Chili Ron Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 (edited) Howdy, Now how bad does someone have to drive to hit a HOUSE??? Not a car not a bike not a dog but a HOUSE...... Well it happens and I have wondered about who does this and do they ever get their license back..... But on Chicago tv they topped a car running into a house. How could that be? A firetruck ran into a house. And there ya have it. Best CR ps....I guess the house didnt get outta the way. Edited September 13 by Chili Ron 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 (edited) My parents home was on a corner, on a long straight section of road. Their place was hit twice by drunk drivers trying to take the corner too fast. Major damage to the vehicles as they ran into the poured concrete basement of the house, after jumping the curb. Edited September 14 by Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Happens all the time around here. My brother in law hit a porch. My wife's uncle knocked a house right off it's foundation not far from our house. The town tore one down not long ago that got hit about six times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Former co-worker’s dad was the wheelman on the back end of a hook and ladder fire truck where the rear was steered independently of the main cab/tractor. The driver of the front end cut a corner too fast and short, so the rear wheelman couldn’t avoid being dragged thru a corner storefront. Former across the street neighbor was an alcoholic. Hopped into her Lincoln Navigator and sped down the street, in reverse, and hit the house on the corner. A distance of 400-plus yards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 When I lived in North Carolina some people bought a house at the end of a straight road that intersected with another road. In other words, it was a 3-way stop. The first week they moved in they had several large boulders delivered and positioned in front of the house. My wife and some of our neighbors were standing in our driveway talking when I came home from work one evening. I guess the ladies found the boulders to be unsightly. Our neighbor Jessica asked me what I thought about it and I said ”They aren’t for decoration. They’re for stopping cars before the car hits the house.” They thought I was nuts, I guess. Anyway, 3 or 4 days later a car not only blasted into a boulder but the car was totaled. The driver, very drunk, was taken to the hospital with numerous injuries. I never heard anyone complaining about those rocks after that. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 11 hours ago, Pat Riot said: When I lived in North Carolina some people bought a house at the end of a straight road that intersected with another road. In other words, it was a 3-way stop. The first week they moved in they had several large boulders delivered and positioned in front of the house. My wife and some of our neighbors were standing in our driveway talking when I came home from work one evening. I guess the ladies found the boulders to be unsightly. Our neighbor Jessica asked me what I thought about it and I said ”They aren’t for decoration. They’re for stopping cars before the car hits the house.” They thought I was nuts, I guess. Anyway, 3 or 4 days later a car not only blasted into a boulder but the car was totaled. The driver, very drunk, was taken to the hospital with numerous injuries. I never heard anyone complaining about those rocks after that. After we moved to Fort Wayne, we got a pretty good lawn job. The kid who lived in the house before us was not very popular. My dad spaced a dozen rocks along the strip between the sidewalk and the street. It took one night to spread the underside a car for a hundred yards down the street. The kid was really cutting the mustard (As dad would say) when he turned into the yard and ran over the first rock. They were the size of a bushel basket. From oil pan to gas tank, that car was trashed. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 If I recall there was a house in suburban CT that was at a T intersection. After their house was hit, more than once, they put out boulders and were sued. Can't recall if they had to remove them. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 (edited) When I was just out of high school, the next door neighbor’s car rolled down the street and through our yard. It hit the front of our house. The street ran along the side of a big hill, just below the crest, in a broad arc. Our house was at the center of the arc, at the lowest point on the block and sat about ten feet lower than the street. The neighbor had a habit of parking on the street in front of his house instead of driving down his driveway to park in front of his garage. Apparently, he didn’t get the car completely into “PARK” and failed to set the parking brake. The car hit the front of our house, straight on, right where the dining room was located. My little brother was sitting on a couch on the other side of that front wall, watching television. The room was about twenty-five feet long and the TV was at the other end of the room. Little brother got a real quick closeup of the TV as he and the couch took a slide across the hardwood floor!! Dad and I repaired the wall and redid the brick veneer and replaced the window. As I remember, it was just before Christmas and it was cold as hell when we did the job!! The neighbor or his insurance company paid for all of it. After that, the neighbor parked his car in the garage! Edited September 13 by Blackwater 53393 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Well the house isnt going to hit itself 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee Trapper Tom Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 (edited) Those rocks must have been placed outside the easement. I had a huge tree in my front yard. It was over a hundred years old and had a girth of about 12 ‘ (water maple). Anyway a storm blew it down in the road and a neighbor down the road plowed into it and totaled his truck. Because the tree was alive, it was considered an act of god and he had to use his own insurance. I have a big problem with vehicles ending up in my yard. One or two per year. While I was on the phone I asked about putting boulders out to prevent anyone from hitting my house. The agent asked me if they would be placed outside the easement. Its easement on my state road is 60 foot. My house is in the easement by about 25 feet (old house that was grandfathered in when they built the road) The agent told me if the boulders were placed within the easement without permission from State Highway, and someone went off the road hitting the boulders, then I would be responsible for the damage to the vehicle. My insurance would not cover the damage unless it was approved to be in the easement. Edited September 15 by Tennessee Trapper Tom 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 In 2008 in NC I was coming home from fishing towing my bass boat on a two lane rural road. A truck passed me in the opposite direction doing about 60 mph, in my estimation. A split second later a boat on a trailer passed me going a little bit slower. About a second after that the confusion in my mind cleared up and a I realized “That truck lost his boat!” Luckily I found a place to turn around and I headed back toward where I passed the boat. It was stopped in someone’s garage. There were people in the yard and coming out of the house attached to the garage. I pulled over and ran over to see if anyone needed help. No one was hurt but that boat, a 20 foot ski boat destroyed that garage. The lady of the house was furious. For some reason she started yelling at me as if it were my boat. I thought the poor woman was going to have a heart attack. The reason she was so mad? That boat shoved her brand new mini van out the back of the garage through the wall. The police showed up. I gave them my statement and left. I wonder when the guy towing that boat realized he lost it? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 19 hours ago, Chili Ron said: Now how bad does someone have to drive to hit a HOUSE??? Very drunk, very tired, or on a thrill ride and doesn't know how to handle high speed. Not too long ago the wife of our sheriff ploughed into a house on her way home from a party. https://www.ktvu.com/news/sonoma-county-sheriffs-wife-charged-with-2-felonies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 I have not been down 62 in a spell , but there is a pretty nice log frame home , on the edge of the road figure it gets hit about 3 or 4 times per year , if they miss the structure it be a long way down to the bottom I have pulled a lot of folks back up to the road , after they went for a ride off that road same with Hiway 23 , here in AR CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 There is a house in Clearwater, Florida at the east end of Enterprise Rd that has been hit at least 7 or 8 times by vehicles. Enterprise Rd in that area is a straight stretch of hilly road (yes, hills in Fl.) that runs east/west, in that area. It has a speed limit of 35 but people regularly do 50 - 70. It ends in a T type intersection at McMullen/Booth Rd which runs north/south with the house on the east side of McMullen/booth. Last time I was at that intersection on Enterprise, they had installed rumble strips prior to the intersection and a flashing light. People still hit the house as I see it in the news about once a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb Mark Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 A few months ago, Jeep Grand Cherokee, air born into the roof of the local Pizza Hut. Can't get any better than this one. Great fun, but it's about the only place to eat in town. Top that, Chicago! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb Mark Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 A couple more pictures. Just had to. They built a casino a few miles up the road. Driver will probably blame the casino for serving alcohol and get a new Jeep... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 A flaming Cherokee over top of a gas meter/junction...what could go wrong? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Lally columns next to every stud would at least slow down the next moron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 And when they slammed down, and anyone inside was close...not an issue I face. I have one situation where I've thought of a boulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 This intersection is a real problem for these people! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/we-re-not-safe-odot-taking-emergency-action-to-help-cleveland-homes-plagued-by-crashes/ar-AA1gDqG3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 Howdy, Seems there was a brake failure. No word on more so far. Best CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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