There's no give, no guard rail, nothing, just 40 mph traffic driving by a vertical and immovable object. There's nowhere for the energy to go but into the occupants of the car.
So, stay off my property. What’s the difference if it was a gate post, which by definition is supposed to be a barrier.
The citation being used in the case is reprobate. There was no intent to harm, rather simply have a durable mailbox.
Last I heard, losing control during driving is a result of speed too fast for conditions....
His failure to maintain control is not the homeowners responsibly to have a soft landing zone.
” There’s nowhere for the energy to go but into the occupants of the car.”
Actually, modern cars are designed to absorb a lot of the energy.
So have they cleared all the trees along the route? And utility poles. And fire hydrants. And vehicles going in the opposite direction at a closing speed of 80 mph?
Sometimes no-fault crap just happens.
They are beauties. My HOA would never allow it. At least our mail boxes have to be the exact same. Lettering and numbers as well. We do t have idiots playing baseball with our mail boxes luckily. Also we don’t have idiots crashing into the boxes like this jerk.