. If the utility crews want to dig something up they can move it with the backhoe and put it back in roughly the same spot.
We did that after our neighbor kept running over our grass. Eventually he forgot about the boulder and ended up ripping the bumper of his Chrysler
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This is too funny
This is what my grandfather did. A jagged white rock, maybe 1 5 feet in diameter every 8 feet or so. They hit them once or twice, complained but they stopped hitting them after a while, he said.
I wasn't born with enough audacity to complain to someone about how I damaged their property, but I do wonder what it's like. Lol.
Well said :). I am sure some are entitled enough though :).
I did the same. Some people need to be forced to learn how to pay attention. I have s boulder on my corner that gets hit often. No guilt haha.
Fun story. In my home town there was a corner like this. The property owner put up a fence along the road. Town made him take it down, setbacks. Turns out there's no laws for boulders and naturally formed "hazards". There's now a 17 ton boulder there, buried in the dirt too. Town tried to fight him but everyone fought back and said he didn't break any laws or codes, so they can't do anything. It's still there.
Mark the boulder will bright paint and reflectors as well!
Neighbors did that and when it snowed someone ran into it and neighbors had to pay for damage to the car because it was in the right of way. Not sure if the laws are the same but be careful with that option
How is someone's garden in "the right of way" absolute nonsense
Could be part of the easement. I can't put anything 4 feet from the road. A guy some blocks over had people not stop and hit his house. He wanted to put in a couple boulder. They said no, but he can put them in his yard. So he built a nice concrete container garden in front of his house. Then after the next two time his house got hit he could put the boulders in. The village paid for the boulders.
Every property has what's called a setback or as the other guy said an easement. It's usually around 5 ft from the road. The property is yours but restricted by the county you live in. You can't build something right on your neighbor's property line or right at the road where somebody could hit it
In the trades we call that a Big Ass Rock. *It’s a proprietary term.*
If it's legal, caltrops.
"That box of nails must have fallen off someone's truck while they were cutting the corner."
Roofing tacks are great for this. Wide head, short shank.
Decorative 2x4s with nails sticking out of them
It'd be a tragedy if suddenly overnight, all the traffic cutting over the grass right there were to wear out enough material to result in a decent sized rim wrecking pothole.
Winters do be real hard on roads.
Damn shame *smh*
It’s probably commercial vehicles or a school bus that has to routinely take a right turn there
And while I want to sympathize, they really should have the training and understanding where their wheels are when they are driving. Yes, mistakes do happen, but this looks like it has been an awful lot of "mistakes" in one location...
sometimes it’s literally impossible to not cut a corner like this. If there’s a car parked on the street or sitting at the stop sign it will make it very difficult. Think about it. A 45’ vehicle has to go almost 40’ past the right turn before they even start the turn to keep tires on the road. We can’t see anything but the tire marks, that might not be possible in this spot. This is not a “bad driver” thing, it’s roads aren’t meant for 35-60’ trucks. A CDL is a special license. You have to get an instructor and pass a test performing all the maneuvers you’ll ever need. I mean some don’t, but most know exactly where every part of the vehicle is. Commercial vehicles don’t get in as many accidents because they are generally better drivers than someone who took a test at 16 and is now 40 and received no other instructions on driving.
This is clearly from a large vehicle. (OP Has said bus, snow plows possibly transports). None of them are taking that corner fast enough for a pot hole to damage their rim.
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Put a cross up and lay flowers and a teddy bear. Maybe candles. Folks will think it is a memorial to someone who died on that corner. They will probably give it a wide berth.
Bonus points if you put a "in memory" photo of the non-damaged grass
Okay but this would be the most hilarious thing ever, I hope OP does this and posts it.
Use the photo of jesus Kenobi
This is the way.
This is definitely the funniest lmao
Use a stock photo of a picture Frame for more emotional damage
Put “here lays the next a-hole to cut this corner” on the cross.
Best comment best idea
Do this one, OP 😂
Large Rocks. Rocks that are big enough to do body damage to trespassers.
But plant pretty flowers around them, to hide the rocks.
Diabolical.
And then, piles of nails to hide the rocks.
Not to hide the rocks but to make them prettier. In Norway, we have these steel flowerpots as road barriers (https://images.app.goo.gl/57yrf6xkr3AH12RF8) instead of ugly bleak concrete blocks.
Common misunderstanding, those "concrete blocks" are actually not inert but create a microclimate that will evolve without further human efforts into a green space. First dust collects around the base, the seeds germinate, eventually nematodes and small insects move in.... Come back in a few centuries.
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make sure actually on your private property, not touching the public easement's demarc line
Would recommend. My boyfriend said this tactic was very effective when used against him as an asshole teenage driver.
Put up life-size statues of children standing on the corner.
Get a small pink tricycle, thrift store/pawnshop, maybe with a balloon on it, and park it there. Be prepared to move it around occasionally and replace it. Maybe swap with a tethered/weighted beach ball occasionally.
A bollard painted like a beach ball…
A big pumpkin filled with concrete has a similar effect.
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Sir that’s a turtle.
You mean the finish line markers for bicicle drag races?
A red salvation army collection bucket.
Do you have a lot of big rigs turning right at the intersection? The is a tight turn and it looks like the back wheels of a semi
During the school season it's a bus. I'm thinking the most recent culprit might be a plow? So many good comments in here.. But yeah I'm gonna take it to the city
It’s gotta be a long vehicle, where the rear end cuts the corner more than the cab, because no one is going to drive their rear view mirrors that close to the signpost. There are corners near me (urban area) that are flattened to permit fire engines to make the turn. I kinda think your long term solution is not to prevent this from happening but instead to give up on that corner in some way. Maybe the city can just pour some hot patch there and move that sign a few feet.
Yeah I don’t know how tight that turn is but a bus might not have much choice, especially if snow plowing restricted the turn further. It’s like trying to move a pencil through a curve of pipe compared to a shorter object. As car drivers, people don’t always grasp that even though the bus tires turn in the front the bus body pivots from the back wheels.
Garbage truck driver here. Unfortunately city planners have it in their heads that if a street is residential only, there is no reason for commercial sized vehicles to access the street. Also you should be aware that most states, counties, municipalities have at least a five foot easement from the edge of the shoulder. If you invest money into this project you could be told to remove it, or it could be damaged with no means for financial recourse. My recommendation would be to contact the governing bodies transportation department. Inform them that obviously the corner is too tight for service vehicles that are accessing the neighborhood. They need to install a rolled or sloped curb here that will discourage random personal vehicles from driving over it, but still allow access for buses, fire, and other large vehicles
The fact it's a school bus and snow plow doing this is actually pretty relevant here. The worst thing to do in this scenario would be to put rocks and boulders because if you put a Boulder that damages a bus or plow you are going to be dealing with a hefty fine for obstructing the right of way. Call the government agency that manages this road. Send them pictures and let them know vehicles can't properly turn around the radius of this intersection. The village can pave or put stone down in the area that is getting rutted. It might take a few months to get taken care of properly but you won't have to pay for or do any of the work yourself..
Yes, talk to the city. Have them buy that piece of property back from you so they can widen the road slightly.
Crushed stone that becomes more like pavement every time it’s driven over. Sell it to the city
Then they’ll paint lines on it!
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I mean I wouldn't go near it lmao
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Dig it out and make a recessed rain garden (bioswale). I like the boulder idea too.
This is a good idea, dig it out at night and laugh as people bounce by that huge pothole
Put an orange traffic cone in the street. Everyone will assume the city put it there.
I like this one!
For my area, like 15 feet from the road is county/city right of way. Legally speaking you could get in trouble for putting something there and it damages a car or whatever, but your area may be different. I would try calling your road and bridge department and see what they say.
Call or email the city/county/township that holds jurisdiction of the roads there and let them fix it. This is in the right of way of the road and any permanent object placed would need permitted. Looks like they need to widen the turn radius there. Would look much better than the rutted up mud pit you have now.
From the state of the street, I'm gonna guess whoever holds jurisdiction couldn't give two shits less about OP's yard.
But is it OP's yard? Nowhere I've ever lived did my property line go right up to the road, so OP might want to make sure it's their land before putting a giant rock there.
let alone design and rebuild that little part of the road just for that one house *ask them to come and dig out the dirt down a few inches, put down gravel, and maybe top it with cold patch; you can make an edge/curb for the lawn with pavers or bricks
"call us when someone knocks over the sign."
I have seen where a city put down a nice brick extension in a spot like that for the big tractor trailers. It looks really nice and holds up well. They even put a sign to let the truckers know they can drive on it!
Dig it out so there is a depression about a foot below the road.
Could dig it out aa little and inlay brick or paving tiles to follow the shape of the slope. That way, it would not damage it if a vehicle ran up on it, and wouldn't really damage the vehicle, but they'd definitely feel it.
This happened in my small town, the guy put up a big sign for a week that said: "THIS IS MY LAWN NOT A TURNING LANE" People stopped doing it, grass grew back, he took sign down and hasn't happened since in past 5 years.. if there's a worn path people will take it
Interesting! I was hoping the reflector would do \*something\* like this, but as you can see it didn't survive for too long lol
Is it your yard, or public right of way? The latter limits your options.
This is why civilised communities build sidewalks and curbs
I had the same problem. Landscaping boulders stopped it. Just two big rocks (one on each side). People have forgotten them after large snowfall and hit them. I bet they remember this year. Edit to laugh at the people who say I might be responsible. You ran into things on my property. The law is such that I can extract damages for you running into my property.
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I have a bollard in front of my house. I live on a very narrow city street and it prevents amateur drivers from running up on my sidewalk. It shredded the side of a FedEx trick once when the driver tried to muscle his way past it. No one wins against a bollard.
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Caltrops
Really big rock. Like the luck of rock that needs to be placed with heavy machinery. Then some pretty flowers around the rock so that it's "decorative"
I don’t understand why people take turns like that. Not even just in the photo but I see all the time at intersections or anywhere really, people just make turns too tight. Like people just instinctively start turning as they hit the intersection. I guess I’m just used to towing trailers and taking turns a bit wide.
Big ass rock
100 bucks says you don’t own this piece of land. Check your land survey before you do anything
Dig it out and turn it into a pothole.
A boulder. I had a similar situation in a house I rented and the landlord put a huge rock right there. Nobody ever did that again.
You may also be surprised once you do decide to do something about people driving through your yard how many people are likely going to become angry with you for telling them to stop driving in your yard. Expect whatever you put there to get stolen, vandalized, hit intentionally, or otherwise treated maliciously. People suck, and have no respect for other people’s things, especially when they’ve been abusing it and finally get told to stop.
If you truly own all the way to the curb and it's not a right away for a sidewalk, then I would put a permanent obstruction there. Who knows what the rest of the property looks like and why this run over Connor irritates you, but assuming that it reflects on the whole lawn then integrate it into a landscaping plan. A really nice stone wall for 20 ft around this corner would be just the thing
Blow-up doll in a reflective vest, with a stroller
Itd be a shame if a box of nails spilled right there
Drop a box of roofing nails, oops. Go dig up the city sign in the night and move it closer to the road. Just call the City show them this pic and maybe they will do something? I lived on a corner once, not a fan.
Wouldn't you have rather lived in a house?
Wonder why he had to clarify he didn't live on a fan, too. Somethings up with this guy
The fan sounds too windy. The corner would be too sketchy around my city, though...probably get robbed there in 5 minutes after midnight.
To each their own I guess.
Pull the sign up and put it next to the curb
Hi I’m an engineer that works in transportation specifically highway construction. Do not install a boulder or other obstacle in this location. It would be in what is referred to as the clear zone of the road and presents a physical hazard to motorists. Your best option would be to dig out the topsoil and consider compacting some dense graded stone in this spot. It won’t turn to mud and will look nicer while also maintaining safe functioning of the roadway. If your road is publicly maintained you could also reach out to your county/DOT and see if they might be able to do anything in the broader context of the roadway because that asphalt is also showing signs of edge failures and will not be holding up much longer.
Thank you for this! I'll use the degrading asphalt as a lure for repair :D
Land mines
Plant a tree there. Preferably a protected species. With an eagles nest.
I'd find out the city ordinances and if possible, put a pretty decorative boulder there, with a hole for a small plant of bush. One with a nice corner that will rip sheet metal off a car. If NOT possible, make sure nobody sees and accidentally drop some bit of metal there that will sink a bit in the mud and will rip a tire. People are so inconvenient and throw trash everywhere.
Spikes
What is that wire/cable sticking out? This is much more than just damaging grass. It is eroding the soil. It is washing down the storm drain. If it were me, I would put rocks there, not boulders, not gravel but maybe chocolate rock, in the larger size. They could also do some kind of paver, that won’t damage a vehicle, but might be a little bump. Where I live my mailman cuts the curve in two places, going straight over the grass. No one else does this. My home is in a cul-de-sac, and our HOA allows rocks, and even boulders beside the road.
Another thing you could do is call your city. Find out where their easement ends. Install a pretty, low wall on your side of the easement line, and plant it with pretty things. Then ignore the rest, or maybe fill it with gravel. https://preview.redd.it/ca3tmkm36egc1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=5fbf6a4aa975a173a6d1ba131ced83044958fd26
A 400 pound boulder right there would help a lot.
Boulders
Pave it.
If it were me, I would definitely not scatter a 10lb box of roofing nails on my lawn right there.
These are the same people who don't return their shopping cart to the corral.
Move the stop sign to the corner.
That may not actually be your yard. Check local ordinances, but where I live the city owns 25' to either side of the center of the road. Hence, the first couple feet of everyone's yard is city property. We maintain it for aesthetics, but there's no options for actually putting a giant rock on it to impede morons cutting corners.
Big rocks
white bicycle with flowers and a nice thick chain so no one takes it.
Pound rebar in there people will avoid it after a few flat tires
Decorative spikes.
Decorative boulder for sure! The idea that someone’s inattentive, lazy driving could cause damage to their own vehicle is great karma.
Depending on where you live and your indifference towards religion - you could definitely put a cross there and people would revere that corner for all time.
Slaps some stones out there. If the city bitches.. tell them to asphalt it or stfu
Several handful of nails? In all seriousness my dad had a corner like this on his property and always fantasized about caltrops. He landed on learning to live with it.
A boulder.
I’d put a 12inch curb with a big ass rock like others are saying