Ouch! Someone Missed the Target
By Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20272)
June 10, 2018 7:53pm CST
We took a pleasant walk before. The trip was not too far, only about a mile away.
When we walked back, we found one of our neighbors' short brick fence in a messy state. About 10 feet width of that fence had been demolished, bricks were everywhere in a sorrowful manner. Close to that 'war zone' was a speed bump, just a couple of yards away.
Some driver must have tried to avoid that speed bump by driving around it (a bit in the inside) and whacked into that unfortunate fence instead. It was obviously a hit and run case since the owner didn't seem to know about that disaster yet.
My estimate would be about a thousand dollars, just to fix it. What a disaster! (Wondering if they could claim some sort of insurance?!)
Do you have any fence in the front? Do you live in any stretch of the road that cars could bang into it? Ours is, unfortunately.
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@hereandthere (45671)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
i hope there was a camera that was able to capture this incident.
most houses here have a perimeter cement fence and metal gate.
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@hereandthere (45671)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
@YrNemo makes me wonder what they will say when someone asks
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@ridingbet (66861)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
our fence is the mark for some vehicles to not go U-turn. it is because our gate is right in front of another street. the road is Y-shaped and ours is at the corner of the intersection.
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@ridingbet (66861)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
@YrNemo it is so hard to call the attention of those riders who park their cars in front of our gate.
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@YrNemo (20272)
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12 Jun 18
@ridingbet In my case, those drivers would likely come from the school a few meters away. I could come to the school and complain of course (I knew the principal there, chatted with her often). BUT I don't want trouble for those young teachers .
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@cintol (11278)
• United States
11 Jun 18
That car must have suffered some damage as well hitting a brick fence. We used to live on a corner lot and had a fence that came down the side and around the corner to the driveway. It was hit many times by people who would take the corner to wide and never got anything for it as our deductible was close to amt of damage.
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@andriaperry (116876)
• Anniston, Alabama
11 Jun 18
Yes insurance should pay. I had brock work done and it was $3800
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
11 Jun 18
We have a compound wall all round our property which is pretty sturdy. However one vehicle did bang against one strip a long time ago.
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@allknowing (130088)
• India
13 Jun 18
@YrNemo We had to rebuild a small portion and the guy never offered to pay
@BelleStarr (61050)
• United States
26 Jun 18
We don't have a fence at the front of our yard but our mailbox has been taken out several times.
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@BelleStarr (61050)
• United States
26 Jun 18
@YrNemo my husband put it on a stand that is spring loaded so when it get whacked it bends toward the ground. lol His father put a cement base on his!!
@YrNemo (20272)
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13 Jun 18
@LadyDuck Dear God! Do your city ended up building high rise flats to accommodate everyone? In our suburb, it is sad to see every two houses got knocked down to build a building with 60 flats. They are watching our place here, asking us to sell (repeatedly, from some Chinese developers).
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@YrNemo (20272)
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12 Jun 18
Streets here are too small! And because of some good schools around (there is a very good one close by), the population in this area has been exploded more and more in a ridiculous manner (from overseas). People are killing each other to get in my suburb! (Didn't they say the same thing about cemeteries? )
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@mlgen1037 (29901)
• Manila, Philippines
11 Jun 18
Hi Darcy. For sure the owner of the fence would be devastated. What a mess and damage to the property. We dont have fences but Before I witnessed a car got crashed on a wall.
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@mlgen1037 (29901)
• Manila, Philippines
11 Jun 18
@YrNemo I am it wont, Darcy. Let us trust that it will not happen ever.
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@YrNemo (20272)
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11 Jun 18
Good spot. No chance for flood and less risk to your fence. (Our neighbors, some got flooded badly a few years ago.)
@LeaPea2417 (36261)
• Toccoa, Georgia
11 Jun 18
That is too bad. No, we don't have a fence in the front yard.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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11 Jun 18
We don't have a fence at the front, just a small garden full of plants and flowers, so they wouldn't do much damage. Anybody who crashed into the wall separating our back garden from the street would have to be the most rubbish driver ever because it's a straight road. :)
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@DesirousDreamer (34784)
• Peoria, Arizona
11 Jun 18
Oh gosh that is terrible
We don't have a fence in our yard, we always wanted one but our landlord says no. But so many people drive in our yard it is so annoying.
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@YrNemo (20272)
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12 Jun 18
That is the bad thing about having no fence. Even with a fence/gate here, we would every now and then, see people walk into our garden uninvited to take our flowers, it is incredible!