No Respect For Others

[toppop52]

I have a bright white clam shell drive way, I live about a city block's distance from the road to a county landfill and animal shelter, as well as the FedEx terminal at the rear of the airport. People coming from the north just can't seem to read the big sign at the road, drive by and just can't avoid my shiny white driveway. I've turned around in driveways myself, but I avoid it if possible, I'll drive a mile up the road to keep from using someone's driveway, it is private property.
That wouldn't be so bad except they usually are going way too fast, and slam on brakes as they turn in with wheels locked to the left, then proceed to stop and turn the wheels all the way the other way while sitting still. Most are front drive of course, so the punch the throttle and dig a few more holes before leaving. I've had several drive up my driveway to the turnout in front of the house and turn around, had one park there at night, turn on inside lights and start reading directions or something. Once I had to wait for a car to back out, so I could get in! Makes you feel like Rodney Dangerfield!

 

[bigtiller]

That's the way country living is. People drive up my horse-shoe shaped drive all the time and turn around, especially the ones pulling a trailer. I wouldn't mind them doing it, if they would stop for coffee but they are in a big hurry trying to "get away". One guy did stop for directions but he thought my driveway was the county road.

I'm not putting a gate up to keep them out, I'm to busy too. :laughing:

 

[davesl708]

Seems manors have skipped an generation or two.
My neighbor has a problem with people tearing up the finish on his drive. The worst was a cement truck came down our road by mistake and had nowhere to turn around so used my neighbors asphalt drive. A hot summer day and the concrete company got a call to come out and repair his drive.

I end up with black tire marks on my drive frequently.

 

[toppop52]

If they were considerate and used a bit of common sense, I wouldn't mind so bad. I just go out about once a month dress it good. It's four years old and pretty solid, but if it rains and people do that, then it makes small low spots.

 

[uglyboywith11fingers]

I live on a fairly busy road, with a 200 foot long driveway. Over the past few years, I've had a number of people pull in to turn around, find they can't back out because of traffic, so they drive up on my lawn to turn around so they can just drive out of my driveway. One guy even left me some nice ruts in the grass as he just did a 'donut' turn and headed out. Morons.

Pete

 

[k0ua]

I have a bright white clam shell drive way, I live about a city block's distance from the road to a county landfill and animal shelter, as well as the FedEx terminal at the rear of the airport. People coming from the north just can't seem to read the big sign at the road, drive by and just can't avoid my shiny white driveway. I've turned around in driveways myself, but I avoid it if possible, I'll drive a mile up the road to keep from using someone's driveway, it is private property.
That wouldn't be so bad except they usually are going way too fast, and slam on brakes as they turn in with wheels locked to the left, then proceed to stop and turn the wheels all the way the other way while sitting still. Most are front drive of course, so the punch the throttle and dig a few more holes before leaving. I've had several drive up my driveway to the turnout in front of the house and turn around, had one park there at night, turn on inside lights and start reading directions or something. Once I had to wait for a car to back out, so I could get in! Makes you feel like Rodney Dangerfield!

Where I live, I have to fix the driveway holes about once a week from all the people trying to turn around in my lower drive on a steep hill. Lots of tire spinning and gravel throwing. I am just resigned to it. The tractor can fix it in no time.. Keeps my bucket smoothing skills sharp. I usually wait until there several holes and fix them all at once.

 

[5030]

Must be the big NRA sign out front that keeps 'em outta my driveway........

 

[dmccarty]

Some of it is likely ignorance since they are not used to driving off pavement....

BUT....

We had a guy drive all the way up our road and then our long driveway to the house. We have TWO areas to turn around in on the driveway and a real obvious one on the road.

Dip scat passed our turning circle on the front of the house, went half way to the back of the house were there is plenty of space to turn around, but decided to go off the driveway into the grass to turn around. :shocked: Dumb a..... He danged near got stuck and he left big ruts from spinning his tires to get out. If he had gotten stuck, I would have had fun with him.....

Course he drove past the open gate with two posted signs... Sometimes, even a sign is not enough....

You just can't fix stupid.

Later,
Dan

 

[mkr7734]

I think what many have said must be true. There Seems To Be No Respect For Others,,,,,,We have a 1/2 mile long lane with four homes, ours being the last one. I can't tell you how many times people have driven all the way to our property before they figure out they should not be here. So what do they do. Turn around in the grass or in front of the shed and then burn out. Once my wife came home and there were a bunch of high school kids partying in the yard. She stopped and told them that they were on privet land and one said, Oh yeah? We have been coming here for years. Funny thing is we had just installed 1/4 mile of driveway that they had driven on to get where they were. The other problem has been up till two years ago there were high school kids living at one of the homes so there was always party central at the entrance to the lane and they leave their beer cans every time. When they would come home they would litter the whole way up the lane till they got to their driveway off the lane. PIGS!!! I wonder if they threw their TP on the floor at home. :thumbdown: When we were kids we did plenty but we did not Defecate in our own yards! :fiery:

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I have a U shaped drive in front of my house. I don't mind people using it as a turnaround, but some of them don't even slow down. One of them ran over my dog and killed it, and didn't even stop. I was not happy.

 

[rekees4300]

just can't avoid my shiny white driveway.

Would a gate solve the problem?

 

[jlgurr]

Would a gate solve the problem?

How about one of those fancy schmancy one way gates at the car rental place. You can drive in but you can't drive out without destroying the tires. They can be lowered to let people leave without puncturing their tires.

Problem is they'd probably find some way to sue you for damaging their tires.

 

[4570Man]

How about one of those fancy schmancy one way gates at the car rental place. You can drive in but you can't drive out without destroying the tires. They can be lowered to let people leave without puncturing their tires. Problem is they'd probably find some way to sue you for damaging their tires.

And what about that time when you need to have one of your kids come over in the middle of the night? What if you had to call an Ambulance and they couldn't get in? What if your house caught on fire and the firetruck couldn't get through? This just sounds like a bad idea.

 

[japody]

It's a pain getting in & out of the truck, but we keep our gates locked. Matter of fact, all access points have gates and locks. No unwanted visitors.

 

[toppop52]

Now they make fake spikes, look real but they're rubber, maybe that would help!

I'm just venting, realistically there's not much I can do.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Many years ago I was working for an excavating contractor. When the nearby interstate opened, people would miss the on ramp then turn around using his driveway right up the road. He too tired of repairing his property especially with the equipment stored at a different location.

We loaded up two of the largest boulders we could get on the lowbed and placed them on either side of his drive. While it did not stop the turn arounds, he no longer had to repair damage to the yard though he did have to pick up a lot of red plastic and such.

 

[tractchores]

We had a similar issue. Our drive is at the end of a .5 mi private road. People would come down "just to see" and then turn around, but never in the wide parking area - they had to go over the flower bed or on the lawn. Some of them came down at a good clip too. We were getting several a week and I used to put traffic cones at the end next to 2 no trespassing signs, one guy drove over the cone just to see what was down there.

I got so sick of it that we put up a gate. Now we get no turn arounds, though I see lots of people turn in the drive up from the gate. The gate actually works open almost as well as closed, which is nice. Someday I'm sure some idiot is going to drive through it, but at least we'll have their license (gate has cameras) and theyll have some pretty severe vehicle damage!

 

[oosik]

During hunting season I put a chain & lock on my outer gate. I swear to God, a lot of people can't read or just don't give a dam. They don't come in to turn around - they are there to hunt on my land & the neighbors land without permission. No Trespassing signs, private property signs, private driveway signs - nothing - other than the locked gate - will deter them. For some reason the idea of private property just doesn't resonate with them.

 

[JRobyn]

It's a pain getting in & out of the truck, but we keep our gates locked. Matter of fact, all access points have gates and locks. No unwanted visitors.

Just why I (and my in-laws that also live down here "on the ridge") are happy, happy, happy with our solar gate operator!

 

[KubotaToy]

Gates with locks is the only way. I used to have just latches on my gates but came home one day with two fellows walking around my yard and shop looking at my tractors and dozer. I asked them if they saw the signs for private property and noticed the closed gate, both admitted they did but told since it was not locked it should be ok for them to visit.