math help ...

[alex grams]

Good deal. I take it you have a pretty small window to cover if a single stone can do the job, that or it is at a pretty steep angle. Did you make the slight incline yourself, or was that already a natural feature of the terrain?

What the heck does a 1.25ton boulder cost to have delivered and 'installed'?

Plant some trees around it, in 5-8 years the trees will be big enough also to stop or sufficiently slow down a car.

Not sure how people could have a moral objection to a tree, but then again, you are probably dealing with a drunk who would think you put that tree there just to damage his car! I personally have no sympathy for any drunk who hits it. 9 houses and 3 have been hit by a drunk or distracted person, you are very well to be concerned and applauded to be proactive to protect your family. Thankfully though it sounds like no one was hurt on your street yet from the wrecklessness (pun/spelling typo intended!) of others.

[Charlie Stone]

Alex, The cost was totally dependant on the type of rock. In our case, the total cost was about $400, and that included the forklift putting it where we wanted it.
As far as the area to cover, our highest concern was the corner near the intersection. There is a tree to one side and a lamp post to the other. Over time, We may have other rocks put in spaced roughly 6 feet apart, but we got the area covered that we were the most concerned about. The incline was man made, but before we moved in. There is a small concrete curb around a flower bed, and behind that, there is an additional 6 inch rise of dirt. That foot on its own would only be a speed bump but with the boulder on top, it puts it high enough to help with the ramp effect.

I too have no sympathy for drunk drivers or people not paying attention.

[Charlie Stone]

Here are the pictures of the most recent accident which started the whole rock thing ... My wife just got a replacement adapter to get the pictures off her fancypants camera.

1 van managed to hit 2 houses, missed 1 car with a mother and kids (was stopped to make a left turn into the alley), 2 people on the sidewalk (literally 10 feet from where the van hit the small white house), and one of the people who lives where the van came to rest was about 3 seconds from standing on the porch when it hit ... she was grabbing her coat to walk out the door.

[Bryan Morgan]

Nice! That looks suspiciously like the van that wound up in my neighbors front room a couple months ago. Our street makes a right hand turn at the end and someone decided instead to just to straight and up across the lawn and right into their living room. All I saw was the tail end about flush with the side of the house.

[Mike Cruz]

I think it looks suspiciously like someone who NEEDED A ROCK OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bill Cunningham]

I have a bolder on my front lawn, that's about 3ft high, and 5' long. It was dropped there sometime during the last ice retreat, so don't know what delivery cost.. I think things, and real estate were much cheaper then... I've been temped to drill into it, and install a sword just to see how many would try to 'be the king'..
I found another one about the same size while digging the foundation for my work shop.. It's still four feet down, but now part of the foundation..

[Dan Hintz]

It was dropped there sometime during the last ice retreat, so don't know what delivery cost..

Nothing too bad, just the cost of global warming

[Bill Cunningham]

Nothing too bad, just the cost of global warming

Well, that bout of global warming saved us all, or I would be living under a sheet of ice a mile thick about now, ha..
As for today? It's more like "Global Whining"

[Bryan Morgan]

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[David Weaver]

Uh oh...brian flatlined!

[Jim Koepke]

Maybe you can get together with your neighbors and get the police to hit the area hard with patrols to catch speeders.

Or start a campaign with the bars and call them at different days and times to tell the patrons that the police are set up in that area looking for intoxicated drivers.

Then there is the plywood police car that you could move around the neighborhood to coax people to slow down.

jtk

[daniel lane]

I would think a sign that reads, "DANGER: LARGE BOULDER AHEAD - DO NOT STRIKE WITH VEHICLE" would cover all legal issues.

[Bill Cunningham]

Maybe you can get together with your neighbors and get the police to hit the area hard with patrols to catch speeders.

Or start a campaign with the bars and call them at different days and times to tell the patrons that the police are set up in that area looking for intoxicated drivers.

Then there is the plywood police car that you could move around the neighborhood to coax people to slow down.

jtk

I can remember a few years ago, a few local cops got in a 'bit' of trouble for identifying possible drunks.. They would visit the local pub parking lot, and clean 1 headlight on every car, then wait down the street and start pulling over cars. Nothing they did stood up in court, because they had no probable cause to pull people over. Now, if they only had the brains to set up a R.I.D.E. check instead, and give a little more attention to the 1 lighters..

[Rod Upfold]

The accident which happened last week across the street, the guy swerved though an empty corner lot, back on to the street, spun the van 90 degrees went up a 1-2' concrete porch, though the front door and corner of a house, across an alley and though the covered porch of another house until he hit the concrete stair case where he put a huge V in the front of his van.

Holy cow - whats the speed limit on your street?


Rod

[jackie gates]

Charlie: If I lived in your situation, I think I would be contacting a realtor to find me a more pleasant place to live.