Becky Guy, who lives on Whittlesey Road on the B1040 near Thorney, Peterborough, said over the past five years about 10 cars have crashed into her garden or her neighbour's.

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[–] -1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If you want dead people instead of a damaged hedge, sure.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    Becky Guy said her daughter and her dog are often in the garden

    If the choice is between endlessly letting reckless drivers crash into your hedge and hoping that they don't injure anyone else while waiting for the council to do its damn job and put a speed restriction up and running the risk of said reckless drivers sustaining more serious injuries then I think that in that imperfect world I might invoke caveat rector.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What an absurd thing to say! In what world would anybody be driving so fast into a hedge while parking that a collision might result in death?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I was fully prepared to admit my mistake but what you described is not at all what is happening. One does not park at 60 mph+

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I’m sorry, I didn’t read enough of the article to realize that it wasn’t people parking, but rather crashes on a road with too high a speed limit.

    Your comment in that context is actually quite reasonable!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Haha, I didn’t read the article either until you commented— I just looked at the picture and estimated/assumed.

    So I appreciate your comment, it made us both look a little closer!

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