We have one house in Wichita that was repeatedly slammed by inattentive drivers. It's at a "T" intersection where a "one-way" street dead-ends and a turn is required. Lots of cars didn't make the turn.

After the fifth or sixth rebuild, and inadequate compensation from city and insurers, the owner erected a four foot tall by four foot thick brick (faced) wall reinforced with railroad track in place of normal Re-Bar. He was subsequently forced to install heavy plantings to "slow them down" before impact to avoid a "growth of ugliness" in the wall.

The city threatened to sue on grounds that the wall was a "hazard to motorists," but in recent years have cooperated by not repairing any potholes in the three or four blocks approacing the intersection, and with the resulting slow-down in traffic there have been no recent reports of further crashes.

John