what to do about neighbor driving too fast

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ten/04/2010 08:54

Bearding

Practice any of y'all know how nosotros tin can persuade (informally/formally) a neighbor to drive slower in the 'hood? She drives pretty fast effectually a bullheaded curve which is further blinded by a hedge. She'due south aware that some neighbors are dissatisfied about it, simply she yet does it. There a real possibility that both kids and adults are walking across the parking lot/street at any given time when she's coming around the bend. She's got a bunch of kids, so I don't know why safety is not a business organization for her.

If nosotros call the cops, tin can they do annihilation before at that place is an accident?

10/04/2010 08:56

Bearding

Could you install/have installed a mirror so that people tin encounter her (or anyone else) coming?

10/04/2010 08:59

Bearding

Bearding wrote:
Do any of you know how we can persuade (informally/formally) a neighbour to bulldoze slower in the 'hood? She drives pretty fast around a blind curve which is further blinded by a hedge. She's aware that some neighbors are dissatisfied about it, but she nevertheless does information technology. At that place a real possibility that both kids and adults are walking across the parking lot/street at any given fourth dimension when she'southward coming effectually the curve. She'due south got a bunch of kids, then I don't know why condom is non a business for her.

If we call the cops, can they do anything earlier there is an accident?

complain to the police near speeders in the hood. Meet of the cops will do a speed trap.
see if you can get one of those mph low-cal-up-signs that tell drivers how fast they are going.
see if you can get speed limit signs
enquire about speed bumps
video tape the neighbor or
transport her an anonymous letter of the alphabet
or speak to her directly.

10/04/2010 09:04

Bearding

Place an bearding annotation on her auto, under the wiper. Or print this out and place it nether the wiper.

If you have a neighborhood list serve, post nearly people going effectually that curve very fast.

Do y'all take a police liaison for your neighborhood? Many do. Contact most this trouble.

x/04/2010 09:50

Anonymous

Telephone call the law. Permit them know that neighbors accept talked with this adult female and she continues to violate the law, putting others' lives at risk. If you know her schedule, encourage the police to ship someone to come discover during prime time. And accept video, likewise. Information technology'll exist practiced to have just in case the police force desire to encounter it, and that alone may get her attending plenty that she'll tiresome down.

If you e'er feel badly about this, or worry that she'due south going to get angry or offended, motion picture her mowing downwards one of the neighborhood children. Then practise what you need to do to ensure she cleans upwardly her deed.

x/04/2010 15:22

Anonymous

Exist careful near the speed bump option - people go really crazy virtually that - the one guy in Shush just got murdered by his neighbor who flipped out on him later on he lobbied to have a speed bump installed on the street.

10/04/2010 15:33

Anonymous

And nosotros take two speed bumps on either side of our firm along our street, and people withal routinely go 40-fifty mph fifty-fifty though it's a 25 mph zone.

Have You spoken to her? I call up if yous could get all your neighbors to speak to her individually, that might add up and influence her.

x/04/2010 16:05

Anonymous

Has anyone spoken nicely to her nearly it? Or have they just fabricated snide comments. The approach tin can brand all the difference.

I'd take 1 last effort at talking to her. Explaining that while you lot do teach your children to wait both means, with the blind curve, cars going fast are incommunicable to meet and that yous fear someone could get hurt. Be sincere. It may not work, simply I'd effort the nice approach before resorting to the cops.

10/04/2010 sixteen:54

Anonymous

If she knows people would rather she didn't, but still does it, I wouldn't approach her again. Perhaps she's but waiting to be asked politely, only odds are, she just doesn't care. And then if you enquire her again and she continues to practice it, then you're left with approaching the police. And she'll know for sure information technology was y'all. Mayhap the abstention is cowardly, but if she'southward knowingly endangering people it needs to stop, and why should y'all take to deal with the headache of a neighbor who is mad because y'all caused her a speeding ticket.

10/04/2010 18:53

Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:Call the police. Permit them know that neighbors take talked with this woman and she continues to violate the police, putting others' lives at risk. If you know her schedule, encourage the police to send someone to come up observe during prime time. And take video, as well. Information technology'll be good to have merely in case the police force desire to encounter it, and that solitary may become her attention enough that she'll slow down.

If you ever experience desperately about this, or worry that she's going to get angry or offended, picture her mowing down one of the neighborhood children. Then exercise what you need to do to ensure she cleans up her human activity.

This would exist a great response in an platonic globe where people didn't retaliate and escalate dispute such as this. Y'all accept to live on the same block as "this woman" as we are all hilariously calling her. It would be better to use a less confrontational method such equally the PPs have mentioned like the mirrors or say something in the listserv well-nigh speeders (assuming she reads it--how wd you know?) Also print out this thread and merely send it to her. Some might recall that is cowardly--merely people sense of personal territory can become maniacal--no sense in escalating things upwards to a full throated battle with a person who has demonstrated that they are will to use their car as a weapon. If enough people complain well-nigh speeders in a specific area of DC--MPD responds--with a posted cruiser and a radar gun. You don't have to mention a specific motorcar You lot don't have to wait for some one to get mowed down to accept change happen. A speeding ticket, a speed bump, that will go her attention.

10/04/2010 20:32

Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:Be careful about the speed bump option - people get really crazy nigh that - the one guy in Burke just got murdered by his neighbor who flipped out on him afterward he lobbied to have a speed bump installed on the street.

Wow, that'due south CRAZY!

10/04/2010 xx:43

Anonymous

15:22 - I would not be surprised past anything around here, actually. People accept grandiose and off kilter views off themselves, which results in these types of things. Information technology was merely a matter of time.

10/05/2010 03:57

Bearding

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call the police. Let them know that neighbors accept talked with this adult female and she continues to violate the constabulary, putting others' lives at risk. If you know her schedule, encourage the law to send someone to come notice during prime number time. And accept video, too. It'll be skilful to have but in case the police want to come across it, and that alone may get her attention enough that she'll slow down.

If y'all ever feel badly about this, or worry that she's going to get angry or offended, motion picture her mowing downwards i of the neighborhood children. Then do what you need to do to ensure she cleans up her human action.

This would be a great response in an ideal globe where people didn't retaliate and escalate dispute such as this. You take to live on the same block equally "this woman" as nosotros are all hilariously calling her. It would be better to apply a less confrontational method such as the PPs take mentioned like the mirrors or say something in the listserv about speeders (assuming she reads it--how wd you know?) Also impress out this thread and just send information technology to her. Some might think that is cowardly--but people sense of personal territory tin can become maniacal--no sense in escalating things up to a full throated battle with a person who has demonstrated that they are will to use their car as a weapon. If enough people complain about speeders in a specific area of DC--MPD responds--with a posted cruiser and a radar gun. You don't have to mention a specific automobile You don't have to wait for some i to go mowed downward to have change happen. A speeding ticket, a speed bump, that will go her attention.

Sadly, y'all're probably right. Skip the video photographic camera and become straight to the constabulary. Anonymously and persistently.

10/05/2010 05:23

Bearding

Wait until she'south coming effectually the corner, so push an empty stroller out in front of her car.

Probably not a adept idea, lol (wouldn't want her to spin out of control). Merely she might go the message and then of how her speeding is endangering the lives of others (particularly kids)

10/05/2010 08:51

Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be careful about the speed crash-land option - people get really crazy about that - the one guy in Burke just got murdered by his neighbor who flipped out on him afterward he lobbied to have a speed bump installed on the street.

Wow, that's CRAZY!

OP here. Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.

To the PP, but we shouldn't be intimidated from seeking change by crazy, extremist weirdos like the guy in Burke who went after his neighbor with a gun.

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