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I have a driveway with a slight curve and I am having problems when people are backing up, they backup onto the grass instead of staying on the driveway... I thought maybe a small brick wall, pole, tree but I figured they would still hit those objects at night... I thought about a bush but don't want anything to upkeep... anyone have any suggestions?
If you put a wall or a pole, they'll just damage their cars. I'm sure the grass is not happy that they're running over it, but as long as you're not having guests do this on a daily basis, the grass will recover. If the grass is dying where they're driving on it, maybe take out that section of grass and put gravel instead? You could make a flower bed with some shrubs along the edge (bushes don't take a lot of upkeep, trim them twice a year and that's about it) and gravel on the side by the driveway.
Maybe those flexible driveway marker stakes? You could try putting those alongside the drive in the area where they are backing off the drive and into the grass. They are flexible enough to bend instead of damaging the vehicle but they will let the driver know he or she is off course.
I have seen dead grass and/or tire tracks in the dirt beside driveways, especially narrow driveways or those that curve. It is unsightly. If you work hard to keep your yard and grass nice you don't want tire tracks in it.
Block off the drive and let them park on the street if they can't manage to control their vehicles and stay on the paved surface. I've had to do that in the past after 3 people in less than a week did fairly major damage when driving into my dry creek bed (drainage route) and hitting the massive boulders I had to alert people there was something they might want to pay attention to.
So, instead of those complaints/issues, I just blocked off the drive when I knew people were coming and made them park on the street. Family had a hissy fit (without much pause from their Previous hissy fits over our boulder placement a foot off the paved driveway), but they got over it. Your property, do what you need to do so it remains in the condition you find appealing.
Ours was worse, it was curved AND uphill. Very difficult to back down, much easier to back out of.
What's your driveway surface? Stone, dirt or paved?
If paved, you could always dig down about 3" deep and about 6-8" out the sides of the driveway then re-plant grass (so it looks nice).
This will create a little ditch that people will feel if a tire falls into it. Hopefully, they're courteous enough to pull forward and correct their angle.
Why should "I" be inconvenienced by "your" bad driving skills? This again proves that people are not taught how to Operate a vehicle- note: I didn't say "drive a car".
We had the same problem, people backing up on our lawn and even into the mailbox!
We finally lined the drive with Belgium Block-
We set them fairly high and put concrete between them. That was well over 15 years ago, no problems since!
Was going to suggest flexible poles until I saw this. Much better looking solution. Might still need the poles if you get snow where're you're at though.
Pressure sensors at the side of the driveway, rigged to a speaker system that emits a blood curdling scream when triggered.
alternatively - turntable.
With long drives, a turnaround spot is common.
Just playing around, if you only had one visitor at a time and your visitors had rear wheel drive, you could rig a cradle that would lift the front tires onto it, and then underneath it flanged wheels would ride on track to guide the vehicle where you wanted.
The ultimate solution is a child's bike, chained strategically and discretely to the center of the drive.
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