Cars keep hitting his house, and he's extremely over it

A Cleveland Heights, Ohio, homeowner is fed up with dealing with crash after crash into his home. Now, he’s taking matters into his own hands because he feels the city isn’t doing enough to prevent them.

[@KouuToriProductions]

$20 says if he built his own guardrail, the city would make him take it down

[@crazycakemonster]

RIGHTTTT

[@SeekingNewHeights777]

Absolutely

[@raymisuto9872]

Not if he builds it in the middle of his yard, they couldn't because they do not have any ability to claim it. Most likely the guy just doesn't have the money to build a adequate car stopping defense.

[@KidArkx]

​@raymisuto9872 I can't just build a barn in my backyard the city would make me take it down.

[@surfmorworkless]

For sure. Municipalities are crazy.

[@daviddunney6114]

Why does he have to claim on his insurance when it's not his fault that people are driving into his house. Why are the drivers not held accountable?

[@markfeemster8135]

people running from the cops usually are not insured.

[@LygerTheCLaw]

you'd be surprised how many uninsured motorists are out there. i lost my car, my job and need a $150k surgery that no one is paying for. lawyers laugh at you when there is no insurance involved to pay for damages and tell you "good luck, here's another attorneys number." that attorney sais the same thing.

[@HighStrangeDrifter]

Hurricanes and tornadoes aren’t the fault of those homeowners, but because they live in a dangerous area, they pay higher rates (or even get canceled). He lives in a dangerous area. That’s the the way insurance looks at it.

[@josswoman4191]

@@LygerTheCLaw You don't have uninsured motorists coverage?

[@davidlafleche1142]

​@@HighStrangeDrifterTell the area to stop being dangerous.

[@_AndromedaGalaxy_]

At this point he deserves to win a big fat lawsuit. He's a tax payer and the city is failing him miserably.

[@johnclements6614]

It looks like there is enough room at that location to build a roundabout.

[@LonewolfJuan]

​@@johnclements6614 yes, build a roundabout with their tax dollars because of this one guys house because of idiots that are 100% at fault

[@sandasturner9529]

I have a feeling that is the reason that he still owns/lives in that house..... he's waiting for the _"big one"_

[@vanessaward2348]

He deserves MORE than fair market value! City OWES him compensation for removing guard rail, and for not addressing his NEED! Shame on the city for NOT taking care of this man...a TAX PAYING citizen!

[@SRose-vp6ew]

Fair market value for your home is not actually fair market value for your home, especially when you’ve lived there over 30 years. He won’t find a house as nice and able to be paid off in that tax area that suits him and the likely customizations he already did to his home. Maybe if they helped him find a comparable, what a headache.

[@zymethamp6596]

Why does this feel like an Onion News skit?

[@dudagladuos]

I was looking for this comment lol

[@annaofminecraft]

i literally thought it was the onion before seeing the channel name lol

[@user-sx4yu3nw4j]

Because the field reporter’s voice is cartoonish

[@aaron-gz]

I was waiting for the punchline of a car crashing during the interview

[@adamgeorge37]

because that is what happens when meet a dystopia situation

[@VenomRoadRacing]

I love how he swears like flanders for tv.

[@nancysorto4769]

He looks like he could be related to Flanders too lmao.

[@Sig-i3z]

Yep, it sounds like folks have a problem running into his home sweet home diddily dum doodily.

[@SunHeaven47]

Lmao 😂

[@MsDudette21]

Gotta keep it tv friendly!

[@OldGregg253]

That motherfroggers line hit me hard fr 😂

[@ZE1999-d5r]

Dude is the only person who knows what it would feel like to be a citizen in the Marvel Universe.

[@non-applicable3548]

If that's the only way you can feel empathy that's pretty sad

[@antwan867]

​@@non-applicable3548You must be fun at parties

[@G0A7]

​@@non-applicable3548if thats the only way you can get jokes thats pretty sad

[@devilrat64]

⁠@@non-applicable3548its a joke, stop pretending like you’re a good person

[@Neveko]

​@@non-applicable3548 Don't be weird. This person's comment doesn't say that at all. It's just a lighthearted joke.

[@grouchosdad1]

Jeez, give him a guardrail, ffs.

[@59ersfootball]

Will you pay for it

[@stinkstank5177]

City tax 59er!

[@shalucard107]

​@59ersfootball yes because construction for road and sidewalk installations come from the tax payer pockets, so yes hes paying for it.

[@RileyGoss]

In Soviet Russia, guardrail is you

[@Veritas-invenitur]

A guard rail likely won’t have the benefit he thinks it will. Guard rails are not designed for head on collisions. Those rocks will stop most vehicles right in their tracks,

[@payehomage6922]

This guy is so wholesome, even when he’s upset. Hope he sues and wins big.

[@SirSly420]

His front yard is like a youtube comment section lol.

[@mockinghyena960]

😂😂😂

[@brandonknight431]

Good one, lol

[@LockBunn]

💀💀💀

[@jimdarhower4945]

The reporter sounds like Trisha T. From family guy. So weird how they talk 😂

[@raymondqiu8202]

What do you mean by that? Sorry I don't get your joke

[@3DJapan]

So they'd rather buy his house than pay for a guard rail?

[@davidhenderson3400]

That is just a thing they don't want to give him any money for the house. They want to give him less money for the house than it would cost for a guardrail.

[@misterx4088]

good comment and one that needs to be asked to the right person on camera.

[@mwdiphone]

They can’t put a guardrail there. ODOT won’t allow them. ODOT removed it when putting in an ADA crosswalk. Any guardrail would impede the crosswalk.

[@davidhenderson3400]

@@mwdiphone That may be their excuse but I'm sure there's something that can be done. Look at all those big ass rocks that they put up there.

[@mwdiphone]

@ it’s not an excuse. You can literally look up the ODOT code. Do you live in the area? That’s exactly what happened. The city redid the road. When they did it, ODOT made them put up ADA compliant sidewalks. To meet compliance, you are extremely limited on what can be on the curb cut and tree lawns. Due to the size of the curbs and where the homeowners driveway is, you literally can’t put anything there. The city could be sued for violating the ADA. This is in a historic neighborhood with very old roads and roots. Trying to modernize infrastructure for today in an area that’s so old is really difficult. I feel for the guy but as he himself mentioned, many of the accidents involved people going up his drive. Not across the lawn. Even with a guardrail there or a boulder, people can still crash into his home. More deterrents are definitely needed. Just being in a historic place really limits what can be done unless you are willing to build a massive wall and gate across the entire front yard.

[@Social_Infidel]

So, the insurance company says they will drop if there is another incident? The guy did not drive his house into these cars, it was the other way around. Insurance companies are a joke!

[@dewardroy6531]

Joke? No. A scam, fraud, grift, yes! Vote rethuglikkkan: the party that’s owned by big money.

[@peterhineinlegen4672]

My question is - why would he pay for something that if he uses it they'll deny it and drop him? Not just a joke, insurance is a scam.

[@cmd062]

The fact that he just annouced to the world this house may become uninsurable means he will not be able to get a buyer or a good selling price if he decides to move, the city's offfer might be his best offer.

[@neilkurzman4907]

So you’re saying the insurance company should be mandated to lose lots of money? Insurance is for things that might happen, not for things that will happen

[@supahCla3]

@@Social_Infidel this looks like a job for…THE ADJUSTER!

[@13realmusic]

0:56 "They're chicken bleep mother froggers" is gold, wow 😂😂😂

[@LC-jq7vn]

Never heard that before, but clearly he has used it plenty. 😂

[@CChex09]

Gotta love the sign that just says "idiots"

[@WYO_Dirtbag]

And "WTF?"

[@kronik9618]

You know he was just fuming writing that one

[@amelonnamedkate1400]

The one that was completely censored really speaks to me

[@heyarnold3733]

😂

[@nvmffs]

I mean it's succinct and right to the point.

[@sydparrott8552]

Chicken-bleep-mother-froggers is epic, I'm stealing that one 😂😂😂

[@Runny117]

even better - he said: mother frauders. which is hilarious

[@alexanderwoods2055]

New swear words in 2025 let's gooo

[@Twiddles14]

It says frogger on the sign he painted lol​@@Runny117

[@techphy100]

Floriduh got me

[@critterscute3642]

This man is an absolute wordsmith. A national treasure.

[@PerthSurfer]

My brother in law had a similar issue with cars smashing through his front fence. Then a guy who was drag racing died on his front lawn, but that's where the problems for him began when the family of the deceased put up a memorial on his front lawn without asking. He kept taking it down and the family accused him of desecrating a memorial and made him look like the bad guy on social media. He ended up having to take them to court to get a restraining order. Some people are crazy... not just the drivers.

[@qewpid]

Having a family member destroy someone else's property by being reckless and stupid to the point of death, THEN accusing the homeowner of destroying the memorial that wasn't asked to be put up is crazy work... hope your BIL has some sort of peace now geeze.

[@whiteyfisk9769]

Such is life in a "diverse" county

[@Imjustacatlady]

The whole damn family was crazy in that situation.

[@HackersSun]

I mean, I get it. A kid died 7 months in glenview, IL, and the flowers are still up, but they could've asked and he could have told him to ask, its still his home

[@hitthegoat]

@@whiteyfisk9769Nazis get the wall, fucker

[@SynthiaVan]

"They help _me,_ it's cathartic" is very relatable. When nothing works, at least try and make yourself feel like you're doing _something!_

[@Robertoni7]

He probably has PTSD from that. That’s too much going to sleep every night thinking someone might crash into your house. They need to help him ASAP.

[@花XOI]

And you potentially dying in your own home depending the time and place between your own walls. Ridiculous.

[@abouttime2569]

@@花XOI yea i wont be near that side of the wall if i were him

[@David-uc4hc]

This is America. He's on his own.

[@Robertoni7]

@@David-uc4hc Yes, it’s America and he still pays property taxes on a space where his life is constantly in danger. All the more reason they should help him ASAP..they should’ve been helped him.

[@_papad8434]

Right, and what do you use that corner of the house for knowing the likelihood of it being demolished again?

[@jacktorse2145]

One of the most important questions wasn't asked...WHY was the guardrail removed!?!?!

[@phillyphil1513]

bingo...

[@cornfusedatbest3980]

... maybe ... somebody smashed into it and the city doesn't want to pay for a new one. "Why spend the money, it'll just get smashed again!!??" 😜

[@FlyasHell4Sho]

If someone gets hurt, they could sue the city.

[@cornfusedatbest3980]

@@FlyasHell4Sho But that's just how their logic works. Instead of fixing it they'll wait until someone gets hurt and end shelling out 10× as much. It happens more than you'd think.

[@FlyasHell4Sho]

@cornfusedatbest3980 I agree. Either he sells, or he stays and prays. I would move ASAP.

[@CiruPlays]

"it helps me, it's cathartic" that's fair.

[@ealing456]

I guess he's also forcing City Council's hand by damaging their public face. He's so past saving his own face at this point. In the US, would a City council take legal issue with expletives on a front lawn? In the UK, I think there's little that you could be prosecuted for.

[@robynhayward]

😆😆😆 right, I feel for this guy cuz he's right, like wtf else is he supposed to do?!

[@laurj23]

I realized he was self aware when he said this, made me like him more lmao

[@eveningstar8581]

I'm with him on that!

[@brantkensinger3398]

@@ealing456They can’t do anything. This is protected under free speech. If the city did anything, they could be held liable in court if sued.

[@bradleydobie3891]

There is a house like that in a city nearby me. The city wouldn't let the owner put up a wall at the owners expense, but they did approve his permit for an outdoor kitchen. So now he has a nice front patio area with a large concrete "counter" facing the road.😂

[@JodiDaves]

Lol!😂😂 o my goodness.

[@SirSharkus]

It'll always be absurd to me, how someone who has done literally nothing except exist gets his insurance hiked up to insane levels due to other people being dangerous. Insurance is a scam, plain and simple.

[@calicocritterscrafts886]

Been saying this for years. Their job is to make money not “protect” you.

[@gentlemancharmander4411]

Insurance literally helps the guy rebuild when a car hits his house. But go off on how its a “scam” Edit: I keep getting replies from people who are making completely irrelevant comments. If you’re not even going to try and present a logical argument, then just shut up Second edit: it seems y’all have chosen to ignore my first edit and continue to comment the most asinine replies. It’s honestly pathetic how brainwashed y’all are 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mpotokar7]

It's a flawed system. Dudes had to have insurance cover damage because the drivers either don't have enough to cover, or not at all, and no money to take in court, so insurance or his own wallet is the only means to pay it. The level of hikes in those rates are really the determining factor. But if it's a repeat situation, the insurance company is in fact taking a greater risk covering him. I totally get why people think it shouldn't affect his rates, but at the same time, the insurance company didn't crash 3 different cars into his house, and if his neighbors have had no cars crash into their house, why should they pay the same as him? They've not had to use the coverage

[@Travis12861]

Insurance is a business. His house is high risk, therefore has higher premiums. It’s not difficult.

[@rainbowodysseybyjonlion]

Yeah that kinda threw me for a loop. So the purpose of insurance is to protect your property and health and they said if you file a claim again you're dropped. Imagine a restaurant saying if you come in here hungry again we won't serve you. Insurance truly is a scam in situations like these.

[@GreyOatmeal]

Give the man his damn guardrail! And whatever else he needs for some peace of mind! He's 100% justified in asking for some support!

[@idkfrcyz5i]

Facts

[@navii2e]

😂☠️

[@tc_is_me]

Yes, and it’s not an unreasonable request either.

[@SSEBBlue]

For real. Eventually it could take him out if he happens to be in that part of the house when it happens again… wtf is up with the city???

[@ianwatson5767]

​@@tc_is_meanything that doesn't help big businesses, VIP's or politicians is considered unreasonable spending.. even though he's likely paid 50k+ in taxes to the state in his lifetime.

[@northerniltree]

They're gonna need a bigger speed bump to enable the cars to jump over his house, instead of hitting it. Simple physics.

[@ktburger659]

This made me chuckle, thank you

[@SquirrelNebula]

Just imagined them installing a giant trampoline instead of a guardrail.😂

[@darrenthedude1]

Speed "RAMP" Evel Knievel Style, hahaha

[@Enrique-Garcia]

Or just get rid of the speed bump since it's clearly not slowing anyone down.

[@Praxus42]

@@SquirrelNebula Big rubber band strung between 2 trees in front of his house. Cars hit it, get bounced right back. It works in the cartoons!

[@AWiseMelon]

"a police chase that ended up with a car in his kitchen" she says nonchalantly as if it happens every day lmao

[@NEILSMITH-n4v]

😂due to murphy's law, it can happen every and will start to happen everyday.

[@kylewestbro]

i like how the news crew even reached out like, 'hey why not give this man a gaurdrail' and they didnt respond. what a legendary news crew for trying to help this guys issue get resolved

[@teacfan1080]

Local news crews, thank God we still have them

[@ronaldnelson6692]

Of course they didn't respond. They know they are in the wrong and don't want to have to explain it.

[@tylerthomas668]

I just realized I never knew how to spell guardrail 😂

[@ruekurei88]

Unfortunately that's still how some issues get solved. Companies or government entities can sometimes sit on things for weeks, months or years not doing anything until it gets blown up on the news and they get embarrassed into doing something. Otherwise they just ignore you and hope you give up trying to do anything or die or whatever.

[@Dondizle]

He should be able to protect his house as much as he possibly can to stop idiots from driving into it. Stupid drivers are still going to cause accidents regardless of what this man does or doesn't do. One man can't prevent stupidity, but he can fortify his house to prevent idiots from destroying it.

[@kylefelts691]

"They help me, I don't know what else to do, they're cathartic." More honest words of exhaustion have never been spoken.

[@mgjk]

I like him. He's a nice kind of crazy.

[@Neveko]

​@@mgjk You'd look crazy too if people kept driving their cars through your house. This dude is handling it as rationally as he can be expected

[@Dominian1]

@@mgjk People don't feel safe in their homes after break-ins. This guy had multiple cars crashing into his house - one literally coming through the wall. Being this level of exhausted and angry is completely understandable and sane.

[@sneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed]

@@mgjk not crazy at all. just the average person once they have first hand experience understanding how incompetent your government is.

[@mia.semolina]

RIGHT. He's so real for this.

[@orpal]

"Killed by a traffic engineer" is a great book on how road designs cause these sort of problems

[@everthealtruist]

Adamsomething on KZbin would have a field day with this.

[@scottwible1532]

Traffic engineers are the Civil Engineers that fail out of the structural engineering route, then settle for an easy government paycheck.

[@cavejohnson9071]

So is Strong Towns, or Not Just Bikes if you prefer video format. It’s ridiculous that sidewalks are considered part of the road’s clear zone in most cities, and that everything in that area has to be designed to be breakaway

[@BalthazarMyrrh70]

This would also make a great sign slogan for him to paint.

[@superllama666____________3]

Its not the civic engineers fault that other people are stupid

[@VGMenjoyer]

That is one gentleman who has HAD ENOUGH

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

Dude has every right to be pissed when people keep ramming into his home. Man I’d be so pissed if that were my case

[@TheDeathmail]

Honestly, if that many people keep on crashing into his house..... There is some big design flaw with that road.....

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

@@TheDeathmail Yeah, that road is SUS. Clearl,y it wasn't designed well.

[@KelilahLivingston]

He might actually be able to sue his city if it's a design flaw in the road.

[@mariokart8715]

Or he can move to a different place away from the busy streets. And out in the quiet suburbs.

[@gregoryboatswain1605]

​@@mariokart8715 And who are you thinking will buy his house?

[@125AXer]

NEVER buy a house that sits at the top center of a T intersection. I feel for the guy though. If a guard rail was there when he moved in, the city should put in another one. Make it beefy.

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

or a house on a mainroad in general. Just asking for problems

[@KILLKING110]

Or redesign the road to not be so dangerous a lane removal and curves in the road would deter the dangerous driving

[@johnclements6614]

@@KILLKING110 It looks like there is enough room at that location to build a roundabout

[@GoonyMclinux]

Getting those rocks and installing them was probably more expensive than a guardrail. 😂

[@SpukiTheLoveKitten75]

Exactly, along with speed bumps, lowered speed limit signs, etc. The road must be especially funky if so many people with mediocre (at best) driving skills keep crashing into his living room.

[@HeatherFoster-nk5vn]

Imagine living with the fear that a car is going to come crashing through your window at any moment

[@halo3odst]

Imagine buying a house in the way of a T intersection.

[@ruiqi22]

@@halo3odst When he bought it, there was a guardrail?? How many people do you think have been in this kind of situation where they have to even consider the possibility of cars crashing into their house?

[@halo3odst]

@ruiqi22 Smart people dont put themselves in that situation in the first place. as evidenced by how this guy thinks that a guardrail is going to do a better job of stopping a car than a bunch of 1 ton boulders.......... i dont think we can charge him of being too smart.

[@Tes7000]

This is why this man needs to take the fair market value offered and move. How much cents does it make to stay in a house without a mortgage but sky-high insurance that he is in danger of losing? The house was in a bad location from the start, and all of the fixes are somewhat weird. In addition, no one with any sense is ever going to buy this house, so the offer he received is the best it will ever get.

[@ruiqi22]

@@halo3odst Experience is just as important as intelligence. If someone grew up in a house that has never been hit by a car (most houses) or in an apartment where that isn’t even an option, they would never consider that when buying a house. Many people who grew up in apartments and later buy houses struggle with the amount of maintenance a house requires because they’re not used to it.

[@SMJay357]

Lately some of the most amazing random videos have been appearing in my algorithm and I just wanna tell KZbin thank you lol

[@bees.857]

I live in Florida but I get suggested Cleveland local news, I'll take it lol. The headline is intriguing, to say the least. Poor guy.

[@ulanieldariaux2558]

The scenario, the boulders, his fury, and the various carefully painted signs makes it seem like an insane contemporary art piece

[@f-man3274]

Or at least an Onion video

[@SmartWentCrazy]

@@f-man3274 lol I just commented that I thought this was the Onion. Even the guy kind of looks like an actor they would use.

[@plugshirt1762]

⁠@@SmartWentCrazyIt feels so absurd that it’s more shocking it isn’t an Onion video lmao. This really sums up just how incompetent politicians are when they can’t even do a single thing to stop cars from flying into someone’s home or even attempt to stop it

[@Same-o9e]

People say this feels like an Onion video, but to me, it’s just normal. I’ve seen enough chaos to stop being shocked but desensitized. Kind of like George Costanza-always stuck in weird situations, but acts like it’s just another day

[@GlennaFitch]

At its finest

[@Victorio667553]

Sidenote: his caligraphy is friggin' impeccable. I would have thought he printed those on a computer ~

[@bernier42]

motherfroggin’ impeccable

[@jenna7397]

What calligraphy?

[@Thetruthgirl]

@@jenna7397 It’s the art of writing or painting words beautifully.

[@lilliematthews7922]

​@@Thetruthgirl Yeah, and where is the decorative writing? All I saw were very neatly printed letters, not any calligraphy.

[@christinacreates2393]

It’s called penmanship

[@CJV9]

I’d be pissed too. He paid of the house, been living there for 28 years and the god damn town can’t just give him his guardrail back. This shit could kill him if he’s in the wrong part of the house when a car hits, that’s insane stress to live with

[@bismuth7730]

3 minute video they didn't once show the total traffic patterns and problem leading to this, just quick cut scenes of street signs and cars. Like, wouldn't an actual talk through of the road problem leading to this as the root cause be important ?

[@BooDotBoo]

I’m sure the city is well aware of it. What is telling us, random people not involved, going to do? The city needs to help this man fix his house and then figure out how to make that street safer, overall.

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

Maybe they also need to rehaul their driving license system, if people getting licenses are so bad at it to the extent that they’re launching their car into someone’s residential property

[@bldontmatter5319]

America moment. You people are still using suburban design and car infrastructure versus... Human level layout. Your country is built on suffering and fear. Cars being better than humans/walking. Horrific Nightmare of a country.

[@mikestevenson576]

@@BooDotBoo By that logic, we don't need to know the story at all. I want to know what traffic scenario caused this pattern.

[@user-mh7db7ei1s]

As someone that works in Cleveland, people just straight up can't drive. No one in the city obeys speed limits despite traffic. Police chases are common. As an anecdote, I almost got hit by a woman drinking Smirnoff straight from the bottle swerving all over the road. That was fun.

[@originalsusser]

I knew a guy with a house positioned like this. After a car nearly hit his house, he built a fence using railway track posts positioned 4 foot apart and slanted 5 degrees towards the road. When a car hit it years later... it worked 💪

[@ronture8279]

Please tell me how to make one.

[@originalsusser]

@ronture8279 He dug 4 foot deep × 2 foot wide holes, his soil was clay. He wanted a privacy fence, so it was 6 feet above ground, so the total length of each post was 9 & 1/2 feet. He placed them flat side of the rail facing the street, leaning a little towards the street at the top. He used mixed, (wet), concrete with reinforcing cage to secure the posts. He welded three 4 inch × 2 inch x 1/4" wall square tube between each of the posts. Once it was all set, he clad it with corrugated sheet metal panels. From the front, it looked like a normal fence. Just the posts were a bit closer together than one would normally expect. It wasn't cheap, but he was a welder by trade, and as he had young kids felt it was a small price to pay to protect them. Hope this helps

[@ulie1960]

@@originalsusser that's the same as a home owner here near my place in Germany did, except he didn't camuflaged it as a fence he just dug in those (in his case) I-beams like you discribed. As of now it worked to protect his house.

[@Renard380]

If someone hits his "fence" and gets injured or killed, he goes to jail. Wanna bet?

[@originalsusser]

@Renard380 I don't doubt that! The fence is designed to protect his family, not some careless speeder. A couple of ppl were severely injured crashing into it several years ago. Police, Ambo's etc attended... nothing came of it. Btw it's not in America

[@rtbeerzi]

"Chicken Bleep Mother Froggers" is right Edit: I have your attention, so I will use it wisely. We are all important in our own ways. Every little action has extreme reactions over vast periods of time. You only have this lifetime one time. Go ask out that person you really like, try that food you've never tried, learn a language, become an engineer or invent something.. Your potential is limitless, and even if you view your potential as limited, you're still important. Maybe not immediately, or obviously, but you have to look at the bigger picture. Whether you're religious, spiritual or scientific you can't deny being alive is truly special, which makes you truly special. I'm not trying to be cocky or corny, or sell you a way to live. I'm just saying, wouldn't it be nice to be something that makes a real difference to someone even if that means yourself? You're a human above all else and I love you for that. Don't forget that

[@FEED_ME_A_STRAY_CAT]

Geeze oh Pete!!

[@JuanHernandez-qx2fn]

I felt that 😂

[@BenJohnsonDotNet]

I clutched my pearls when he said that 😮

[@HisNameIsEL]

Lmfaooo

[@HisNameIsEL]

Flanders from Simpsons lol

[@Raii_Chu]

Bro is well-spoken and rational.

[@tony4534]

Cap

[@jordansanders4972]

Yeah his response to her asking if he thinks the signs help is brilliant, and lets us understand his frustration even more.

[@RavenMobile]

@@tony4534 No cap.

[@Chudlord10]

You watching the same guy? The one that says mother frogger 😂

[@mrheisenberg83]

How is it legal for his insurance to drop him? You are living in the worst dystopia over there.

[@dche64]

The insurance will cover the next accident as long as he keeps paying, but after that, they will drop him. The insurance company isn't, and shouldn't be obligated to keep someone on as a customer.

[@grantmathieson3821]

In Canada we have high mandatory minimum liability insurance on vehicles for things like this. The at fault vehicle insurance would be mandated to pay, even if their driver was drunk, up to the limits which are 500k by law and most companies don’t sell less than 1M

[@bldontmatter5319]

​@@dche64 you Americans will justify nightmare existences and then defend the trillion dollar corporations controlling you. Evil stuff

[@bldontmatter5319]

America really is an evil place to be. Car depended nightmare. Terrible road design. Mega corporations controlling everything... And of course, people defending all of it. America. The worst developed country, if you can even call it developed with it's suburban sprawl

[@BrianSchultz-m8m]

At this point I'd construct my own concrete barrier ON my property that a dump truck couldn't get through. Like 20 ft sunken, concrete filled poles that are a foot in diameter..... Just eat the cost.

[@kmbbmj5857]

Make a planter on top and dress it up with brick or stone to look like a flower box. Done in front of government buildings all the time to prevent cars from driving into them.

[@mrbyamile6973]

His luck the city wouldn't allow it or give permit to build 😮

[@squidballs2324]

Put some red and blue lights around the property to make it look like an active police scene from a distance so drivers look its way and slow down.

[@spvillano]

@@mrbyamile6973 the, get a permit, artfully crafted by an attorney, for a "facade" for the front of the house - of 10000 pound test reinforced concrete, dressed as a brick wall house front. It'd be like hitting a bunker, a bit of concrete paint to touch up, all one has to do then is fix the damage to the lawn. When they complain about the body count, simply state it's a lower count than mining the road.

[@ronblack7870]

well then just like the burglar that injures himself breaking in to your home can sue you the motorist that smashes into his wall can sue him.

[@keithcallahan3339]

Seems like a really nice guy too who's just had enough! He has every right to be pissed at the city

[@tickledtoffee]

yeah, he does. I don't get why they won't put guard rails up again, surely it can't be that expensive? Instead they dump some rocks on his lawn???

[@Tes7000]

I think he's a stubborn fool who needs to take the fair market offer and move. The house is in a bad location, all of the fixes are either weird or just plain crazy, and no one with any sense will ever buy this house from him. He doesn't have a mortgage, but he says he has sky-high insurance that he is in danger of losing if there is one more accident, so he he might come out better by investing the proceeds from this house into another house with much cheaper insurance, even if he has to take out a mortgage for the difference. I don't see the benefit to holding on to this house.

[@WolfSeril107]

He absolutely does NOT seem like a nice guy, he seems like a raging asshole who screams at everyone who could possibly help him.

[@HH-wq6se]

The problem is that 'fair market rate' is never actually what the house is worth.

[@tomlord4469]

He was very stupid for buying a house in that location.

[@Hayley-i3t]

I love this man. Not a single straw remains and yet he wakes up every day to find new ways to cope. Mental health hero.

[@coalblooded]

And he's a CD guy. Still. I fucking love this man, and he deserves so much better than this current world is giving him.

[@dumblenutz5561]

Ugh, coping.

[@MeBihhhh]

To cope? He’s wigging out on national tv after buying a trash house in 1996

[@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her]

​@@MeBihhhh​​ So, it'd be better for him to just be quiet, have no backbone, & let everyone walk all over him until he loses his life? You'd do that? And he's not wigging out, he's frustrated but very composed, all things considered. You're over-sheltered if you think this is wigging out.

[@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her]

​@@MeBihhhh So you'd just quietly let the city walk all over you until you lose your life to this? And you seriously think that expressing very justified frustration in a normal tone & putting up signs is wigging out? Sure, pal.

[@robertmatthews4285]

Why is the city offering to pay him fair market value for the house which is WAY more than the cost of a guard rail? Something is not right in this story.

[@jeffcampbell5206]

Where else are they supposed to put in the new park?

[@sendthis9480]

My guess… This is a “historic” part of town. That means there’s all sorts of restrictive and hindering building codes and regulations. IF they put a guardrail, they might have to fudge the ADA requirements a little. And if they move the ADA requirements a little, it will fudge their “preservation” codes. And if they move their preservation codes a little, it will fudge their aesthetic regulations. And if they move their aesthetic regulations, ….etc etc et. In the long run it’s likely just easier to deal with a vacant lot, than to worry about redlining all the codes that stand in the way of a guardrail.

[@L.R.KNIGHT]

This is how incompetent all government is in the United States. Incompetent and corrupt. They are not problem solvers and I am praying to God that more people wake up to this shit

[@kathleenszekely]

That's Cle. for you.

[@bigpatty823]

Because guardrails aren't designed for perpendicular impacts. There are road and highway design standards that need to be followed or else the city opens itself up to a major lawsuit, far exceeding FMV of a single house.

[@BadStructuralEngineeringFirms]

This homeowner needs to keep turning his home into a tourist attraction. Years ago, I placed yellow lemon shaped signs on my car until the dealer fixed it. The dealer was angry because they lost sales.

[@pieceofpeace35]

Nice!

[@rachelzimmerman2773]

Brilliant!

[@joeg5414]

I've seen this before. SOmeone was driving around with "This car is a lemon. Purchased from _____" painted all over their windows.

[@StoicMind707]

😮

[@originalsusser]

A guy parked his new model, Transit outside a Ford dealership for months every Saturday & Sunday covered with similar signs as this guy, reporting his issues with the van & the dealership. No one walking around the yard looking at cars could miss him.

[@erc1971erc1971]

Here in metro Detroit there is a house that keeps getting hit like that, it is where Greenfield Road ends at 14 mile in a T intersection. Decades ago someone placed a massive boulder in the front. This stopped most incidents, until someone launched their car via the boulder and it landed on the roof.

[@eleanornelson5810]

Yep! That’s the one I referenced.

[@tyrasworld5675]

Whatttt???

[@Cocoa.Tresbelle]

😬😅

[@erc1971erc1971]

@@tyrasworld5675 Yep. That particular accident even made it onto TV. A home improvement shot was remodeling the house next door and when the camera crew went up to the 2nd floor they look out the window and noticed the roof caved in of that house.

[@random13627]

that actually makes a lot of sense it turns into a ramp rather than stopping

[@KadeemBlu-t7o]

Not only is the government absolutely pathetic, I have never seen such a scam as insurance. It is absolutely disgusting and shameful. The greed is sickening.

[@emilybowne6043]

I knew someone who had the same problem as this guy. The only difference was that he was told he couldn't have a big boulder on the side of his house; that was mainly where his house kept getting hit at. Well, he found a loophole. The loophole was that the city couldn't tell you to remove something that was either in your house or garage, so the guy built a cheap garage around this huge boulder. Last I spoke with the guy, after a couple of people ran into his garage and their cars got totaled he didn't have problems with people running into his house

[@geronimo5537]

That man is a national treasure

[@WhiteWolfos]

My neighbor's had a 80% crash reduction rate after I told them they could try a solar fixture that flashes blue plus a cement fence wall. They did fight off some HOA fees for it but they were small fees and moved the light to a indoor fixture looking out the window. Instead of a few crashes a year it's been reduced to 1 in 5 years and only because the guy got tboned by a drunk but not much damage to the fence.

[@leonlowenstadter9223]

When a garage is not allowed, you may build dog shelters for your rocks... 😊😊😊

[@radioflyer68911]

So they gave him a building permit. That’s lucky.

[@RomanBellic-g2c]

Wait is this s common occurrence? So youre telling me black people sre so out of control in america that every few months peoples homes get destroyed by black people in stolen cars?? That’s insane

[@adamhofmeister9176]

My family and I were displaced by a drunk driver hitting our house so i feel this guys pain. It literally gives you PTSD. Even home is no longer safe.

[@uuuultra]

was it on a corner?

[@adamhofmeister9176]

@uuuultra A sharp bend. I even had a rock garden to stop such a thing. Needed bigger rocks....🤷🏻‍♂️ Luckily nobody got hurt. Just a car a rock garden and a house....

[@RockSmithStudio]

This is why I live in neighbor that no criminal would want to come in. If this criminal did that to one of our neighers, he’d be begging for the cops to get him first

[@72marshflower15]

That’s not what PTSD is.. Good Lordy gourdy y’all are using the terms incorrectly..

[@tappajaav]

@@72marshflower15 POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. Yeah I'd say car crashing inside your home is pretty traumatic event.

[@kevinriordan7842]

I decided long ago to never buy a house that is located on the 'T' of an intersection. Risk to what this man deals with and at night, and headlights beaming into your house all night long.

[@phillyphil1513]

yup, we've got the same problem happening at a few places around here. one house is simply on the outside of a curve and cars will lose traction in the Winter and "plow" straight ahead right up over the curb, onto the lawn, and into the corner of the garage. i've had it happen to myself (where i almost went into a tree but i avoided it) and had it happen where someone DIDN'T avoid it, and basically did a "hit and run" smashing up the front end of my vehicle parked on the street. with a little detective work i was able to find out who did it and their insurance company paid for the repairs (a local teenager new to driving).

[@craigemmett2425]

..or right on a sharp curve in the road. Too many distracted drivers.

[@KM-zu9we]

Or in a city.

[@larrycampbell6133]

Growing up, whenever we would drive to my grandparents house or my dad’s work (nearby), there was this one house at a T intersection with a 3 way stop. Just as a kid, I can recall 4 or 5 different times we would drive through the area and see a car that had barreled through the gate and into the house - I figured it out as a kid, don’t live in a spot like that!

[@floycewhite6991]

One icy night, a car slid off the high-crowned straight street my parents lived on and hit their house. Middle of the block, and gouged a tree on the way. Fortunately it only damaged the exterior wood. So I have a very, very long list of "don't live nears."

[@dyl_out]

the news voice is crazy girl BREATHE

[@christybee8959]

I was looking for a comment about the reporter’s voice!

[@Moe_Lester_fromUptwn]

"News 5 covered a Police chase that ended with the car in Gall's kitchen." That's gold.

[@kratostomatoes8587]

The house hungers for cars. it must be fed.

[@palmtreewhisperer]

😂 Comment of the day !! 😅

[@jonathangarmuth8975]

The house is a female in heat and the cars eager to enter.

[@terrytas13]

😂😂😂😂

[@DeeJay_WR]

Is that house the one from monster house that ate the cop car?

[@Femur15]

Little Shop of Horrors plant…. “FEED ME!!!” “Does this look inanimate to you, punk??”

[@tylerk.7947]

Not only the financial cost, but imagine living somewhere you have to be afraid of a car hitting you in your house

[@lopsidedc0rn875]

Imagine if he'd have been in his kitchen in 2021.

[@annadrift4]

That whole area of his house is uninhabitable at this point.

[@bldontmatter5319]

American car and road design. Can't wait to leave for a country where I can WALK like a HUMAN

[@darrenXparker]

I could never relax in that house! 😮

[@ignoranceisnotablessing615]

jeezus this dude is the most calmest mild mannered man ive ever seen.. he just a chill guy. he was so honest about it all.. he even said he painted the signs more cause it was it just helped him mentally. honestly thats someone you want as a friend. get this guy his freaking guard rail already!!! hes an American citizen who's payed his taxes and as been able to pay off his mortgage. he deserves some peace

[@Duggy22]

Why would the government help its citizens when it could send money and resources to a foreign country that’ll never reciprocate the same generosity? Oh wait, cuz that would make sense

[@TheDeathmail]

Better yet, they should just buy the house from him for a good price....

[@ignoranceisnotablessing615]

@@Duggy22 man you aint lying.. sighhh

[@spectreluna]

@@TheDeathmail Why should he have to move out of his home? Plus I guarantee a guard rail could be put up for a whole lot less than it would cost them to pay him to move. In any case that doesn't solve the core issue, which is that the nimrods keep crashing into the damn house.

[@Loifey]

@@spectrelunayeah and he seems to still really like his house with an exception for all the cars that crash in

[@papa_peppermint]

This happened to my childhood house once. We built a four-foot tall cement wall on the edge of the lawn, never happened again. It was cheaper to fix the fence then to fix the house!

[@aprilosborn1886]

@papa_peppermint What a terrible story, as I'm read comments I can see this is more of a common problem than I thought, lucky your neighbor didn't complain about the concrete pole! What a racket!

[@SeventhSonofASeventhSon77]

The people who bought the house down the street from my mom's house had a structure like that removed from the front lawn as part of the purchase... Little did they know, there was a good reason it was there.... About fifteen years earlier, someone had driven right into the front room of the house. And y'know what, the concrete structure really wasn't unsightly... It made more sense to keep it than it did to remove it.

[@Cantmakeupmymindonaname]

I agree but worry the people who weren't helping will complain about it

[@babandeeprathore]

“All he wants is peace of mind and a car won’t come flying through his wall” 😂😂😂😂 I’m sorry but this is so funny

[@kcar8974]

Not much to ask for 😂

[@akiebarone7945]

​@kcar8974 it's Nadine's news voice. Lol

[@mesiroy1234]

Family guy cutaway

[@ShontaeShakur]

Seeing that car hanging out 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I should not be laughing this hard

[@NightTimeDay]

Why can't anyone speak or spell correctly in youtube comments anymore lol

[@thtyeyo]

I thought "why doesn't he move" until he said the house was paid off. Nightmare, the city better get their shit together.

[@ingridveilleux4786]

I am surprised that based on this being a high crash site that the city hasn't prioritized the intersection for significant upgrades. Also, they could build an attractive fence (maybe with a garden bed in front for aesthetics). If I were him, I'd be building a paper trail in order to show the city over time how reasonable his requests are. The house is a very beautiful one so at minimum, I'd say the city has a responsibility to keep him safe from nearby traffic. Certainly, the city cannot plead ignorance. My heart goes out to the homeowner.

[@msrednosepit8434]

They have to have a 'traffic study' and they are just lazy.

[@Freedmoon44]

​@@msrednosepit8434not even lazy they just dont want to pay for that

[@chrismantonuk]

We are in a similar situation (multiple crashes into our property) - the city ultimately doesn’t care, as we are just one property out of thousands, so it isn’t worth their time or money doing anything about it. We are in the UK 🇬🇧, so probably not exactly the same rules, but bureaucracy is the same everywhere, right? 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@robert-king-d7t]

It's Ohio, the Florida of the Midwest

[@melll7497]

How do the cars end up driving through a house? Sounds like some people need their licenses revoked

[@gaaarrryyy5]

Most of them don't have licenses lol

[@uuuultra]

you don't need a license to drive

[@CheekiestBreeki]

​@uuuultra sure as hell do unless your one of those "sovereign citizens" that enjoy getting arrested.

[@DMack6464]

Multiple times at that... America shouldn't be so dependent on cars, not everyone is capable of driving safely, so why are they essentially forced to anyway?

[@V_1b3_z]

Bud Light is a helluva drug

[@DFR3SH1331]

I THOROUGHLY love when people don't just "accept" being screwed over and take things into theornown hands! Hope you win the battle sir! Looks like you now have 10000÷ people with your back sir!

[@MeBihhhh]

Internet people laughing at him means nothing. Dude bough a dud of a house and now crying about his decision

[@ridiculouslycoolguy]

@@MeBihhhh You win dumbest comment of 2024, congratulations.

[@jacksonohno]

Bro said it’s cathartic. Feel bad for him.

[@thisisnancybot]

Protect this man and and his house!

[@icallmysugarcandy]

Poor guy. You can hear the frustration in his voice. Hope it gets this resolved.🙏🏼

[@khinthe]

As they say "nothing is as permanent as a temporary government solution"

[@penguinsrbirds2]

I've never heard this before today, and I have officially never heard anything truer, lmao.

[@JonathanGilmer]

This deserves more likes!! 😂

[@Shorty_Lickens]

I learned that a long time ago in the navy. If a temporary solution fails the government will find a better one very soon. If it works even kind of OK, it will last for years longer than intended. We had a temporary radio site in Iceland that was supposed to be maybe 4 months. It was up for closer to 6 years. We finally got a permanent site. The navy shut down that base like one year later. Oh, and you know who paid for the permanent building? The fucking air force. They had like 2 receivers in there alongside our 50. They paid for a proper building that was to last for decades. Navy shut down the whole damn base. I don't even know what happened with the building. I was already transferred out.

[@Galaxy-o2e]

The real people to blame are whoever designed the road

[@merrim7765]

Good grief! PUT BACK THE GUARDRAIL!!

[@ElementofKindness]

Why the homeowner doesn't just put in a 3 foot high concrete retaining wall and backfill to bring up his yard, is a mystery.

[@0398gene]

Permit requirements maybe, or something else. 🤷‍♂️

[@rayray6490]

@@ElementofKindness…exactly as the other person said. Permits and regulations

[@mistyblackfoot3848]

He has every reason to be pissed.

[@raymond_sycamore]

WE ARE ALL THIS MAN. I feel his consternation in my bones!

[@drowe2]

He bought the house knowing it was in a precarious location, and i think the city should remove the rocks and the signs

[@stephennault1442]

​@drowe2 your a circus clown....20 years with a guard rail....what part of that did you think we would laugh about?

[@StackableGoldMC]

@@drowe2 Rocks can be removed, the signs cannot be removed.

[@JamesBurdon-gu5yu]

@Drow2 I am asuming you have a criminal record? The city needs to pay for a wall/Guardrail. No he didnt buy the house knowing cars would hit it.

[@StarlahMutiny]

​@@drowe2 I think you should move into the house and sleep in the corner that gets hit.

[@MarcusNexuss]

Insurance companies when you give them money: 😁 Insurance companies when you require the services you pay for:

[@amzarnacht6710]

Those boulders are a *LOT* more effective than any guardrail... but they're too small and there are not enough of them.

[@JustMe-jc2ft]

And they are on his lawn instead of being on the city's sidewalk where their property (the boulders) belong

[@mwdiphone]

@@JustMe-jc2ftThe strip is too narrow to do any boulders. Plus due to the ADA crosswalk, you can’t place any barriers there. That’s why the guardrail was removed in the first place. Only certainly bollards are considered appropriate.

[@Grace-jb7me]

@@mwdiphoneit’s not blocking the crosswalk though.

[@PiotrBarcz]

@@mwdiphone I like how they decided to take out a guard rail to put in the crosswalk instead of putting the crosswalk somewhere else

[@Geogaddii]

@@mwdiphone yes but the pavement being too narrow has nothing to do with the homeowner, so why should he have to compromise his front lawn with boulders? The width of pavements is the city’s business.

[@TheTishy44]

I don’t blame the guy….he is at his wits end.

[@austinballard6815]

The real big question was never answered at all: why was the guardrail removed in the first place and why won't the city replace it? I feel bad for him but at that point I'd probably put more boulders up at my own expense. City places only two there, which are obviously not enough.

[@Odayian420]

Early guardrails pre 2000 we're not as safe as the current ones. The old ones used to cause deaths because they wouldn't give way during a crash which is what they are designed to do.

[@Sasuhinagirl1]

​@@Odayian420you are absolutely correct, but it's been over 20 years since they removed it. And it doesn't take 20 years to build and install a new guardrail, not even for the slowest bureaucracy on earth

[@garyballard179]

​@Odayian420 , no, they're designed to keep you on the road. And there's no point to a guardrail that "give way" in a crash - the whole point is to stop you from crossing that line. The guardrail was removed, but nobody requisitioned a replacement. The ones that failed to requisition the new guardrail are denying there ever was a request, or that they already fulfilled it. Typical gov't bureaucracy.

[@Odayian420]

@garyballard179 guardrails are meant to crumple in such a way that it stops the vehicle but does not kill the people in the car. Before 2000 they were designed as solid structure so basically you were hitting a brick wall. Guardrails are designed to crumple not be a solid surface.

[@garyballard179]

@Odayian420 Guardrails today are built the same way as last millennium. Same steel rails, same wood/steel/concrete posts. They're not designed to crumple. That defeats the purpose. _Signposts_ crumple, because they aren't there to stop you. _Mailboxes_ crumple, because they aren't there to stop you. Guardrails exist to _stop_ you.

[@coyotefeather4896]

I absolutely cannot IMAGINE having to live in Cleveland.

[@barrymayson2492]

I know his pain , i live on a corner and have 7 cars go through my garden. Destroy my trees and demolished fences and ended in my pond destroying a purgela . They have just missed the house on some occasions, destroying a very expensive solid oak gate. One car went through my garden, across the front of the house destroying my garden wall then through next doors wall hitting a power pole and across the neighbours house and through another wall into the next door neighbour. This was middle aged lady who forgot that there was a corner. How no body has been hurt or killed is a miracle. The drivers all seem to survive with minor injuries. I am disabled and can't move fast i fear going into the garden as I can't get out of the way quickly enough.

[@pixiedragon1697]

😢

[@hanooi7450]

Did their auto insurance make you whole at least? Seems like a money making way if you can put something “pricey” which they run over and their insurance need to pay out.

[@StarlahMutiny]

"forgot there was a corner" ?!? I hope you sued this idiot into oblivion

[@qpresents]

How are people his stupid

[@dd___dc]

Sounds like a destruction derby 🤔🤔😂🤣

[@zaca211]

Put up concrete bollards then take the city to court. Sue them for "taking" your property by not making proper road modifications to prevent this from happening.

[@marchingham]

Chicken bleep mother froggers is my new favorite thing. This guy is 100% justified in his anger which is surprising for someone putting homemade signs up in his yard lol.

[@tipperny76]

Mine,too! We need this on a t-shirt!

[@boondocksdragon8959]

Right? Generally, when you see someone with a bunch of home made signs in their yard, THEY’RE the weird, unreasonable parties in the story. This poor guy’s been pushed to the brink. I hope he’s able to sue the city or whatever’s necessary to get actual relief. I can’t imagine being terrified every day of a vehicle crashing into my home.

[@marchingham]

@boondocksdragon8959 absolutely. Dying that they got rid of a guard rail and instead thought 2 big boulders would do the trick. 🤨

[@RebeccaBoulter]

Sounds like a typical insurance company. "Hey, I know you pay for our services, but if you actually need our services, we're going to have to drop you."

[@Lovetheducks]

This dude seems to have my luck. I didn’t get his signs until she asked if they help and he says I don’t know they help me they are cathartic and then I understood it perfectly.

[@tammygwaltney8948]

Me too, it made me feel better just knowing that it made him feel better!😊

[@MrLSB-w6g]

It actually does impact other people as well it can get drivers attention and more people may want to do something about it so he may get more support.

[@darnellengelbrecht4400]

People down the road from the house I grew up in had the same problem. They ended up installing a boulder garden in the middle of their front lawn

[@alaricskjelver7014]

i love his honesty about knowing that the signs arent gonna do anything but it helps him.

[@kingpurest6279]

How is it legal for insuramce to jack up rates and drop customers when they do what they're paid to do?

[@CoastalKite]

Paying off your home is such an accomplishment. Having cars constantly crash into it afterwards is defeating

[@JumperSig]

The city does not care.

[@metimoteo]

That's the bottom line. They don't care.

[@BornIn1500]

Well, it's Cleveland... which is a solid blue area. Of COURSE they are incompetent.

[@BawbEedie]

They don't give a frog...

[@Mario87456]

And they never will, this guys problem will NEVER be solved.

[@XoRandomGuyoX]

But they'll probably cite him and demand he take down any barriers he places himself. He'll likely need to find a legal loophole and start a GoFundMe or something for it, whether it is an earthen rampart or "decorative" fence that consists of concrete around reinforced poles, or something else.

[@dsmbilly3690]

Raise the height of the yard and put a concrete retaining wall. His yard has a slight slope to it and is causing cars to ramp into his house. Instead they would get a nice wall of dirt to stop them. You can easily get free fill dirt to level the yard. I’d even do a steel reinforced concrete mesh which is far cheaper than it sounds to raise the retaining wall higher to act as a privacy wall. Most likely the wall can be at least 3-4 feet higher than the grass. Between that he would practically have a military style barrier to stop cars. That would be FAR cheaper than what he pays per month for insane home owners insurance.

[@luismoref]

In my town usually people use railroad trails as poles, the car is torn down and nothing happens to the poles.

[@steveprice-n9b]

yep they got the yard landscaped to served as a perfect ramp so any car running off the road will go airborne

[@Nayr747]

Also plant a couple large trees. Not only will they instantly stop the cars they'll also add value to his home and improve his health and quality of life too.

[@PitH0und]

"Durr just spend several tens of thousands of dollars on your yard! That'll fix it!" You commenters are brain dead. Dude isn't rolling in cash to completely redo his entire property.

[@messagegoeshere741]

Its an investment to stop the next idot that decides to plough through his house. How much money does brick and structure cost to fix? Thousands? At the very least he can do a go-fund-me. And you can get dirt and concrete free. ​@@PitH0und

[@danbul5853]

I can't tell if this guy is just naturally funny or if the editor is a genius

[@Vance-ik9ck]

Add red and blue flashing lawn ornaments to your yard

[@ytubexposed]

👏👏👏

[@JT-nr2ss]

For someone who doesnt live in the US, this is extremely disturbing to see. Like why on earth are people able to drive this fast in residential areas? Why is this intersection not just a roundabout. Why is there only 1 speedbump. Why are the roads so wide, both in lanewidth and number of lanes? American suburbs are so much more dangerous than your average European suburbs, even the more car centric ones

[@Allocated_Brain]

good observation excellent point streets are for people. auto te gast!

[@rvog6584]

'Murcans HATE roundabouts. We hav wide lanes & hi speeds cause we LUV our cars (& truks!) & LUV 2 drive. Often 2 fast (!!) But yes there needs 2 b a significant barrier here.

[@RichRick13]

Part of the reason is because of these things called strodes. They act as both a road and a street, which is what this guy has in front of his house. This is what happens when you prioritize cars over people

[@A_Sad_Adult]

It needs to be said that this sort of thing is NOT exclusive to America.

[@Anchor-Supreme]

That’s the thing, most suburbs don’t have speed limits that high. Majority of the time people going that fast are illegals without licenses or those without insurance.

[@kestaas]

The entire point of insurance is to be covered in case of damages. Rate hiking and being dropped for using it when you need it needs to be outlawed.

[@takatamiyagawa5688]

That's how insurance works. If you don't like it, you're free to put all of the money you would have paid your insurer into some sort of savings account and use that in the event of whatever you were insuring against. Insurance is based on risk. Higher risk means higher rates. If you've made a claim before, fair enough for the insurer to conclude you are a higher risk than the they previously thought.

[@ReubMann]

Nah the entire point of insurance to be a parasitic middle man.

[@Music-hl1hi]

Yeah that's messed up. Every business has wins and losses, that's just something that comes with owning a business. Trying to maxamize your wins by dropping people when they depend on your service "too much" is some vile behavior for an insurance. Some people will cost insurance companies more than they can make from them, but others will die before they can even waste 10% of the money they put into that insurance, so it should balance out. That's just the nature of that sort of business. It's supposed to be a collective "bank" of sorts where you can take some money for yourself (regardless of how much money you've put into the insurance) should you... oh I don't know... have a LITERAL CAR crash through your wall. Their profitability shouldn't be based on a single person. If they need to drop someone like him in order for their business to remain profitable their just doing bad business, but we know that that's not the problem. The problem is that they're trying to extract the most amount of money while minimizing the amount of help that they have to offer to people. That's the issue with a lack of regulation regarding insurance companies. They will put profit over the actual value that they provide to society, and since every insurance engages in such shady tactics you can't just run to a competitor. If you don't like a restaurant you can most likely find another restaurant that you would like, but if there are only three restaurants in your town and they've got some agreement to only serve trash to their customers, you don't have much of a choice. That's the situation with insurance companies. They use monopoly tactics without technically being a monopoly.

[@katiecommon3614]

Why isn't the drivers' insurance covering it? They are the ones causing the problem by crashing into the house.

[@mistermoo7602]

​@takatamiyagawa5688 You've successfully made an argument for why insurance as an industry just shouldn't be permitted to exist.

[@keithgeezee]

Nadine is a sweetheart ❤

[@Pink7omy]

Somebody help this guy already. He’s been through enough !

[@anamedina1942]

I’m following this story because he is right!!! Good for him for speaking up

[@adonian]

Poor bastard. Hope the city does the right thing. It’s a nice looking home.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

They won't until he sues and compels them most likely.

[@terramarini6880]

I bet dollars to donuts the city is sitting on tax foreclosure homes that are equal in size, condition and value. I bet dollars to donuts they could just do a property swap and make him whole, but it would be a little complicated, cost money in legal and administrative costs, and they're inherently lazy, so... They're gonna wait and hope it doesn't end up costing them a lot more.

[@StarshipTrooper2050]

A property swap? WTF planet are you from?

[@lukecwolf]

Sad thaf cleveland is like this

[@LuvleeLaydeeOV]

Bastard? 👀😯

[@survivormary1126]

This is GREAT! Was in Cleveland Hts, got tailed by two cops in a row in my vintage 87 Van, out on a job. First one pulled off and another behind it stopped me, woman in mid 60's, for a "rolling stop". The merge lane had no marking in the road and sign was off to right of road not posted close to the road as you'd expect. What really gets me ....well a bunch of things; The Cop grilled me pretty well. He wanted to know where I was going. Told him "To pick up a broken lawnmower" Requested ID and when I opened wallet getting id he saw my Lieutenants Police Benevolent card 1996. He made me take it out of wallet slot and give to him. He say's Oh, NYC. I said, "Yes and he's since died sadly but I keep it with me to honor him" I never flashed it or asked for any favor, was very polite and apologetic, have a very clean license, but he gave me a ticket anyway and took a very long time. I wanted to know why he would even request the card when not offered as if it mattered, and then give me no consideration anyway? I really felt like my personal rights were violated by him being so intrusive. If he was going to ticket me, just give it to me without inquisition and let me be on my way, because I missed to appointment due to Undo detainment style. Went back to survey the stop sight and took a video of it. Virtually almost no one stops, but hesitates with oncoming traffic from the left! On my way back saw this house right in front of me at a stoplight. Knowing nothing of it and thinking it was hysterical just had to find somewhere to park and get out and take a photo of it to share with friends. I appeared at traffic court to enter a plea. There was nowhere to park at all, and noted a lot across the street. There was no crosswalk or light provided for it, and I had to dangerously cross 4 lane traffic in ice and snow to get to courthouse. Inside and the place was absolutely packed. There was a line wrapping around twice and almost back out the door like cattle to the slaughter. How could I not notice with this volume of people that I was only one of four white people, beside employees, in the entire place! Make of that what you will, but it surely seemed nefarious to me. What's unbelievable to me is that the area has so many Incredible Historic Mansions and Multi Million Dollar Stately Homes, but gives impression they target middle and lower income people on behalf of 1%. Speed limits of 25 in areas that anywhere else would be 35, and this poor man they won't give a guardrail to that was pre-existent at another point in time. It seems obvious with their offer to purchase, they'd rather drive this man from his home. WOW what's up with Cleveland Hts.???? Good for him standing his ground, and to this News Channel for featuring it.

[@kenenglish124]

Which came first? The house, or the intersection? The County, where I live, made a death trap of our neighborhood while trying to woo a big developer and his massive mall.

[@DKbananas]

Probably the house. Then the ghetto trash that steal cars

[@BawbEedie]

@@plowe6751 "Never buy a house"... Blah, blah, blah... Cities have all kinds of zoning and building regulations... This house should have never been built in that location in the first place (If it was built after the road)... "Could be a T in the future?" What was this guy supposed to do? Consult Dionne Warwick and her psychic friends? Also, the same "logic"... Never buy a car that isn't bright safety yellow/green... That doesn't have flashing lights all over it... And a cell phone scrambler... Because then it is YOUR fault if someone does not see you/notice you and smashes into you... We can't expect people who are driving a 4,000 pound vehicle to actually pay attention to what they are doing... GOD help you if you just happen to be a child on a 🚲in that intersection... If people can't even see a 🏡!

[@susannarducci3350]

Sue the city. Institute for Justice.

[@MilkBeverage]

This almost sounds like an onion article..

[@bdeamon1]

Headline: "There's no way to prevent this," City of Cleveland confidently says to the man who's had three cars crash into his house"

[@whathaveudone2day]

DEAR LORD who is commentating on this story??? Please God, tell her to stop talking like that!

[@DirtySanchez943]

I know this fella he a good man...

[@alicebf4724]

ask him why he hasn't built a steel wall in front of his house instead of waiting for the city to build a (probably weaker) one for him

[@mightytaiger3000]

@@alicebf4724we’d rather ask you why you don’t shut tf up and stop boot licking. Gov we pay taxes to must be held accountable.

[@Tchika]

@@alicebf4724 Because the city owes him that much. Why does HE have to put all the work and money into it? It's about the principle.

[@alicebf4724]

@@Tchika He's risking the lives of the people in that house on a principle that no one will take responsibility for. It's much more practical to put up the barrier and sue the city for the cost than to wait for someone else to implement a solution. Imagine his wife or child dies in the next crash -- would that have been worth the principle?

[@DirtySanchez943]

He told me he's a poor man and will maybe open a go-fund-me for his cause!!!😢😢😢@@alicebf4724