Second to last house on cul de sac and people keep pulling in our driveway to turn around - how to stop them?

[Anonymous]

How does it hurt you?

Haven’t you ever done that in a stranger’s driveway?

[Anonymous]

Team OP!

Put cones at the end of your driveway. When you’re home, park your car at the end of the driveway.

[Anonymous]

I love how a bunch of 30-50 UMC mean girl wine moms are offering their expert skepticism about whether it’s possible/believable that cars can damage asphalt or not.

As if any of them know *anything* about asphalt. Hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Put MAGA and Don't Tread on Me signs on your lawn?

Seriously though - why does it bother you so much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how a bunch of 30-50 UMC mean girl wine moms are offering their expert skepticism about whether it’s possible/believable that cars can damage asphalt or not.

As if any of them know *anything* about asphalt. Hilarious.

Of course cars can damage asphalt. That's why you use concrete for a driveway. So you don't have to constantly replace it.

The fault isn't the cars. It's the silly HOA rule.

[Anonymous]

Set up a lemonade stand. Staff it with cute kids. People will either pay you and you can redo the driveway or they will feel guilty and avoid you. Either way you win!

Or get one of those slow kids playing things and put it at the end of your driveway.

[Anonymous]

Park trash cans very close to the ends of the driveway

[Anonymous]

Isn't the whole point of a cul de sac so people can turn around in the circle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the whole point of a cul de sac so people can turn around in the circle?

NP. Read the thread before you post. OP posted an example of the type of cul-de-sac. It is not circular so, no, people can't turn around in a circle that doesn't exist. Look at the post. I'm sure you can manage to find it, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how a bunch of 30-50 UMC mean girl wine moms are offering their expert skepticism about whether it’s possible/believable that cars can damage asphalt or not.

As if any of them know *anything* about asphalt. Hilarious.

Of course cars can damage asphalt. That's why you use concrete for a driveway. So you don't have to constantly replace it.

The fault isn't the cars. It's the silly HOA rule.

+1

But the HOA isn't going to support OP if she goes to them and points out that their sh***y, penny-pinching rule means she has crumbling asphalt on her driveway.

OP, ignore the little trolls insisting this isn't an issue. I can see why it is. I'd at least try asking the HOA, since you're new, if other homeowners have had this issue (crumbling asphalt) and what the HOA recommends. I know, they will shrug and you know they won't help, but the point is to be on the record with them as having noted the turnaround problem and its impact. Then I'd do as some here suggested and start parking at the end of your driveway making it hard for anyone to pull into it. I suspect the HOA might ding you and say no to cones, barriers, gates, etc. You can still ask, though. HOAs suck, by the way.

[Anonymous]

Unbelievable post. Everything that's wrong with USA in a sentence or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how a bunch of 30-50 UMC mean girl wine moms are offering their expert skepticism about whether it’s possible/believable that cars can damage asphalt or not.

As if any of them know *anything* about asphalt. Hilarious.

Could you be more misogynistic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. It’s destroying the asphalt from the tires turning. The type that was used before we moved in is apparently easily worn away by tired turning in the same spots. More wear and tear is causing more issues than not.

I smell BS.

I think the odor you’re detecting is slightly softened asphalt mixed with anxiety and just a hint of a need to be in control.

[Anonymous]

Now I’m hooked. How many houses on your street? How long is it? Why ARE you getting so much car traffic? Let’s solve this dcum detectives!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now I’m hooked. How many houses on your street? How long is it? Why ARE you getting so much car traffic? Let’s solve this dcum detectives!

I wonder if it's a GPS issue. Our neighborhood was completely redone about 10 years ago and when they tore down the old houses they decided to switch the back and front yards so as to have the beautiful oak trees as part of the front yards rather than being in the back yards and unseen. Google Maps hasn't caught up, so whenever we get deliveries the GPS always takes them to the alleys behind the houses (which used to be where the fronts of the houses were).

Maybe the cul de sac is newer or GPS gives confusing directions and people turn right or left into it before the street they actually should have turned on to.

Our HOA is insane, although there are some homeowners who have used cones to block their driveways when construction was still happening because they didn't want any heavy trucks driving on them. I'm not sure if they'd still be allowed to do that now that construction is complete though. I do think it's worth asking - the HOA should have some historical knowledge of the situation, or ask the old homeowners what they did.

I have dogs and I can sympathize about how annoying it would be to have cars pulling into my driveway throughout the day because it could make them bark. The wear and tear I believe you about, I just can't picture it because it seems crazy unless really heavy trucks are turning around. But I guess it's just really crappy asphalt.