Update about people running in my yard around curve

Well, thats one way to remedy the drunk driving problem. And permanent.

Regards

Jim Vrzal

Peter T. Keillor III wrote:

Right, but the *cars* are property too. And in the states where it's mostly ok to zip the perps, property rights,

*especially* about cars [1] tend to be very strong and deeply ingrained.

So infringing on bubba's right to get drunk, drive around in his pickup, and crash into stuff, sometimes trumps the rights of folks to keep him out of their front yard. Boys will be boys and all. Heck, he could ding up his *truck* if folks were allowed to stick rocks and crap in their front yards.

Jim

[1] What do you expect, when 'you know you've settled in, when you've taken the wheels off yer house...'

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Although this idea could become frightfully expensive, it would certainly stop *any* vehicle;

I understand that there are a small number of people in the US who collect old, running tanks. Usually from the WW2 era.

Seek out these people, and see if they have a line on some that don't run, and find a way to get them parked in your yard.... Nothing will get through them.

In humor,

James

Aaaaahhh, now I see. So, if Bubba were to drive his monster truck into your house, reach out his window, and toss your big screen TV into the back of the truck, and drive off, technically there would have been no crime, because Bubba had never left his property. Brilliant! I have a whole new perspective on these things now!

"Honest Officer, I've been in my truck the whole night!" ;-)

The trickier part is, would it be ok to shoot Bubba in his truck, or would you have to lure him out first?

"Look Bubba! A whole case of Beer! Too bad it's just out of reach!"

Pete

Except an '88. ;)

Tim

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Ornamental spike strips

JohnF

Plant some Willow trees. When they crash into them they will become, "spring loaded, in the pissed-off position".

Wrong wrong wrong. The only thing those folks like more than trucks, is their TVs!! Definite crime, there.

Jim

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I like the idea of either a line of 2 ft tall rocks or 2 ft tall wooden posts.

4' fence made with railroad track. Discreetly placed just behind the "strip" rock and cactus garden.

mj

Steel posts solidly anchored deep in concrete, with 1/2" steel cable strung between them makes a great fence, and if oriented properly, will cause the offending vehicle to be directed along the fence in any direction you want. Think of it as the poor mans guard rail.

Posts and cable are often available for little or nothing from crane or oil field construction companies

Gunner

"Gun Control, the theory that a 110lb grandmother should fist fight a 250lb 19yr old criminal"

Maybe some bamboo, if it will grow here. Gunner, what was the name of those big ass plows that looked like a tank? Anyway, I've seen these things stopped dead by large thickets of bamboo.

The trouble with planted solutions is that the OP has 'intruders' on a near-monthly basis. He's not going to have time to grow the barrier before it gets crushed and even if he did, after three or four hits in a three month period, the barrier will be gone.

If he plants something that _will_ grow fast enough, his house and yard will disappear in short order.

I suggest a couple of rows of deeply-set sockets with replaceable 4x4s that stick up about 3 feet.

Rome Plows. Also Rhome Plows..depending on who was spelling it.

Gunner

"Gun Control, the theory that a 110lb grandmother should fist fight a 250lb 19yr old criminal"

A short ramp wide enough for the inside wheels of the car as it goes around the corner. Oh, and a camcorder for posterity.