Jackson Jambalaya

Maybe not as bad but, this happens more than you can imagine.

I live at Reunion and on any given day at least one of five gates is out of service after being hit like this. I think the pictures you are showing are very recent, and they knocked down the brick support structure.

Didn't even check up or apply the brakes before or after. Probably a "cell phone related incident". Idiot.

Same thing happened to a couple in Arches and the wife was decapitated. The gate should have been secured. Hard to see it. Like looking at a pencil from the point end versus from the size. Not a big visual target.

In a hurry? Maybe. But seems more like your typical distracted driver. She was either applying makeup or posting some low IQ nonsense fishing for “likes” on social media. Hopefully she learned her lesson before she kills someone.

This is funny and there is really no excuse, but just to make a small excuse... The gate does appear to be pointed at the driver pretty much the whole time, which does make it "a little hard to see". Not hard if you are watching the road and not distracted, but just enough that they will claim it wasn't their fault.

Must have been a sale on pineapples somewhere...

Idiot, no matter how you slice this pie. Speeding...distracted....entitled.....etc....

Ramming Speed!!!!!

Once a week on Lakeland, a large SUV slams on the brakes behind me at a traffic light, due to not paying attention. Until non-hands free smartphone users are treated like drunk drivers, it's not going to change. And, NO that is not too severe a punishment -- at least drunks are looking at the road.

i feel bad for all of the service workers that this Karen will belittle and humiliate in the coming weeks to cope with her own humiliation for such an epic screw up.

Half a dozen rumble strips before the gate would get their attention.

Y'all... now, look, she's probably on her way to church or to get the kids from one of their activities. Y'all are just too tough on her now... She's busy on TikTok validating her existence with likes.

Too bad it didn’t decapitate them to take one more idiot out of the gene pool.

@10:27 AM, you hit the nail on the head. Drivers distracted by cell phones has become the #1 road hazard.

To the lawyers that frequents this site, by what authority does a community have to put up gates or any other devise that restricts the free flow of vehicle traffic?
Unless that roadway is private property, my road taxes are used to maintain those public streets, and all people have the right to travel those roads.
Besides, if someone really wants to gain access to a community, eventually they will get in.

They usually place florescent red and white warning tape on the gates, but apparently this gate had recently been replaced and they have not taped it yet. I guess you can figure out why this is (was) a new gate.

All insults aside, at least the driver is insured and the HOA isn't eating the expense.

That same cannot be said for all of the metro area.

@11:49a- Good luck getting the residents of Reunion to side with you.

They have a gate in place for a reason... to protect their property and to limit the entrance of outsiders. If you don't like the gate, don't buy property in Reunion.

But, just to be clear... since a MINISCULE portion of your tax dollars goes to road maintenance, you believe you're entitled to unrestricted access to EVERY STRETCH of public road. By this logic, all tax payers are entitled to full access to any public place funded by tax payer dollars at any time. Boy, oh, boy, is your logic ever flawed. You better watch out or Bennie T. will be after you for destroying the basis of his insurrection committee.

I double dog dare you to gain access to any government building, park, or other public space at your pleasure, regardless of time, and use your tax payer defense in court. PLEASE, we are begging you!

Besides, if someone really wants to gain access to a community, eventually they will get in.

Joe? Kamala? Is that you commenting on JJ??

"Half a dozen rumble strips before the gate would get their attention". Good point and not that expensive, but stupid is as stupid does.

I live in a gated neighborhood. The residents pat for street maintenance.

1:50 What do they pat?

I want to know what kind of job that these people have to afford a 200 to 500 thousand dollar home. There can't be that many doctora and lawyers living here in Madison.

@3:08
I would tell you but I like being rich and having no competition.
Just enjoy your TV programs and fast food.

White people and their gates, lol

3:08 You can barely purchase a lot in the pineapple haven of Reunion for that kind of money.

@3:08p- If both the husband and wife work, it's not hard at all to make WELL over $100,000 per year. If both parties have good paying jobs, they will make more combined than the doctor whose wife DOESN'T work.

You don't have to be a doctor or a lawyer to have a $500,000 home. Many small business owners make a really nice living. Excellent salespeople make BIG money, especially those in medical related fields. I know people who earn DOUBLE their already decent salary in commissions every year. Ever taken a gander at what preachers of any decent size church are paid? IT salaries are also pretty nice.

About 20 years ago I ran across a lady making $750,000 a year working as a financial adviser/stock broker here in town. I was stunned.

A conservative rule of thumb is that your mortgage should be no more than 3 times your annual salary. For houses costing $200k to $500k that's a salary range of roughly $65,000 to $170,000... and that's not even taking into consideration down payments.

It's not near as hard to have a really nice home as you make it sound... unless your credit sucks, LOL.

In Reunion you dodge gates. In Jackson you have to dodge thugs, pot holes and the beggars lining the frontage from Lakeland to County Line.

3:08 pm

Borrowed money is almost free.

Lots of wealth there but mainly They live like clowns on credit.

@3:08 PM - class envy?

Anonymous at 11:29 AM
"Too bad it didn’t decapitate them to take one more idiot out of the gene pool."
With hate in your heart like that, your absence would be quite beneficial to the pool. How horrible of you!

If your tax dollars pay for the streets in the subdivision then said gate must open to everyone. If your subdivision does not use tax dollars for street maintenance then you can install a gate that only opens to those with granted access. Excluding palisades some how they got as camp to resurface roads and I double rankin county paid for it.
Oh and I haven’t seen any 200K homes for sale in reunion. I believe the starting price is around 500K.

"I want to know what kind of job that these people have to afford a 200 to 500 thousand dollar home."

Please follow along. They pat things. Don't ask me what they pat, but I did follow along.

Seriously, and trust me on this, any decent doctor (or even lawyer) can easily afford a 200-500 thousand dollar home. Several, in fact. And at the lower end of that range, just about anyone who makes more than about 50K a year with interest rates in 3% range. Where it will get interesting is when the myriad costs that come along with home ownership (like taxes and maintenance) and mortgages (insurance, particularly) get repriced to reflect the increased value of these houses and the goods and services attendant, but the income and budget of the owners/borrowers doesn't keep pace. It is the same thing all over again, just with a different catalyst. Just because one thinks they can afford the mortgage today doesn't mean they will be able to afford owning the home in 3-5 years. And many of these were bought in the last 2 years...the timebomb is ticking...again.

October 28, 2021 at 1:35 PM

Great deflection to the question. It takes great practice to have center stage and ramble on and on about a topic or agenda of your choice.
This type of thing is occurring more and more everyday because the handlers are not paying attention.
Thanks Bernie for your reply. I just wish we could have seen the hand gestures that accompanied that rant.

@1:35 - When the roads behind the gate are paid for by the city/county, the public has the right to access those roads. That’s why you don’t have to enter a code or have anything special to get through the gates at reunion, you just stop at the line and they automatically open. Same applies if they have a guard gate. They are not legally able to stop anyone from entering unless the roads are paid for privately.

Day Drinking??

Some of the early commenters trying to blame the gate. I doubt it was this persons first time through. They almost certainly knew the gate was there.

Good one, 11:00 a.m. I love that scene from Ben Hur: "Battle speed...Attack speed...Ramming speed!"

I've been chuckling about that all day.

How do you know it is a "her"?

All those houses in pastures look alike. Maybe she was just trying to find hers

@6:01p- No one is deflecting. If you got Bernie vibes from that, your comprehension skills are seriously lacking.

If you are @11:49a, I paid ZERO attention to the “legality” aspect of your question, because you can easily find the Madison County policy regarding gated communities online and your question becomes a non-question in the first several lines of the document. (See @6:15p’s comment if you are still confused.)

I didn’t like your attitude that your tax dollars should give you unrestricted rights/access. It’s perfectly legal to have some forms of restrictions/rules/laws. That was the point of my “ranting” and “rambling” as you called it.

By the way, who the hell are these handlers you are referring to?

This happens at least once every other year in my subdivision with contractors pulling trailers.

The absolute worst one I've seen was when someone nearly brought down the entire brick structure at Klaus Plantation about 3 or 4 years ago. It was constructed of a beautiful arch, and now it's squared off.

"In Reunion you dodge gates. In Jackson you have to dodge thugs, pot holes and the beggars lining the frontage from Lakeland to County Line."

And soon we can add giant garbage cans of a certain color hue....

First world problems.

"I want to know what kind of job that these people have to afford a 200 to 500 thousand dollar home."

The key is to have have multiple sources of income. My next door neighbor is a pilot, and buys a new F-150 whenever the warranty runs out. I drive a 2004 Tahoe, and I process claims for BCBS. If one only counts my employment income, I'm the poorest person in my subdivision by far.

I’ll ask…
Was anyone hurt?
Will you take a moment of your day and say a prayer for whoever this happened to?

I have gone through the gate many times in a dump truck, you have to pay attention to when it opens and closes. Pretty simple.

Regarding the post re tailgating accidents on Lakeland...the problem on Lakeland is there is no advance signage as to the upcoming approach to an intersecting road (just in case you're looking for your turn). You have to stop almost to a crawl, squint and hope to see your intersecting turn-road overhead sigh before somebody slams into your ass while you're quickly moving to the right into a turn lane.

Even the poorest of rural communities have signs posted a hundred yards in advance to notify you of the upcoming intersection that you're looking for.

Why can't one of the busiest corridors in this state adopt that policy?

If you're confused, I give you, for example, you're headed east on Lakeland from 55 and hope to turn south on Treetops but have no idea where Treetops is (if you're a casual visitor headed to the surgery center). No way in hell you see the overhead sign until you're in the wrong lane or somebody has busted the ass end of your car.