Homeowner's ingenious move to stop illegal act in his driveway: 'Tinkler sprinkler'
Bright lights, surveillance cameras and even police. Steve Bodnar tried it all but nothing worked — until now.
A clever Aussie electrician has come up with one very creative solution to stop tipsy pubgoers from urinating on the driveway next to his home, which is located between two bustling pubs — and he can control it all from the palm of his hand.
Sydneysider Steve Bodnar, who lives in the Charing Cross precinct of Waverley, in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, said he's long grappled with how to deter people from relieving themselves on his driveway, which looks like an ordinary side lane.
Bodnar claims he's caught hundreds of people in the act, and tried various methods to prevent people trespassing including chains, lights and even security cameras to no avail.
Eventually, he came up with the "tinkler sprinkler". It's an automatic sprinkler system which is activated by a motion sensor when a person enters the driveway.
"The licensing police, the publicans, the precinct committee — nothing seemed to work," Bodnar told A Current Affair. "So I thought, OK, the only way I can do this is to wet them."
And wet them he did.
CCTV captures man's hilarious solution to unsanitary problem
Hilarious CCTV footage shows numerous people enter the driveway and attempt to unzip and do their business when suddenly, they're drenched with water from above.
"They'll arrive here in an Uber and stop here and then urinate ... and leave all their beer cans here," Bodnar said. "A motion sensor...picks up the people, turns the lights on, activates the solenoid valve and then the water goes down the pipe and comes out these pop-up sprinklers. [It] wets everybody and they get a fright and run off," he proudly explained.
Though the system has cost a few thousand dollars to install, which is controlled via an app from his phone, Bodnar said it's money well spent, having completely solved the issue.
"A complete difference. It's completely stopped it ... people are still coming in, but then they're running out," he said.
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