Private Drive Sign

[kenstrac]

I have all types of signs at the beginning of my road and they still come down and turn around and spin their tires leaving.
But one day I was looking out and this car came down and turned around,first 1 tire was off the tar then he tried to go forward,next thing I see is the backup lights come on and he managed to get both rears off the ground.

 

[clemsonfor]

Was your gate open ?

He said he has not put a gate up, but will in the future.

 

[clemsonfor]

People pull in my driveway to turn around almost on a weekly basis. When you live out on a country road and someone going down the road (possibly looking for one of your neighbors) realizes they have gone past where they need to be they need to turn around. Much easier to pull into a driveway then back out to go the other way. If people didn't pull in my driveway to turn around (or anyone elses) they'd have to do it in the middle of the road which would take about 10 moves pulling forward, back up, forward, back up, forward, back up etc. I doubt any sign would help, if someone needs to turn around they'll do it anyway.

I agree i do it to that way, but never pull down more than the length of the vehicle before i back out. some of these guys are talking about driveways that are over 1/2 mile long. There is no reason to pull in more than a car length to turn around. Most folks even with a gate will have a car length of pull in space befor the gate so that they can open it and get out of the road. Why is it ok for them to pull down your secluded 100 yard long driveway to turn around in your yard just cause they went 200ft past their destination?

 

[dcyrilc]

Uh, yeah, what ever happened to good old fashioned neighborliness? Is America so paranoid we have to regard everyone who happens to come up our road (whether on purpose or by accident) as a home invader???

For me, it has to do with how many times I've been ripped off. After one theft where they stole $9,000 in aluminum street light poles (9 poles 14' long), I'd had enough and the gates and video went in.

Only two thefts since then. The first, we couldn't get the plate as I didn't have the camera focused quite right. The second, we got the plate and the police payed him a visit at work since he used a company van for the theft.

I'll see if I can figure out how to post video tonight.

 

[Northland]

I have all types of signs at the beginning of my road and they still come down and turn around and spin their tires leaving.
But one day I was looking out and this car came down and turned around,first 1 tire was off the tar then he tried to go forward,next thing I see is the backup lights come on and he managed to get both rears off the ground.

That's a great picture. I doubt the Subaru driver was up to no good though.

 

[kenstrac]

That's a great picture. I doubt the Subaru driver was up to no good though.

His excuse was he wanted to see what was down there,it cost him a few bucks to find out.
I always wanted to put one of those one way tire shredders like you see at car rentals,with a big sign going in FREE exit fee $50 that might stop them.

 

[MicroPilot]

Something like this might help:

Google Maps

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Something like this might help:

Google Maps

Yep, that would work...:laughing:

 

[troutsqueezer]

There was a guy east of my place that planted a couple acres to pine trees ... the field was right next to the county road that led to the landfill so it got a lot of traffic. He figured that his trees would be an easy target for Christmas tree 'hunters' and weekend landscapers so he posted these along the edge of the road and his driveway. The trees grew to harvest size unmolested :laughing:

You might be careful with this one. We had a sign like this posted in our R&D lab just for fun and when the fire inspector came around he told us to take it down because fire and rescue personnel take these signs seriously and will not enter a property which has this displayed. Can't blame them.

 

[RoadHogg]

You might be careful with this one. We had a sign like this posted in our R&D lab just for fun and when the fire inspector came around he told us to take it down because fire and rescue personnel take these signs seriously and will not enter a property which has this displayed. Can't blame them.

Yea, we did the same with a bio-hazard sign and the fire inspector wasn't too impressed, he didn't make us take it down though. It was obviously printed on someone's inkjet printer so I guess he decided to let it slide.

I would agree, it's probably not best to use signs like this unless they are accurate. The potential implications are too grave to take the risk.