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Vent: Stupid driver!
MamaMoo_2
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So annoyed at one of my neighbours.
I live in a very small cul-de-sac, it's about 25 metres long, with two lots of semi-detached houses. Myself and the neighbour I share a wall with (neighbour A) are at the end, and there are two houses at the entrance. The cul-de-sac is basically a road about 4-5m long then a car park, with 6 spaces. I let my next door neighbour use my space, and then my other neighbour (neighbour
has the space nearest the entrance, they're the only cars down here.
Neighbour B has no need to drive down our end of the road, as his space is at the entrance. However, he has taken to speeding down the road to the end, spinning his car around, and then parking on the kerb outside his house (rather than in his parking space) thus partially blocking the road at the entrance as it's only about 1.5 cars wide.
This is peeing me off, as myself and Neighbour A let our kids play out the front as the people who use her spaces always drive slowly down and stop for the kids. Unfortunately we don't have front gardens, and the pavement is very narrow, so the car park's great for the kids to ride their bikes. Everyone who drives down here other than neighbour B does so slowly.
However, since neighbour B started driving like an idiot he has almost hit several children (luckily for him, my neighbour's son and nephews).
He has only started doing this because he doesn't like the children playing outside. They don't play outside his house, and they aren't noisy.
We have asked repeatedly that he either stops using our end of the road to turn around needlessly, or that he slows down. We have also asked him to stop parking in the road when he has two parking spaces.
He's getting everyone's back up as he watches the kids out of the window if they're playing, and he's rude to us all. (It's a new build and we all moved in at the same time. We all introduced ourselves, but he made it clear he didn't want anything to do with us.
He shouts at other people's children (one girl who lives in the house next to his at the very entrance had her bouncy ball roll maybe 10cm under his car. Didn't hit it or anything. She went to get it and was subjected to an expletive filled rant about how would he like it if he went under her car. She's 5 !!!!!!.)
What can we do to stop him from driving like a madman. It's a shame, as we've now had to stop our children playing and riding out the front, so they're all sad.
Personally, I'd just like to turn the guys car into a chassis, but I was wondering if there was a more diplomatic (albeit less fun) way we can go about this.
Before any posts about "you let your kids play in the road" etc, it's a private road, and neighbour B is the only one that ever makes it anything other than safe. It's also the only place the kids can ride their bikes and scooters together in plain view of our houses.
I live in a very small cul-de-sac, it's about 25 metres long, with two lots of semi-detached houses. Myself and the neighbour I share a wall with (neighbour A) are at the end, and there are two houses at the entrance. The cul-de-sac is basically a road about 4-5m long then a car park, with 6 spaces. I let my next door neighbour use my space, and then my other neighbour (neighbour
has the space nearest the entrance, they're the only cars down here.Neighbour B has no need to drive down our end of the road, as his space is at the entrance. However, he has taken to speeding down the road to the end, spinning his car around, and then parking on the kerb outside his house (rather than in his parking space) thus partially blocking the road at the entrance as it's only about 1.5 cars wide.
This is peeing me off, as myself and Neighbour A let our kids play out the front as the people who use her spaces always drive slowly down and stop for the kids. Unfortunately we don't have front gardens, and the pavement is very narrow, so the car park's great for the kids to ride their bikes. Everyone who drives down here other than neighbour B does so slowly.
However, since neighbour B started driving like an idiot he has almost hit several children (luckily for him, my neighbour's son and nephews).
He has only started doing this because he doesn't like the children playing outside. They don't play outside his house, and they aren't noisy.
We have asked repeatedly that he either stops using our end of the road to turn around needlessly, or that he slows down. We have also asked him to stop parking in the road when he has two parking spaces.
He's getting everyone's back up as he watches the kids out of the window if they're playing, and he's rude to us all. (It's a new build and we all moved in at the same time. We all introduced ourselves, but he made it clear he didn't want anything to do with us.
He shouts at other people's children (one girl who lives in the house next to his at the very entrance had her bouncy ball roll maybe 10cm under his car. Didn't hit it or anything. She went to get it and was subjected to an expletive filled rant about how would he like it if he went under her car. She's 5 !!!!!!.)
What can we do to stop him from driving like a madman. It's a shame, as we've now had to stop our children playing and riding out the front, so they're all sad.
Personally, I'd just like to turn the guys car into a chassis, but I was wondering if there was a more diplomatic (albeit less fun) way we can go about this.
Before any posts about "you let your kids play in the road" etc, it's a private road, and neighbour B is the only one that ever makes it anything other than safe. It's also the only place the kids can ride their bikes and scooters together in plain view of our houses.
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get your video camera out and film this idiots driving and let him see you doing it then tell him if he doesn't slow down your taking it to the police, some of the kids are going to get hurt or worse and then you'll feel crap that you didn't do something.0
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Personally, I never allowed my children to play on bikes and scooters in the vicinity of other people's cars, in case they accidentally caused damage to the cars. I still give out yards to my son and his friends if I see them messing with a ball on the street on their way to soccer.
Is this why neighbour B is now parking his car away from the car park that is being used by unsupervised small children on metal toys???
Seems reasonable to me not to want to park there.
I can't comment on his 'racing' and 'driving like a madman'. That's your opinion, which, in the context you've given us, may not be objective. You think it's ok to allow your small children play in a car park unsupervised.
[/TIN HAT]I'm an adult and I can eat whatever I want whenever I want and I wish someone would take this power from me.
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splishsplash wrote: »[TIN HAT]
Personally, I never allowed my children to play on bikes and scooters in the vicinity of other people's cars, in case they accidentally caused damage to the cars. I still give out yards to my son and his friends if I see them messing with a ball on the street on their way to soccer.
Is this why neighbour B is now parking his car away from the car park that is being used by unsupervised small children on metal toys???
Seems reasonable to me not to want to park there.
I can't comment on his 'racing' and 'driving like a madman'. That's your opinion, which, in the context you've given us, may not be objective. You think it's ok to allow your small children play in a car park unsupervised.
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Well, the children never went anywhere near his car, yet have firm instructions not to go past the end of my house, so it's not that.
We also don't let them play football etc out there, they can do that in the gardens.
His racing etc has been noted by everyone in the street. He claimed he has a sensor on his car and if he comes close to a child it'll stop for him, so he doesn't have to drive carefully (I know, I know)
He has no need to come down to our end of the road where the children play, but clearly does it to scare the kids (he never did it before we let them play out there)
No-one goes on or near his property, so it's not like there's any real reason for him to have an issue. He also lets his dog poop on the little flower beds outside our houses and refuses to clean it up. Despite taking photos of him doing this and sending them to the housing association, nothing has happened. We now just scoop it up and leave it on his doorstep.0 -
get your video camera out and film this idiots driving and let him see you doing it then tell him if he doesn't slow down your taking it to the police, some of the kids are going to get hurt or worse and then you'll feel crap that you didn't do something.
Unfortunately we never get any warning of when he's coming, as it's just a short road you don't see him until he's practically doughnutting outside the window.0 -
I hope no one would be irresponsible enough to suggest that, one night, someone draws a line on his car with a marker pen and leaves a note to say it could be a key next time.
That would be appalling behaviour.
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I hope no one would be irresponsible enough to suggest that, one night, someone draws a line on his car with a marker pen and leaves a note to say it could be a key next time.
That would be appalling behaviour.
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Perhaps you could teach the kids the universal sign for 'winker' whenever he drives up the road they could all gesticulate at him. [ok, not a serious suggestion]...
Isn't this an anti-social behaviour issue? Have you got a bobby on the beat to advise you?If you haven't got it - please don't flaunt it. TIA.0 -
He sounds like a bit of a maniac who seems to think he is in a kind of a war with the other neighbours!
Putting the dog poop on the doorstep might be satisfying :rotfl:but does not resolve anything!
You don't want to have to live with this, so are there any of the neighbours who could have a word to broker a bit of peace? Maybe ask him about his isssues living there and anything you could all do to compromise.
If you have no joy with this and you feel he is driving dangerously in the road, then contact the police.0 -
Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »Perhaps you could teach the kids the universal sign for 'winker' whenever he drives up the road they could all gesticulate at him. [ok, not a serious suggestion]...
Isn't this an anti-social behaviour issue? Have you got a bobby on the beat to advise you?
I've never actually seen a PCSO around here, so not too sure where they're hiding
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He sounds like a bit of a maniac who seems to think he is in a kind of a war with the other neighbours!
Putting the dog poop on the doorstep might be satisfying :rotfl:but does not resolve anything!
You don't want to have to live with this, so are there any of the neighbours who could have a word to broker a bit of peace? Maybe ask him about his isssues living there and anything you could all do to compromise.
If you have no joy with this and you feel he is driving dangerously in the road, then contact the police.
We've tried talking amicably, written him a letter etc, but he's just constantly an idiot.
Maybe going to the police will work.
He's definitely got a vendetta against everyone. (You should hear the reports he makes to the housing association about us all. Apparently neighbour A's music was too loud. Couldn't hear it in my house or back garden, only heard it when you walked past her open liong room window at the front! Also reported neighbour A for being a benefit cheat as she "never works". She was on maternity leave and very clearly pregnant. Complained about his other neighbour because she wears pyjamas in the back garden.)0
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