Some are different, like here we actually have to pay for the curb and own it. We own the bridge to access our property as well , the city wont touch it... yet there are neighbors that didn't like the standing water on the road so they busted out a chunk to let the water drain to the creek and now it is washing out the dirt under the pavement. I don't allow people to turn around on my bridge either since there are so many wide driveways around here my bridge is narrow and it is known to the locals as "The Red Bridge" where kids would meet to deal drugs and do their deeds... that has stopped now after a year of efforts running them off. People would come looking into our windows at 1-3am, walk by the garage and our house is 150' away from any roadway... what ticked me off was the disrespect when Id tell them this is private property and theyd respond with "FU" ! Nope, game over ! There is a road that dead ends behind us and people would drive through the yard and get to it barely, I had to put up a fence to stop that as theyd go both ways and there is no paved road, not even gravel, theyd just make their own path. Since this stopped I got that section of the yard looking really nice now, no more ruts, no mud... I understand if someone is lost or confused, unfamiliar with an area... but those who constantly violate someones property is a no-no.
How to stop cars from turning around in my driveway
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Some are different, like here we actually have to pay for the curb and own it. We own the bridge to access our property as well , the city wont touch it... yet there are neighbors that didn't like the standing water on the road so they busted out a chunk to let the water drain to the creek and now it is washing out the dirt under the pavement. I don't allow people to turn around on my bridge either since there are so many wide driveways around here my bridge is narrow and it is known to the locals as "The Red Bridge" where kids would meet to deal drugs and do their deeds... that has stopped now after a year of efforts running them off. People would come looking into our windows at 1-3am, walk by the garage and our house is 150' away from any roadway... what ticked me off was the disrespect when Id tell them this is private property and theyd respond with "FU" ! Nope, game over ! There is a road that dead ends behind us and people would drive through the yard and get to it barely, I had to put up a fence to stop that as theyd go both ways and there is no paved road, not even gravel, theyd just make their own path. Since this stopped I got that section of the yard looking really nice now, no more ruts, no mud... I understand if someone is lost or confused, unfamiliar with an area... but those who constantly violate someones property is a no-no.
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At least all they are doing is turning around. I had a guy park in my yard once. He wasn't visiting me, he was heading over to the park close to our house that a concert was going on at and couldn't find a parking spot, so he pulled into our yard. I called the police and they came, but wouldn't do anything since the vehicle was on private property, it was my problem. I thanked the officers for coming over and they left.
I went to my garage, got out the SUV, hooked up a tow strap and pulled the vehicle out into the middle of the road. Unhooked the tow strap and parked my SUV back in the garage. I then went and sit on my front porch, watching as traffic trying to figure out what to do. Police showed up, looked over at me, I yelled, I think it is your problem now since it is on public property. I turned around and went inside. They had a tow truck come and get it.
About two hours later I heard commotion in my front yard when the owner showed up looking for his truck. He called the police to report his truck stolen, they showed up and arrested him because he had an outstanding warrant.
The most fun I have had by not going to a concert.
I went to my garage, got out the SUV, hooked up a tow strap and pulled the vehicle out into the middle of the road. Unhooked the tow strap and parked my SUV back in the garage. I then went and sit on my front porch, watching as traffic trying to figure out what to do. Police showed up, looked over at me, I yelled, I think it is your problem now since it is on public property. I turned around and went inside. They had a tow truck come and get it.
About two hours later I heard commotion in my front yard when the owner showed up looking for his truck. He called the police to report his truck stolen, they showed up and arrested him because he had an outstanding warrant.
The most fun I have had by not going to a concert.
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lzicc
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If you look at the left split rail corner, you can still see the ruts the car left in my new lawn. That is what really fired me up on this.
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I love these threads.
REALIZE, that it's a constant bother to you, but the individual person that does it has done it once, and hardly justifies doing something nasty to them. I have turned around in peoples driveway in areas where you can't make a left turn or some such thing. I did it once and have not been back there since or ever will. Heck, I don't even remember where I did such maneuvers. It would hardly justify them having damaged my truck or tires. Not like I had been WARNED!
It's about that real estate saying. Loction, Location, Location.
REALIZE, that it's a constant bother to you, but the individual person that does it has done it once, and hardly justifies doing something nasty to them. I have turned around in peoples driveway in areas where you can't make a left turn or some such thing. I did it once and have not been back there since or ever will. Heck, I don't even remember where I did such maneuvers. It would hardly justify them having damaged my truck or tires. Not like I had been WARNED!
It's about that real estate saying. Loction, Location, Location.
^^^ "location, location, location"
That reminded me how I joked with my wife when she got upset about cars turning around in front of our house. I told her "that's what se get for building our house at the end of a driveway". She wasn't amused.
That reminded me how I joked with my wife when she got upset about cars turning around in front of our house. I told her "that's what se get for building our house at the end of a driveway". She wasn't amused.
Diggin It
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You should have been arrested. And if there had been a wreck, you could have been sued and lost everything you owned including the property the guy parked on. Somebody parking in your yard is no excuse to be so completely irresponsible.
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Plus one on this, it's a yard for crying out loud.
Best thing he should have done, just call a tow company to take it
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^^^^^This.
The police already knew it was in your yard, had someone been injured by hitting it in the street they would have known you put it there. Thank God nobody got hurt.
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It would be so easy to either put a sawhorse across driveway or a rope, hang a "no parking" sign on it. Hand lettered is fine on cardboard.
