Two Cars Through My Hedge - How Much Hassle ?

[davamer23]

This thread has given me a laurel laurel laughs. Should we setup a hedge fund for OP? Suppose it's lucky your wife wasn't out there at the time it happened trimming her bush.
Enough?

[V8RX7]

ashleyman said:

My uncle had a lorry carrying a JCB digger amongst other constructiony things enter his property through the fence from the nearby road after crashing. Road was closed, trucks were removed, bit of road re tarmacd. Nobody paid for new fence.

Uncle built deep concrete base going 2M underground and 1M above ground then sunk super thick RSJ's sticking out the top of the concrete about 9ft in the air, then covered it all over from the roadside with a normal looking wooden garden fence. If anyone crashes into it they will die but the fence will be fine and the house won't need any repairs again.

I think I'd rather replace a hedge / fence occasionally than kill people.

It's a perfectly straight bit of road but the PO told me he'd had motorbikes on the lawn (after coming through the fence / hedge) in the past.

[ashleyman]

V8RX7 said:

ashleyman said:

My uncle had a lorry carrying a JCB digger amongst other constructiony things enter his property through the fence from the nearby road after crashing. Road was closed, trucks were removed, bit of road re tarmacd. Nobody paid for new fence.

Uncle built deep concrete base going 2M underground and 1M above ground then sunk super thick RSJ's sticking out the top of the concrete about 9ft in the air, then covered it all over from the roadside with a normal looking wooden garden fence. If anyone crashes into it they will die but the fence will be fine and the house won't need any repairs again.

I think I'd rather replace a hedge / fence occasionally than kill people.

It's a perfectly straight bit of road but the PO told me he'd had motorbikes on the lawn (after coming through the fence / hedge) in the past.

There's a really steep verge down from the road into the garden and the house is positioned badly near the bend in a road. There's a million signs on the road but people still miss it. I think they were sick of being woken up in the night with a car parked in the downstairs bathroom or a lorry in the garden.

[John_S4x4]

I once knew a lady who had a bush that was smashed in

[TazLondon]

This is a bit of a prickly subject.

[V8RX7]

Well after crashing through on Thursday I waited 24hrs later and then removed the car from the hedge as I couldn't see around it pulling out of my drive, I put it on my drive to prevent further accidents from people looking at it rather than the road.

Heard nothing over the weekend so I called 101 today and got the insurance co. details from the Police.

Insurers said they were still waiting for their insured to tell them where the car was !

They've now arranged collection and given me simple instructions on how to get paid for the damage to hedge and fence.

Far easier than I thought - once you have their insurance details !

[Mansells Tash]

I don't believe you, I demand a photo of you standing next to the hole in the hedge with some birds custard in hand pointing to the hole.

(the dailymail may be interested in the story too, how much is your house worth?)

[V8RX7]

Mansells Tash said:

I don't believe you, I demand a photo of you standing next to the hole in the hedge with some birds custard in hand pointing to the hole.

(the dailymail may be interested in the story too, how much is your house worth?)

One doesn't make Custard, one sends one's servant to Waitrose to purchase Ambrosia ready made custard.

Peasant !

[Stickyfinger]

V8RX7 said:

Mansells Tash said:

I don't believe you, I demand a photo of you standing next to the hole in the hedge with some birds custard in hand pointing to the hole.

(the dailymail may be interested in the story too, how much is your house worth?)

One doesn't make Custard, one sends one's servant to Waitrose to purchase Ambrosia ready made custard.

Peasant !

Now I know what the envious middle classes eat as an alternative to my freshly made Crème anglaise