Tyre Tread FAIL! :D

The_Librarian said:
A couple of decent-sized boulders on the lawn in front of your wall will do the job just as well ;) :D

Judge or not, a speeding car won't be able to compete with Mr Heavy Rock at all :D
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the problem is getting them there. I do have a few I can move, but they will take more than five men to lift them... let alone move them. :(
 
The_Librarian said:
A couple of decent-sized boulders on the lawn in front of your wall will do the job just as well ;) :D

Judge or not, a speeding car won't be able to compete with Mr Heavy Rock at all :D
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And will be installed faster too!!

My dad petitioned for armco barriers to be installed outside his office after 4 trucks decided to roll into his floor to ceiling windows, took the municipality more than a year (and 3 incidents more) to get it done!!
 
Garyvdh said:
the problem is getting them there. I do have a few I can move, but they will take more than five men to lift them... let alone move them. :(
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Maybe phoning a few construction companies and asking nicely might help?

On the corner of Frank and Swaardlelie str in The Willows (it's a T-junction) - right opposite Frank Str - the house who faces Frank Str must have got its share of drunken drivers through their wall as the guy put a couple of nice, big boulders there.

So any dumb s*** who comes roaring down Frank Str and fails to stop at the stop sign, will meet Mr Heavy Rock first :twisted:

And it doesn't look too bad either. I'll try to remember to take a photo when next I'm in that area, and upload it.
 
what about speed bumps for that road? or would that also take forever to get installed?
 
imajin said:
what about speed bumps for that road? or would that also take forever to get installed?
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Ja, I am definitely going to draw up a street petition to try and get that approved no matter how long it takes.

But in the meantime I will ask a friend who has a construction company.

Thanks guys.
 
RobynNM said:
I know the guy and he does have a license. He's in a bad way in hospital. Don't have all the details.
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can you get more info for us as it becomes available? Would like to know what happens just for interest sake. thanks!
 
Just for interest's sake ... is it legal to put some rocks on your sidewalk to protect your fence (and house) from speeding cars? :confused:
 
The_Librarian said:
Just for interest's sake ... is it legal to put some rocks on your sidewalk to protect your fence (and house) from speeding cars? :confused:
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Well, that's not your stated motive, I would do it for the garden decoration! :)

And I've seen it at enough other houses to guess that it doesn't seem to raise any complaints.

My only fear is that if the rocks are not high enough, they will just cause the car to roll or launch. And if they are not high enough, then the car is going to go through the wall anyway.
 
The_Librarian said:
On the corner of Frank and Swaardlelie str in The Willows (it's a T-junction) - right opposite Frank Str - the house who faces Frank Str must have got its share of drunken drivers through their wall as the guy put a couple of nice, big boulders there.
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Yeah, thats the place I was thinking of too when I read this. Those are some man sized boulders. The rocks won't have a scratch on them irrespective of what hits them.

The_Librarian said:
Just for interest's sake ... is it legal to put some rocks on your sidewalk to protect your fence (and house) from speeding cars? :confused:
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I don't think there is any legislation against it. One is allowed to plant trees there. Whether its a 20y oak tree or a rock the driver comes off second best either way.
 
Eish! that sux man. what a waste. did anyone get hurt?
 
Garyvdh said:
My only fear is that if the rocks are not high enough, they will just cause the car to roll or launch. And if they are not high enough, then the car is going to go through the wall anyway.
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Bollards: bury 4-5 foot long posts at least 2/3 of the way in the ground, into a concrete base for stability and anti-walkies ... those concrete fence-posts you see at squatter camps along the freeways come to mind. At 40cm high they're hardly going to be an eyesore, and well buried they're not going anywhere ..and GFL to a car hitting one!
 
On Friday, 19 February at 10:30 pm (almost one month after the previous accident I wrote to you about) another vehicle hit the tree in front of our house at 22 Overbury Street, Brackenhurst. A white Citroen C2 hatchback with KZN plates driven by two teenagers careened into another tree a few meters from where the previous vehicle hit last month on the 18th of January.

When I arrived on the scene a minute after the accident, the passenger was out of the vehicle and the driver was unconscious at the wheel. The passenger was trying to rouse the driver. Both teenagers were clearly under the influence of alcohol. The owner of the vehicle is believed to be the passenger. The driver was his friend who he had let drive his vehicle. The family of the two teenagers arrived on the scene shortly after the accident (I believe they must have been in the vicinity or possibly driving with the vehicle involved in the accident because nobody made any phone calls). Four tow trucks also arrived within a few minutes. Ekurhuleni Metro arrived about 30 minutes after the accident. There were some tense scenes as the family tried to cover up who was driving the vehicle and then tried to interfere with the investigating officer. Witnesses to the accident (Me and another neighbour) pointed out the driver to the police. The driver of the vehicle was arrested on the scene by the Ekurhuleni Metro Police and the SAPS. The 17 year old driver said he has no driver's licence. The family also tried to have the vehicle removed from the scene before the police arrived. They were chastised by the police officers for interfering with the scene of an accident. The family was distraught as they said that the 17 year old driver already has a suspended sentence for a previous incident.

The driver's name was given as Julio and the passenger as Dean. The two teenagers readily admitted that they had been drinking, but said that their car had burst a tire causing the accident. A thin long skid mark is to be observed and may bear out the truth that the car blew a tire. The passenger also admitted that he had pulled the hand brake of the vehicle before the incident (to make the car "drift"), which may in turn have caused the tire to blow. An investigation is underway by the Ekurhuleni Metro Police.

After the accident in January in which a Silver Subaru was written off, an Ekurhuleni Metro officer made contact with me, the owner of the house. He said that there is nothing the Ekurhuleni Metro can do about the road and there was no problem in his opinion. While we were talking in front of our house I pointed out several vehicles which were obviously exceeding the speed limit, but he said that they were not speeding in his opinion and there was nothing else they could do.

How long until someone dies on this road?

Still Frustrated
 
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