Nice post, hopefully the townsfolk won't pelt you with produce or storm your house. There is no way you can please everyone on this issue.
Being safe is a huge thing, but when your safety measures endanger others, it gets tough. Most of the time the safety tape and cones dont bother me, and when I have found myself in someones "staked claim" it is by accident. Metal Stakes are just a huge no no, and illegal, no need to even explain that one. Some folks do a good job of taping/coning an area and others just take it to huge extremes. I really wish the surveyors would get out there and lay out streets and boundaries, then when we trespass we will know it.