I live at the end of a dead end, not a coldsect & people always choose our driveway to turn around in...?
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I live in a cul-de-sac on a dead end street and for some reason people in large trucks or SUVs cannot make the turn without using my driveway either. I got tired of it and the marks that their tires made on the driveway. Not to mention the fact that it "drives" the dogs into a barking frenzy every time the vehicles pull in and out of the drive.
Believe it or not, this worked for us. We got two very large lion statues and placed them on pedestals my husband built out of over sized brick pavers. They are up high enough to be well seen and very close to the driveway's edge and the sidewalk. I guess people are too afraid that they will hit them and in the three years that they have been guarding the driveway we haven't had one turn around! Neighborhood kids stop by and pet their heads, but nary a car has ventured to use the driveway as a turnabout since the lions took up residence. Surprisingly, now we see trucks/Suvs make three point turns in the cul-de-sac to AVOID going into our driveway.
They look better than the iron gate we thought about installing and they were not that expensive either. We we're actually surprised at the deterrent they were because we thought we might have to put a decorative cord between them (connecting them) which would have been a pain for us to get in our own drive. But the lions are doing their job without being leashed and not only do they add character, they are now how we tell people to locate our home!
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Put up a gate.
Put up a gate.
I think it's cul-de-sac dear. They can't read, you can't spell. You're even now.
Put cones in the driveway. The downside is they are ugly and you have to move them when you drive through it, but it's all I can think of.
Put spikes in your driveway (LOL). Maybe you could park your car near the end of your driveway so noone can turn around in it. Oh, by the way, it's not "coldsect", it's "cul de sac".
A gate, and/or a sign would work best.
Uhmmmm, put a sign up?
Hm... Good question... I gotta say a fun thing to do is put up a sign that says PRIVATE PROPERTY, Violators will be shot. (at the top of the hill). If not that put a sign next to your driveway that says IF YOU DRIVE ON THIS DRIVEWAY TO TURN AROUND, THE MINE WILL DETONATE. May as well work?
leave your car parked in the driveway
Why does it matter?
Tie your pet hippo at the end of the driveway.
I have this problem too - we live on a lake and are the last person at a dead end road... people think they can get to the other side of the lake by driving down our road - DUH! Big sign, losers! But some people don't read, and well, nobody's hurting our driveway, so why should we care if they turn around there once in awhile? Either get a gate or some sort of blockade, or learn to let it roll off your shoulders.
Have spikes installed like parking lots have. Put up a sign that says "Don't turn in driveway, Severe Tire Damage" Good Luck.
A sign that reads:
NO TURNAROUND - NAILS STRATEGICALLY PLACED
Stop wining about it its not too much of a big deal or get a gate at the end of your drive way. You should be happy you could help people find there direction and turn around instead of complaining about it.
put some clothes on! You are to beautifull, thats why,
Call the city and see if they can put a "Dead End" sign up - some folks just don' t understand the road ends. You can also put a couple of large planters on casters (so they are easy to move) at the end of your driveway - they will be pretty and functional.
I have a similar problem as I live near the intersection and when the light is red people block the drive way.
Drivers have become more inconsiderate over the years. I think it is from all the over crowding - everyone in a hurry and they just don't extend common courtesy anymore.
first of all, your friekin morons need to stfu about spelling, if we were here for that it would be called Yahoo Spell Check.
secondly just because you live at the end of a dead end does NOT friekin mean its a cul-de-sac(sp?). ever thought about a street the goes straight but then just suddenly stops... you people need to get out more.
third, as humorous as it would be to put nails and spikes in your driveway, this will of course damage cars and im sure you wouldnt want to be sued. a sign saying you have spikes will do you no good b/c of the fact that people have eyes.. they read they see no spikes, they turn around.
there really is not good solution. a gate would look weird in town. i would just park your cars as a blockade. block them from getting to your hosue... if you live at the end... block them from getting to your house.. instead of blocking them AT your house.
trying consulting with the city about this problem.
I can tell you this, I have a gate and big delivery trucks always choose my drive to turn around in when they get off the main road. How stupid when there is a road straight ahead to turn onto to go back to the same road they were on. Now they hit my gate pole and I have to fix it. I think I will sit in my lawn chair with my shot gun like Granny Moses and wave em on by eh !
I would have a nice chat with the local police dept. if it happens as often as you say, they would love to just hang out and write tickets all day long and it will surely put a good dent in the people who go down that street to turn around.
I don't know how your driveway looks but why don't you get two peices of poll about 4 ft long and place them on each side of your drive way, then get a peice of chain the width of you driveway weld one end to one of the polls and then latch it to the other end. people are not going to get out of there car to unlatch the chain and it is very cheap to buy... and it will save your grass... just a thought
james dean
put up a sign saying $25.00 to enter.pay at end of drive..
thank you come again.
put up a sign saying drop off of body parts up drive, please come again
put up a sign saying caught here during the day, you will be shoot, caught here at night no one will ever know!
pay at end of drive $50.00
put up sign saying State police cavity search area please drive slow and be prepared to be searched.
put a WHITE chain across the drive with a sign in the middle of the chain..
smile
good luck