One of the bad things about our house is that it is that its lies right at the end of a big curve in the road. People misjudge the turn in the road all the time. Once we had someone crash into our neighbor’s tree in the middle of the night. The biggest problem is that drivers regularly take the turn too fast and no time is worse than in the winter when the roads can be icy and slick.
I can’t even begin to count the number of times we have seen people fishtail coming around the curve in the winter. Most of the time this means they slide into the curb or a snowbank. Once we saw someone slide a bit and bump the street light in front of our house (and since then the light has been slightly tilted).
The worst of all was when we woke up on a Sunday morning this past February with tire marks in our yard.
As you can see, there wasn’t much snow. Unfortunately, there had been freezing rain and iced over roads during the night.
They even got past the sidewalk and were on the main part of our lawn.
I’m shocked that they missed the tree.
Hopefully the close call will make them slow down going forward.
Thankfully, we were already vigilant about watching cars coming down the street when shoveling, waiting for the school bus, or playing outside in the front yard. This is why we do it.