Vent: Stupid driver!

somethingcorporate

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I'd start with a CCTV camera recording stuff in the road / end of the cul-de-sac as you will no doubt need to rely on this at some point.

Good luck, having anti-social neighbours is so annoying - if they dislike people so much why don't they go and live in caves?!

moomaa

I would get the agreement of the two neighbours that have spaces in the car park, then put wheelie bins across the entrance of the car park when the kids are playing. He would have to get out his car to move them if he then needlessly went into the car park so couldn't go too fast. If he moans, just say you got the agreement of all the users of the car park, and you don't understand why it affects him.

nitra

Lob a cone under his car as he speeds by? When he complains about the damage explain that his "I don't have to drive carefully because my car has magic sensors" sensor should of stopped him.

I second the video cctv approach or even asking the local bobbies to have a polite word.

If he doesn't change his way id be putting a traffic cone in the road until he gets the message, will !!!! him off but at least your children will be safe as he has to get out to move the cone.

MamaMoo_2

We've currently all agreed that a row of cones after his parking spaces and before ours would be a good idea, & we've written to the HA about it this week.
Yesterday he parked across two parking spaces, one of his and one visitor space. Not the way you'd normally park, but sideways. No particular reason why he was blocking visitor spaces rather than using both of his own, but needless to say he'll be waking up to a large snow phallus on his car if he doesn't move it soon...

Valli

MamaMoo wrote: »

he'll be waking up to a large snow phallus on his car if he doesn't move it soon...

Just put a very small one - sounds like he will recognise it for what it is more easily, if you get my drift;)

timbstoke

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

I'm sure there is no such thing. I'm sure we would have heard about it!

Probably something like this - although it would be next to useless to any child running out in front of him.

I have to admit I'd be tempted to be 'borrowing' a baby buggy from a neighbours, and purposely time my crossing the road to coincide with his driving down the street. Of course, you'd realise at the last moment and jump back, but in your panic the buggy would go rolling forward in front of the car. I'd imagine a baby buggy suddenly appearing in front of your vehicle would serve to focus the mind quite wonderfully.

If he wasn't able to stop, I'd then be immediately on the phone to the police - after all, he clearly isn't able to stop in the distance he can see to be clear, and it's only sheer luck that the buggy was empty.

ali-t

MamaMoo wrote: »

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.

However, since neighbour B started driving like an idiot he has almost hit several children (luckily for him, my neighbour's son and nephews).

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.

He sounds like a total t0sser BUT your description of him speeding down the road and driving like an idiot is a contradiction to information you proivde later that he drives at 20mph.

It is also not a private road and you have no right to cone it off or section it off as it is a public road if HA houses are on it.

It is as likely that he would be on here complaining about the people at the top of the cul de sac who think they actually own the road and the land their rented houses are on as they try to stop him driving up it and have the audacity to try to close a public road.

Disputes with neighbours are never fun but unless you are out supervising the children at all times and get them off the road whenever any cars come, you will struggle IMO to make any changes, particularly when you say he drives up the road at 20mph.

bod1467

Hmm. If householders pay for the maintenance of the road, and it hasn't been taken over by the council/highways dept, then technically (AFAIK) it IS a private road.

Johno100

bod1467 wrote: »

Hmm. If householders pay for the maintenance of the road, and it hasn't been taken over by the council/highways dept, then technically (AFAIK) it IS a private road.

Hmm. If that is the case then any speed limit would be advisory only and wouldn't be enforced by the police.

bod1467

Good point.