How to stop cars from driving onto your front yard
Placing large rocks or boulders along the edge of your property creates a physical barrier that stops fast-moving or backing vehicles from crashing into your garden and home. Without this protection, drivers regularly overrun plants and veer off the road into dangerous proximity to front-facing bedrooms where children sleep.
What people tried
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How to stop cars from driving onto your front yard
- 1adding large rocks or bouldersDid this help you?
- 2planting treesDid this help you?
- 3installing a decorative bollardDid this help you?
- 4lining the garden edge with homemade concrete rocks and sculpturesDid this help you?
- 5putting stakes and 3-foot bamboo poles in the groundDid this help you?
- 6installing garden lights so it is easier to see at nightDid this help you?
- 7lining the yard with large bouldersDid this help you?
- 8installing bollardsDid this help you?
- 9digging a deeper and wider ditchDid this help you?
- 10working with the local government to install guardrailsDid this help you?
- 11establishing a treeline, berm, or bushesDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“In that time, we've had two drunk drivers destroy our property on separate occasions.”source ↗
“The second time, another driver drove into our detached garage. It has to be demolished now...”source ↗
“This last time has been a nightmare with insurance.”source ↗
“They often drive off the driveway into my garden that is along each side of the driveway near the road, while backing out.”source ↗
“They even run it over while pulling in and have had arguments with ups drivers while they are literally parked on top of plants, saying they are not in the garden.”source ↗
“We live on a street that runs alongside a park, and we’ve noticed that some cars come through pretty fast. It got us thinking about what could happen if, for example, a drunk or distracted driver came flying around the turn and lost control. Our toddler sleeps in the front room, so we’re looking at adding some large rocks along the front of the property as an extra layer of protection and peace of mind.”source ↗
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