Destruction out West

**Edbear** · 28th January 2007, 13:31

Originally Posted by Nicksta

went nuts and assaulted a few people.. he had a bail condition not to come here... so he's definately not rebuilding the fence....

Yeah, you're right about the mentality of these... um...(Insert suitable description...)

The parents should be held accountable too, I, mean you don't need to look too far to see that there are decent, intelligent youngsters around these days... (just look at KB...

) I certainly wasn' t the perfect parent, but my kids turned out pretty decent and I'm proud of them! I know the Blue Brigade will testify the bad attitudes of many parents when confronted about their precious kids antics!

**Nicksta** · 28th January 2007, 13:38

yeah, fully.....

the other thing is, that these might not be young adults... the last dude was in his 30's... with a partner and kid... (who were following in a car behind him)..
so we cant just blame young people too... its just the mentality of people these days to not care about public or private property... they dont own it so they dont care... its sad...

**Edbear** · 28th January 2007, 13:51

Originally Posted by Nicksta

... the last dude was in his 30's... with a partner and kid... (who were following in a car behind him).. its sad...

LOL!!! Sorry I just have a wierd sense of humour at times! I'da still told his mother!!!!

I'm pushing 50 and I'd hate to upset my Mum....

**Nicksta** · 28th January 2007, 13:55

lol.... yeah, i havent told my mum i bought a track bike yet.... eek!

**Edbear** · 28th January 2007, 14:03

Just tell her you've found a really safe place to ride your bike! No oncoming traffic, no intersections, etc. But you needed a specially safe bike to ride there, you know, specially set up with really good brakes and stuff....

**Mental Trousers** · 28th January 2007, 14:17

Originally Posted by Nicksta

lol.... yeah, i havent told my mum i bought a track bike yet.... eek!

Oh oh oh oh can I tell her!!!!! lol

Looks like it's time your parents built a rock garden out there that acts like bollards. How in the hell people manage to crash on a straight peice of road is beyond me. Understandable if someone/thing ran out in front of them but otherwise you have to wonder if they were on drugs/alcohol or fell asleep eh.

**Fatjim** · 28th January 2007, 14:27

Why has your excess gone up for things were they've found the guilty party. You should not be paying an excess either in that case.

You say he's paying it off? Did you have to pay an excess? if so, he should be paying you off first.

In cases where an insurance co. is paying out and there's nobody hurt, or threatened then the insurance co. should investigate, not the cops. Well the cops should, but my cynicism has turned to realism, so I don't expect them to show up.

Sorry to hear about your fence all the same. I'd be pissed off as well.

**Patrick** · 28th January 2007, 16:21

Plant some nasty large boulders out on the verge to protect the fenceline... that'll learn em!!!

**Nicksta** · 28th January 2007, 17:26

one of the bits of rock we had there was half a foot high and that got moved 1m from the grass on to the driveway.....

and the strangest part... its a 50km area... and the black tyre marks start parallel to a 30km/hr roadworks sign.... and yet they still managed to smash our fence, knock over a 20year old tree and topple solid brickwork????
pretty good for 50km/hr!!!!!

**MOTOXXX** · 28th January 2007, 17:53

mate id be calling all the pannel beaters in the area and get them to keep an eye out

**Patrick** · 28th January 2007, 18:44

Originally Posted by MOTOXXX

mate id be calling all the pannel beaters in the area and get them to keep an eye out

At that time of the night, I'd be picking it might very well be a local heading home...put theword out ("reward" often helps)...

**SixPackBack** · 28th January 2007, 19:46

Bummer Nicksta the folk's are gunna be pissed. From what you describe [location, local speedlimit, straight road and previous incidences] the question of some type of retribution sounds at least possible.

Decorative ship anchors provide an excellent barrier should there be a next time.

**Nicksta** · 28th January 2007, 20:11

lol... i dont think my mum or the council would appreciate the "decorative anchors"... we got a letter from the council the other day stating that because our trees are such a nice green area for the people driving up the road, we are not allowed to trim a tree without council consent... dont think they will think an anchor is as pretty and green looking??
but then who ever hit our fence managed to completely knock over a 20 year old tree... and try to cover it up by picking the tree back up again and stomping down the dirt!!! pitty half the roots are now exposed and the top of the tree is broken!! i think we noticed

**crashe** · 28th January 2007, 20:19

Buggar.....

Hey maybe put some spikes along the grass area, so next time someone does this, they end up with 4 flat tyres all at the same time. That way they wont be going anywhere fast in a hurry.

Also can you stick up a hidden video recording camera to catch all action on tape/dvd. You only have to view the last tape/dvd when something happens.
There are some great machines out there that record stuff now.
That way you wll have it all on tape/film/disc