I got into a discussion yesterday that seems to have heated the opposition.

Someone made a joke about people that get upset when people turn around in their driveway.

I responded that it is rude so I don't ever do it.

This caused a few people to become angry that I consider the act inappropriate.

"It doesn't hurt anything", "I'm only there for 5 seconds" and "the first 5 feet are public property" were the gist of the responses. Then it was decided by the democrats that I'm an asshole.

My replies were (respectively):
If you did cause damage would you stop or just leave?

The length of time does not negate the intrusion.

The easement is for utility installment and repair and doesn't give the general public access to private land except for roads. (I admit I could be wrong about that but that's how I understand it).

So, what's your view on this?

Stay the hell out of my driveway.

Get off my lawn.

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Originally posted by sunburn:
Get off my lawn.

That's another thing. The neighbors have parties and their guests have parked in my lawn. One broke the gas shutoff cap. Did they care? Not even a little.

I try not to do it but if it’s the only option then I do it. And then it’s just enough to make a 3 point turn.

I don’t do it and I don’t like it when people turn around in my driveway. I agree, it’s an intrusion. Stay the Hell off my property. Then again, half the neighborhood thinks the road next to my house is the perfect turn-around spot and I’ve got cars flipping a u-turns day and night, which bothers me more. Rather than make a short 3-point turn in front of their house to park correctly in our wide street, it’s somehow easier to drive another hundred yards and do it right next to my house. Especially chaps my ass when my son is playing in the yard and I get to watch someone pull that nonsense.

Wow! I bet you are the guy that confiscates the kids ball if it rolls in your yard too! LOL!

I love in a small community of 500 that gets lots of visitors, as many as 20,000 over the main yearly festival weekend. We like to consider ourselves friendly here. I am the last house going out of town on one of the main routes. LOTS of people turn around in my drive and I don't mind at all, in fact I will go out of my way to wave to them if I am outside, sometimes they give a friendly wave back. Some times they pause to make a phone call, fine too, better than while driving. I have even been known to go assist them backing out into the road a couple times.

Life is much too short to worry about such harmless simple things.

I don’t care if people turn around in my driveway and I turn around in others if I need to. It’s not a big deal. Does that make me a democrat too?

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Originally posted by cparktd:
Wow! I bet you are the guy that confiscates the kids ball if it rolls in your yard too! LOL!

I love in a small community of 500 that gets lots of visitors, as many as 20,000 over the main yearly festival weekend. We like to consider ourselves friendly here. I am the last house going out of town on one of the main routes. LOTS of people turn around in my drive and I don't mind at all, in fact I will go out of my way to wave to them if I am outside, sometimes they give a friendly wave back. Some times they pause to make a phone call, fine too, better than while driving. I have even been known to go assist them backing out into the road a couple times.

Life is much too short to worry about such harmless simple things.

This is my thought as well. It happens fairly often and I could really care less. I truly wish it was the biggest intrusion on my life.

Jim

Installed a fence and gate - problem solved.

I don't care if people turn around in my driveway during the summer or winter if it has been cleaned off but if has just snowed stay the hell off of it so that you don't pack the snow down.

What burns my ass more than people turning around in my driveway is having people block my driveway or even park in my driveway. I have had several situations where people have parked in my driveway thinking its a parking lot.

The house I grew up in was 2 doors from the corner and the corner lot was a mom-n-pop grocery store. This is back in the 70s and 80s.

On busy days people would both park in front of my parent's house and use the driveway to turn around.

It as annoying but I got used to it. So meh...

But from my perspective, if I need to turn around, and I'm not in a city, I'm not taking three lefts and a right, I'm going to use either a driveway or a parking lot to do so.

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by cparktd:
Wow! I bet you are the guy that confiscates the kids ball if it rolls in your yard too! LOL!

I love in a small community of 500 that gets lots of visitors, as many as 20,000 over the main yearly festival weekend. We like to consider ourselves friendly here. I am the last house going out of town on one of the main routes. LOTS of people turn around in my drive and I don't mind at all, in fact I will go out of my way to wave to them if I am outside, sometimes they give a friendly wave back. Some times they pause to make a phone call, fine too, better than while driving. I have even been known to go assist them backing out into the road a couple times.

Life is much too short to worry about such harmless simple things.

This is my thought as well. It happens fairly often and I could really care less. I truly wish it was the biggest intrusion on my life.

Jim

Well there are obviously those on the other side of the argument. So, how does a stranger know that they are welcome? They don't. So my point of it being rude stands.

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Originally posted by WildSig:
I don't care if people turn around in my driveway during the summer or winter if it has been cleaned off but if has just snowed stay the hell off of it so that you don't pack the snow down.

What burns my ass more than people turning around in my driveway is having people block my driveway or even park in my driveway. I have had several situations where people have parked in my driveway thinking its a parking lot.

I was just going to bring up the snow issue.

I have returned home from a trip and found my driveway filled with several vehicles parked for a party taking place at a house down the street. I was somewhat impatient with the drivers because I can get cranky after an 11 hour drive.

I really try not to use a private driveway to turn around in, unless there’s no nearby safe option, and I expect the same courtesy from other drivers. Just go around the effing block.

First world problem...

I'll drive as far as I need to in order to turn around, if a three point turn is not an option (traffic, etc.).

I respect other people's property and privacy.


If you are mindful of the insignificant and things done/not done when no one is looking, it makes it easier to stay the course on the big and weight things that are very important.

My philosophy.

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Originally posted by fpuhan:
First world problem...

...and why I think we are troubled with such First World Problems.

I'll keep my "FWP" over the shithole problems, every day of the week.

I have done it and will likely do it again, but only when necessary. Sometimes there is no other reasonable option.

Our driveway is 200’ long; if you can’t turn around within the first 15’ before you cross the horsefence line, then stay off of my property.

During one icy winter, I had one idiot drive the the entire length of my snow-covered driveway and attempt to turn around, but the dumb bitch slide off sideways (half-on/half-off) blocking access to my house. Had to have 2 wreckers come to get her out, as the first wrecker slide off too. I didn’t discover this disaster until after I got home from work. Couldn’t enter my own driveway for 8 hours as they tried to figure out how to extricate themselves from the mess they had created.

Pissed off! The heat that I displayed to these fools could have melted the entire 200’ length of my snow and ice covered driveway.

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Originally posted by fpuhan:
First world problem...

No kidding, especially evident by the amount of time people spend even thinking about it. Really?