DAYTON -- There are five or six car accidents with fire hydrants every month within the City of Dayton. While most hydrants are several feet away from the curb, every once in a while you will see one inching close to the roadway.
"I was driving to ICB and I turned the corner to pull into the parking lot and there was a fire hydrant there that I didn't see," said Tammy Dohme.
She says she was the latest victim to a fire hydrant too close to the curb.
"When I went to the dealer I thought it was just my mistake but they said we know that fire hydrant well, so I called back to the building and talked to the building owner."
"The intersection here has always been kind of a dangerous intersection," said Joe Bargdill of International College of Broadcasting. "As you can tell some of the cars come through here pretty fast. What happens is people cut the corner really fast and they will either come up and hit the pole or hit the fire hydrant. It's just something that we've seen and dealt with for years.
Bargdill says the International College of Broadcasting, on the corner of Smithville and Airway Road, gets a first hand view of the accidents here.
"It's awfully close to the road," said Bargdill. "I'm not sure what the city policy is but it might be something to look into."
So that's just what we did.
"There is no ordinance per se but there is a general rule that we like to keep obstructions at least 2 feet away from the curve," Assistant Director of Public Works Steve Finke said.
We decided to measure it ourselves. This fire hydrant is 25 inches away from the curb.
The city says it has had to fix this curb three times in the last decade after "reported" accidents. Each fix cost a couple hundred dollars. They said moving the hydrant would cost taxpayers a couple thousand dollars.
"If the obstruction is a hazard and it has been struck many times, generally we will talk to the owner and have them look at it," said Finke. "If it needs to be relocated it needs to be relocated."
But a few hits a year isn't enough to remove the hydrant.
As for Dohme, she'll be the one spending a couple thousand dollars.
"That right there makes me sick," she said. "I've only had this car for a month."
The city also tells us that out of 5,700 hydrants in the city there were 54 reported fire hydrants hit last year and 72 hit in 2011.
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"I was driving to ICB and I turned the corner to pull into the parking lot and there was a fire hydrant there that I didn't see," said Tammy Dohme.
She says she was the latest victim to a fire hydrant too close to the curb.
"When I went to the dealer I thought it was just my mistake but they said we know that fire hydrant well, so I called back to the building and talked to the building owner."
"The intersection here has always been kind of a dangerous intersection," said Joe Bargdill of International College of Broadcasting. "As you can tell some of the cars come through here pretty fast. What happens is people cut the corner really fast and they will either come up and hit the pole or hit the fire hydrant. It's just something that we've seen and dealt with for years.
Bargdill says the International College of Broadcasting, on the corner of Smithville and Airway Road, gets a first hand view of the accidents here.
"It's awfully close to the road," said Bargdill. "I'm not sure what the city policy is but it might be something to look into."
So that's just what we did.
"There is no ordinance per se but there is a general rule that we like to keep obstructions at least 2 feet away from the curve," Assistant Director of Public Works Steve Finke said.
We decided to measure it ourselves. This fire hydrant is 25 inches away from the curb.
The city says it has had to fix this curb three times in the last decade after "reported" accidents. Each fix cost a couple hundred dollars. They said moving the hydrant would cost taxpayers a couple thousand dollars.
"If the obstruction is a hazard and it has been struck many times, generally we will talk to the owner and have them look at it," said Finke. "If it needs to be relocated it needs to be relocated."
But a few hits a year isn't enough to remove the hydrant.
As for Dohme, she'll be the one spending a couple thousand dollars.
"That right there makes me sick," she said. "I've only had this car for a month."
The city also tells us that out of 5,700 hydrants in the city there were 54 reported fire hydrants hit last year and 72 hit in 2011.
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