DUI hits close to home(updated 8/27)

[stevew]

Hear a loud noise. Look outside. Some dude is grinding his car in my yard probably 10 feet from our house. I decide not to go out to the yard to help. If he knocks I'd help. He doesn't. He spins some more. I call the cops. He fouls up the test. He's going to jail. Fucker killed my rhodedendren.

[johnnyshaka]

Glad that's all he killed...yikes.

[stevew]

Upon further review it was 4 feet away.

[stevew]

Howie Long understated the bush killing capabilities of the new Chevy Equinox.

[johnnyshaka]

Originally Posted by stevew

Howie Long understated the bush killing capabilities of the new Chevy Equinox.

Never trusted that bastard, anyway.

You live on a main drag with lots of traffic or in the burbs on a quiet street?

[stevew]

well, its kind of the burbs, but theres this hellish bend that people take way too fast up the road a bit. Probably an above average amount of traffic though. This dude is lucky he didn't go off the road in a few parts, he'd be fuckin dead. It's rainy tonight, too. No real property damage on our stuff, other than the bush. The yard sucks anyways, so a few divots ain't hurting me. Still alarmed at how close to the house this fucker was though. 3rd car in the yard in the last year or so.

[stevew]

the cop made mention that the last time he was at our house, he pulled out a cache of assault weapons. The previous owner was a gun nut and weed selling dude. Funny stuff.

[Mustang]

When I used to live in a 8 unit apartment complex, there was an underage drunk driver that went off the road, up the hill and rammed the front entrance.

I wasn't home at the time, but when I went to get the mail the next day, imagine my surprise when there was a hole where the front entrance used to be.

[johnnyshaka]

Maybe the DD was looking for "his guy"??

[stevew]

[stevew]

Yeah, powerspraying the house is on the to-do list

[stevew]

tri dola....the angle he was at defies all normal laws of physics, he had to have come in sideways or something.

[johnnyshaka]

Wow, that is close.

The least you could do is pave that area so a guy doesn't get his ride all dirty when he's looking to score.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by stevew

Hear a loud noise. Look outside. Some dude is grinding his car in my yard probably 10 feet from our house. I decide not to go out to the yard to help. If he knocks I'd help. He doesn't. He spins some more. I call the cops. He fouls up the test. He's going to jail. Fucker killed my rhodedendren.

(Former President George HW Bush does mudslinging spinouts on the Simpsons' lawn...)

Marge: President Bush is driving on our lawn! He must be lost.
Homer (threatening): He's not lost.

[Kodos]

This is how I initially read this post. Don't know what it means.

Originally Posted by stevew

Howie Long understated the Bush killing capabilities of the new Cheney Equinox.

[Kodos]

Originally Posted by stevew

3rd car in the yard in the last year or so.

Sounds like you need to put a boulder on the front edge of the lawn.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Kodos

Sounds like you need to put a boulder on the front edge of the lawn.

Unfortunately, in this day and age he'd be sued if someone hit it.

Our daycare has issues with people speeding through the parking lot (they are between a Bruegger's Bagels and the best left turn exit), and asked about putting a sign up. The amount of liability that brings on is apparently astronomical, as one of the speeding drivers could sue you if they hit someone/something because they were "distracted" trying to read the sign...

[CraigSca]

I have to give you kudos for the thread title. It's absolutely spot-on.

[Noop]

How can he be liable? I thought on your private property you can pretty much do as you please with landscape as long as you don't violate city laws. So if I had a house and had something similar happen to me I couldn't put up a fence re-enforced by boulders? So how that seems wrong to me.

*Assuming he doesn't have a HOA*

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

Unfortunately, in this day and age he'd be sued if someone hit it.

Our daycare has issues with people speeding through the parking lot (they are between a Bruegger's Bagels and the best left turn exit), and asked about putting a sign up. The amount of liability that brings on is apparently astronomical, as one of the speeding drivers could sue you if they hit someone/something because they were "distracted" trying to read the sign...

This kind of stuff drives me nuts. Our family owns property that has 3 large buildings on it from circa 1900. Inevitably, word has gone around with kids in the area that the buildings are haunted. As a result, we have local kids sneaking onto the property. Some just walk around, while others valdalize the property. If any of those kids get hurt in those old buildings while trespassing, guess who gets sued. The landowner. Crazy stuff.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Mustang

When I used to live in a 8 unit apartment complex, there was an underage drunk driver that went off the road, up the hill and rammed the front entrance.

I wasn't home at the time, but when I went to get the mail the next day, imagine my surprise when there was a hole where the front entrance used to be.

Back when I was 5 or 6 years old, we had the car that was parked in our driveway knocked into our living room. A 14 year old's parents had just left to go to the airport for a vacation, so he decided to take the car and a couple of girls out for a ride. He came flying around the corner at about 70 (in a residential area), bounced off the curb across the street, veered across and hit our car so hard it went about 20 feet, across the porch, and put the front of the car through the brick wall and front window. I was back in my room, and the whole house shook. His parents hadn't gotten on the flight yet when they got the news. They were not too happy when they got to our house and saw the devastation.

[flere-imsaho]

Originally Posted by stevew

3rd car in the yard in the last year or so.

Originally Posted by stevew

the cop made mention that the last time he was at our house, he pulled out a cache of assault weapons. The previous owner was a gun nut and weed selling dude.

You may want to consider moving, dude.

[Shepp]

You should write a letter and send the photo to the District attorney, Solicitor, or whomever it is that prosecutes DUI cases in your state. Maybe the judge will add restitution for your damaged yard to buddy's sentence.

[stevew]

I'm hoping he can become my butler to pay it off.

[Dr. Sak]

Originally Posted by stevew

I'm hoping he can become my butler to pay it off.

ZING!

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by stevew

Hear a loud noise. Look outside. Some dude is grinding his car in my yard probably 10 feet from our house. I decide not to go out to the yard to help. If he knocks I'd help. He doesn't. He spins some more. I call the cops. He fouls up the test. He's going to jail. Fucker killed my rhodedendren.

Isn't this a scene from the recent movie Adventureland?

[johnnyshaka]

Originally Posted by Shepp

You should write a letter and send the photo to the District attorney, Solicitor, or whomever it is that prosecutes DUI cases in your state. Maybe the judge will add restitution for your damaged yard to buddy's sentence.

You kidding? SteveW could get sued for the cost of a towing, a wheel alignment, and a car wash.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by stevew

the cop made mention that the last time he was at our house, he pulled out a cache of assault weapons. The previous owner was a gun nut and weed selling dude. Funny stuff.

You should check your attic and walls!

[Bad-example]

Originally Posted by stevew

He's going to jail. Fucker killed my rhodedendren.

He killed sportsdigs' rhododendrons two weeks ago.

[stevew]

Alright. This was odd. I go outside and the cars owner is in the front yard. Asks if I called 911. I'm like DUH. Better be the last time I see these fuckers cause it was uncomfortable. I was cleaning up the yard and saw a piece of the car trim. That's going in the trash now. Driver was not owner apparently. If I see them again I will be politely asking them to leave and then calling the cops

[stevew]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

You should check your attic and walls!

I'm sure I made mention of finding the secret growing room? White painted tarps and lights. Good times.

[kcchief19]

Just be lucky it wasn't a teenager girl in a minivan or she would have plowed through the wall and into your living room. Or at least taken out the garage door.

[stevew]

Have we got a new FOF since that happened?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by stevew

I'm sure I made mention of finding the secret growing room? White painted tarps and lights. Good times.

I thought that was called High Times.

[Crim]

Originally Posted by johnnyshaka

Wow, that is close.

The least you could do is pave that area so a guy doesn't get his ride all dirty when he's looking to score.

Excellent.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by stevew

Hear a loud noise. Look outside. Some dude is grinding his car in my yard probably 10 feet from our house. I decide not to go out to the yard to help. If he knocks I'd help. He doesn't. He spins some more. I call the cops. He fouls up the test. He's going to jail. Fucker killed my rhodedendren.

This sentence makes the story. Oh, and jail for the drunk bastard or at least a hefty fine.

SI

[Crim]

Originally Posted by Noop

How can he be liable? I thought on your private property you can pretty much do as you please with landscape as long as you don't violate city laws. So if I had a house and had something similar happen to me I couldn't put up a fence re-enforced by boulders? So how that seems wrong to me.

*Assuming he doesn't have a HOA*

Around here there's an ordinance or something about a similar situation... a friend of mine had someone run over and demolish his mailbox twice within a month or so. So we was going to build a superduper impenetrable full-of-cement brick shithouse mailbox, with the express purpose of fucking up the car of the next bastard that ran over his mailbox. Apparently an aquaintance turned him on to the fact that if someone does, willfully or not, drive a car INTO HIS YARD, and is injured because of the immovable mailbox, my friend can be held liable. wtf i hate lawyers.

[Crim]

Originally Posted by Bad-example

He killed sportsdigs' rhododendrons two weeks ago.

Chortle!

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Crim

Around here there's an ordinance or something about a similar situation... a friend of mine had someone run over and demolish his mailbox twice within a month or so. So we was going to build a superduper impenetrable full-of-cement brick shithouse mailbox, with the express purpose of fucking up the car of the next bastard that ran over his mailbox. Apparently an aquaintance turned him on to the fact that if someone does, willfully or not, drive a car INTO HIS YARD, and is injured because of the immovable mailbox, my friend can be held liable. wtf i hate lawyers.

Yep, that's a common one around these parts. Even come up to the point of criminal charges a time or two. Several places have now specifically outlawed even normal brick mailboxes in order to protect the "innocent".

[Crim]

Originally Posted by kcchief19

Just be lucky it wasn't a teenager girl in a minivan or she would have plowed through the wall and into your living room. Or at least taken out the garage door.

Yeah pretty much insert any female driver into this story and the tragedy factor goes up exponentially. I don't mind them voting, but must they drive too?

[JeeberD]

I would kill a dude if he drove onto my lawn. My grass seed just sprouted, dammit!

[stevew]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Yep, that's a common one around these parts. Even come up to the point of criminal charges a time or two. Several places have now specifically outlawed even normal brick mailboxes in order to protect the "innocent".

America, quite simply, is fucking dead.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Crim

Around here there's an ordinance or something about a similar situation... a friend of mine had someone run over and demolish his mailbox twice within a month or so. So we was going to build a superduper impenetrable full-of-cement brick shithouse mailbox, with the express purpose of fucking up the car of the next bastard that ran over his mailbox. Apparently an aquaintance turned him on to the fact that if someone does, willfully or not, drive a car INTO HIS YARD, and is injured because of the immovable mailbox, my friend can be held liable. wtf i hate lawyers.

I guess that rules out my plan for putting in spike strips.


I think I may just plant a bunch of trees. I was talking to a neighbor kid I work with, and he said it's fairly common to see cars wreck in our area. People think they are on the autobahn or something when they go around the windy turn. Seems like I can remember at least 3-4 other times where there has been a wreck(not in my yard) in the 2.5 years I've been here.

[stevew]

Unbelievable. Another 3 car smash and crash(on the road this time) in front of the house. Fucking people can't drive.

hey assholes, if there's a bus dropping my kid off, slow the fuck down.

[stevew]

this is something like 5 cars in the yard/accidents in front of the house now. I'm leaning towards making a big sign saying "Jesus said" then the next one saying "slow the Fuck down"

[johnnyshaka]

You don't live on one of those figure "8" racetracks, do you?

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by stevew

this is something like 5 cars in the yard/accidents in front of the house now. I'm leaning towards making a big sign saying "Jesus said" then the next one saying "slow the Fuck down"

you need to do this. and then post pictures.

or else build a moat along the edge of your property that's 12 feet deep so that people's cars are ruined when they drive into the water and sink

[johnnyshaka]

I noticed a mangled fence with tire marks all over the lawn at a guy's house a few blocks from mine...obviously somebody ran up onto his lawn and then through his fence and finally into his yard. A week later he had the fence repaired, lawn re-sodded, and a boulder that is probably 5x5x5 right on the corner of his property. Best part, the bulls-eye spray painted on the front of the boulder.

[Noop]

Next time someone has an accident on your lawn and is drunk I want you to strip into your underwear then grab some baby oil. When they come to the door asking for run out the house screaming and run around them in circles when they try to stop you kick them in their private parts. The calmly walk inside and go to sleep make sure you have a history of sleep walking.

[DaddyTorgo]

Originally Posted by Noop

Next time someone has an accident on your lawn and is drunk I want you to strip into your underwear then grab some baby oil. When they come to the door asking for run out the house screaming and run around them in circles when they try to stop you kick them in their private parts. The calmly walk inside and go to sleep make sure you have a history of sleep walking.

solid legal advice from a budding lawyer here.

really though - on that note - if they damage your property presumably you can take them to civil court? or have their insurance company settle with you?