Erect a fence.

Time for some new yard ornaments

Or move?

Now it looks like the rest of Easton.

Even Garp would think twice before living there.

So buy a big farking rock and put it in the path of where the cars come in.

/reads article

Oh, I see, they want the CITY to pay for a big farking rock. Yeah, no.

Paint a bulls-eye on the boulder while you're at it.

Can't wait for those lawsuits.

Rt. 22 has a portion that runs through Easton that is been nicknamed "Cemetery Curve", but should be "Curves" because there are 3 of them. Most of Easton, besides downtown must of been planned by a retarded engineer. I take that back, I didn't mean to insult retarded people.

"If you come across that bridge and you don't stop, you're in my house."

Hey, thanks for the directions! I'll be right over.

TFA: "The thing that's frustrating is that I was told by a few of the rescue workers that my car, which was parked there and is totaled, is what saved [the driver's] life," she said, adding that a boulder would have saved him without wrecking her car.

Not that I have much sympathy with someone who goes 65 mph in a 30 zone and flies off the road, but I'm not convinced... boulders tend to have far fewer crumple zones than her car did.

djh0101010: Oh, I see, they want the CITY to pay for a big farking rock. Yeah, no.

That wasn't my read. My read was she wanted the township to indemnify them from any lawsuits, or something like that.

The couple has wanted to put a boulder in front of their house to prevent accidents from damaging their home, but they said they have been told that such an obstacle would make them liable for any damage to a rogue driver.

Does that mean they'd be liable for any damage done to the driver by their house, too? And what about people who put a series of smaller rocks near the curb along their property? If a driver decides to take a shortcut and damages his wheels, tires, and/or undercarriage in any way, the homeowner is liable, as well?

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Love it.

They are thinking too small.
what they need is a GIANT ramp, that goes over their house... and then ends.
If it were my ramp, I'd add a giant hula-hoop to the very end and some electronics that cause the hoop to flare up when ever a car is on the ramp. It would be AWESOME!

I was thinking put up a brick wall, but a large boulder would do as well.

The couple has wanted to put a boulder in front of their house to prevent accidents from damaging their home, but they said they have been told that such an obstacle would make them liable for any damage to a rogue driver.

But they aren't liable for damage to the drivers who hit their house?

Que?

djh0101010: So buy a big farking rock and put it in the path of where the cars come in.

/reads article

Oh, I see, they want the CITY to pay for a big farking rock. Yeah, no.

I read it as the city sating if the homeowner puts it there and a rouge driver hurts themselves when hitting it the homeowner can be sued, if the city puts it there all is good.

My grandparents lived on a corner too (DNRTFA).

Hell when I was a kid (we're talking about 6-9ish, hell if I know) a dude ran his car into our house and the corner was TWO MORE HOUSES DOWN. shiat we also only had about 75 feet of frontage with a 30 foot setback.

It also sucked for the guy in our neighborhood who lived across from the 3-way stop. It sucked more for the drivers when they hit his pool.

I understand that the home owner can be liable if they put a boulder there and a driver gets hurt crashing into it, but isn't this really the town/state's fauld for making that road a dangerous place for drivers? From this article you can get their address and Google Streets will show you how the bridge approach to their house looks. The gov't needs to do something about that, even if they put a mini-round about there.

The couple has wanted to put a boulder in front of their house to prevent accidents from damaging their home, but they said they have been told that such an obstacle would make them liable for any damage to a rogue driver.

The amount of hearsay in this article...

...She believes he was going approximately 65 mph in the 30 mph zone.

...The driver is in the hospital with injuries, but is expected to make a full recovery, according to Schenewolf. (The homeowner)

"If we would have been in his vehicle, he would have been killed," his wife said.

...Leads me to believe there's more to the story.

KimNorth: djh0101010: So buy a big farking rock and put it in the path of where the cars come in.

/reads article

Oh, I see, they want the CITY to pay for a big farking rock. Yeah, no.

I read it as the city sating if the homeowner puts it there and a rouge driver hurts themselves when hitting it the homeowner can be sued, if the city puts it there all is good.

On rereading, I see that you got it right and I didn't. Wow, that's about 27 kinds of farked up right there.

I'd just start shooting any survivors.

We have a donut shop that's been plowed into twice by idiot drivers over the years. Solution? a couple of big-ass concrete slab barriers.

Oh and my grandparents noticed that chain link fencing slowed cars down a bit (well, depending on the angle they came in on, but they always seemed to follow the same path, which luckily was almost parallel with the property line) and didn't hurt the driver as much as when the guy hit the oak tree.

The fence itself may not have slowed shiat, but hitting it awoke the drivr enough so he could apply some brake.

Old enough to know better: We have a donut shop that's been plowed into twice by idiot drivers over the years. Solution? a couple of big-ass concrete slab barriers.

How about a drive thru, fat people hate to get out of the car.

Jessica: Yep, and nobody gives more discounts to more drivers. Like the multi-car discount.

Jerry: Multi car? Is that for a person with one car, but multiple accidents? 'Cause that might really interest me.

Jessica: Not exactly, but that savings could get even bigger when you combine your auto and your home.

Jerry: Awesome, I just combined them.

FTA,
She estimates that she has $40,000 in property damages and the man who hit the house has $5000 in property damage coverage.

And no doubt when she (or her insurance company) sues the driver to recoup the remaining $35,000, the driver will simply declare bankruptcy and move on.

Seeing how her house has been struck 3 times in 6 months, it won't be long before her homeowners insurance policy is canceled or her rates jump through the roof.

Problem Solved.

And once again, subby totally misses what makes "this is not a repeat" a joke.

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/Problem solved.

Isn't that Dick Clarks house?

Protip: Turn off the giant magnet you keep in the basement.

BuckTurgidson: But they aren't liable for damage to the drivers who hit their house?

Liability is wierd isn't it?

I've heard about some firearms owners who only use store bought factory ammo for home/personal defense because using hand loads would add an extra level of liability if they ever shot someone in self defense. Putting a boulder in front of the house would probably add some extra liability due to creating some sort of unnatural situation via the homeowners involvement like the hand loads would....if thats even true.

skinink: I understand that the home owner can be liable if they put a boulder there and a driver gets hurt crashing into it, but isn't this really the town/state's fauld for making that road a dangerous place for drivers? From this article you can get their address and Google Streets will show you how the bridge approach to their house looks. The gov't needs to do something about that, even if they put a mini-round about there.

There's a farking stop sign at the end of the bridge...if the dumbfarks don't know what that means, then there isn't much the state can do to change the outcome.

Giltric: BuckTurgidson: But they aren't liable for damage to the drivers who hit their house?

Liability is wierd isn't it?

I've heard about some firearms owners who only use store bought factory ammo for home/personal defense because using hand loads would add an extra level of liability if they ever shot someone in self defense. Putting a boulder in front of the house would probably add some extra liability due to creating some sort of unnatural situation via the homeowners involvement like the hand loads would....if thats even true.

How about something really tall? It sounds like drivers are coming over a bridge, and don't see that they've got to turn until they're at the peak of the bridge. If there's something that's visible from the other side, maybe people will take it slow. Or they could campaign for speed bumps and get all their neighbors to hate them.

It is Easton. Maybe when she said boulder, she meant a crack rock.

Too Lazy to post Tyrone Biggums

Foot thick rebar enforced concrete fence would do the trick I think.

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That's not a house. That's looks like a photoshopped Mark V.

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Yer goddamn right.

Heh.

;)

you are a puppet: Jessica: Yep, and nobody gives more discounts to more drivers. Like the multi-car discount.

Jerry: Multi car? Is that for a person with one car, but multiple accidents? 'Cause that might really interest me.

Jessica: Not exactly, but that savings could get even bigger when you combine your auto and your home.

Jerry: Awesome, I just combined them.

I love those commercials. No idea what company they're for, but, they're funny. Also, totally unlikely to influence my purchasing decisions.

Exactly how would putting a boulder or other barrier in their yard to keep out of control vehicles from hitting their house or vechicles parked nearby make them liable for damages? How is hitting a barrier in their yard any different than an out of control vehicle hitting their house or vechicles parked nearby? Or hitting a guardrail put there for that same purpose?

And why does the law allow for them to be held liable for damages when it is clearly the fault of the vehicle's sriver for going too fast and not paying attention? It's not like they'd have metal spikes set up to impale any vehicle or driver that doesn't stop in time

She needs to hire a better lawyer. The city is negligent.

The couple plans to go to township officials to fight for a boulder.

albuquerquehalsey: The couple plans to go to township officials to fight for a boulder.

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Right the fark on on pix.

My brother-in-law had this problem. He went to the local scrap yard and had them cut several 10' sections of Schedule 40 4" drill stem. He buried them 7' in the ground, 4' apart across the front of the house and back filled them with concrete. He capped them, painted them brown and hung a nice decorative chain between them. There have been several incidents since then but none of them have ever gotten past the pipes.

Solution:



Joe's Truck Stop


In 1935 Joe Faulkner built a house on Fifth Street, directly in front of a mountain road. Things were fine until around 1950 when Alabama designated the road State Highway 35, and truckers started using it. The truckers would burn out their brakes on the steep, two-mile mountain pass, and the first year thirteen trucks went through Joe's yard. He had a row of trees which they took out, one by one. Trucks, several of whose drivers died, spilled such diverse loads as chickens, watermelons, cows, logs, lumber, and steel onto Joe's yard, porch, and roof. He once had three circus trucks in his yard. In 1959, after various officials failed to make good their promises to remedy the situation, Joe built a four-foot-thick concrete wall reinforced with wire, grader blades, steel pipe, and the chassis from two Dodge trucks. The wall is only about two feet high, so loads still spill into his yard, but trucks have never been able to do anything worse to the wall than knock chunks out of it. In 1989 I went to Fort Payne to see the wall, which local kids have named Joe's Truck Stop.

Google Streetview

skinink: I understand that the home owner can be liable if they put a boulder there and a driver gets hurt crashing into it, but isn't this really the town/state's fauld for making that road a dangerous place for drivers? From this article you can get their address and Google Streets will show you how the bridge approach to their house looks. The gov't needs to do something about that, even if they put a mini-round about there.

The "then and now" comparison between pictures, it doesn't look like they're doing badly at all.

Hey, guess what. This is also Easton but in NY. This minor bend in the road is at the bottom of the hill. We're always a little leery when we see a truck coming down, because they tend to burn rubber right there. Signs and shiat will not slow them down.

There is a spa and pool shop in a town near me that had the exact same problem. I don't know if they had to sue to get it fixed by the county, but a couple of people that worked there had gotten hurt the last time. The solution the county engineer came up with was a double K-rail (Jersey barrier/highway divider) in front of the store with reflectors and a big yellow and black barricade sign. They also dropped the speed limit to 35 MPH 200 yards before the bridge and posting nice big signs informing drivers of the upcoming stop.

There have been far fewer accidents there and those that happen only destroy the sign and reflectors.

\if the law suit fails they need to hire a pro earth bender
\\and not for stopping cars

Indubitably: albuquerquehalsey: The couple plans to go to township officials to fight for a boulder.

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Right the fark on on pix.

Still on the fence with the new season.

JohnnyRebel88: Rt. 22 has a portion that runs through Easton that is been nicknamed "Cemetery Curve", but should be "Curves" because there are 3 of them. Most of Easton, besides downtown must of been planned by a retarded engineer. I take that back, I didn't mean to insult retarded people.

Is that by that creepy cemetery perhaps? LC grad here and I am shocked that I drove a car there for 3 years and didn't die. Not even once.

That bushkill drive was definitely a road drunk drivers took to avoid cops.

Ashtrey: Indubitably: albuquerquehalsey: The couple plans to go to township officials to fight for a boulder.

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Right the fark on on pix.

Still on the fence with the new season.

Man,

Adapt or die.

That is really all.

Really.

Seriously.

*sigh*

P.S. Love works, man. ;)

I am all for the boulder solution. Or the Joes wall solution discussed above. I dont see why there would be any liability involved. The property is not a street or parking lot. There can therefore be no expectation that it be free of impediments to vehicles. If the property owner would be liable for a injured driver who hit a rock they would by extension be legally liable for a driver injured when their car ran into the house. Its the same damn thing. An object blocking vehicle travel, in a place where no cars belong in the first damn place.