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About 250 feet of chain link fence missing!!!!

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:15 pm
by mickey
A drunk young lady driving a 2004 Corolla took out about 250 feet of my chain link fence this afternoon.
She is sitting in the County Jail at the moment, alcohol & gas don't mix.
Good thing the Highway Patrol gave me a printout of their accident report. Guess I'm in good hands with Allstate??? :D

Re: About 250 feet of chain link fence missing!!!!

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:20 pm
by tlarson58
Hopefully Allstate doesn't call it an "Act of God."

Re: About 250 feet of chain link fence missing!!!!

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:51 pm
by Tonray's Ghost
mickey wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:15 pm A drunk young lady driving a 2004 Corolla took out about 250 feet of my chain link fence this afternoon.
She is sitting in the County Jail at the moment, alcohol & gas don't mix.
Good thing the Highway Patrol gave me a printout of their accident report. Guess I'm in good hands with Allstate??? :D
Luckily she was driving a Toyota, if she had been driving a Ford she could have used the 'no reasonable man could ever believe a 2004 Ford would be operational in 2024' defense.

Re: About 250 feet of chain link fence missing!!!!

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:56 pm
by PoodlesAgain
How's the Corolla?

If I were you, I would like to have a word with the fence installer!

Re: About 250 feet of chain link fence missing!!!!

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:03 pm
by mickey
PoodlesAgain wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:56 pm How's the Corolla?

If I were you, I would like to have a word with the fence installer!
I'd call the Toyota "totaled."

I left a message on his voicemail already.

Re: About 250 feet of chain link fence missing!!!!

Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:55 pm
by BatUtilityBelt
Having the accident report is a huge advantage. My mailbox has been taken out twice by less than attentive drivers, both running off without taking responsibility. The second one I captured on video, and found pieces of his car that my mailbox bit off, but I still had no recourse. At least a mailbox is easier than 250 feet of fence to install.

Re: About 250 feet of chain link fence missing!!!!

Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:57 am
by tonebender
Women these days, sheeesh!

Re: About 250 feet of chain link fence missing!!!!

Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:40 am
by Rollin Hand
BatUtilityBelt wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:55 pm Having the accident report is a huge advantage. My mailbox has been taken out twice by less than attentive drivers, both running off without taking responsibility. The second one I captured on video, and found pieces of his car that my mailbox bit off, but I still had no recourse. At least a mailbox is easier than 250 feet of fence to install.
Dig down and replace the post with a metal post sunk in a fair bit of concrete. They'll learn.