I have no sympathy for careless drivers. I’ve had two cars plow through my own front garden fence but neither car had anyone in them at the time. The incident’s happened only three years apart, the first was some local teen who got out of his car to talk to his friends forgetting to put the handbrake on and the second was a neighbers daughter who lived further up the street on the opposite side who claimed her handbrake cable had gone slack just after darting in to the car to quickly pull the handbrake lever. If I or my daughter had been going through the gate at the time we wouldn’t have heard them comming and due to having a large privet hedge, we wouldn’t have seen them either until it was too late. I’ve since cut the privet hedge right down so i can see the street as soon as i leave my front door. I don’t want to take any chances… third time lucky and all that.
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