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also i should add that someone rolling a sign a hundred yards away is not cause to get upset. rolling = slowing down under 10 but not stopping. if they just blow through it and are going too fast that's one thing, which is what you described.
but keep in mind, 25 is probably the lawful speed in your neighborhood. so if he wants to accelerate back up to 25 after he goes through the sign, that's his right, and you need to have your kids out of the way.
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1) We're irritated by rollers cause there are kids in the streets a lot. We live right across the street from that stop sign...someone rolling through there is still a hazard. That said, we're not all that concerned with them. We mention it to them but don't make a big deal of it.
2) The big deal is made about people that blow this sign at a speed high enough that they're putting people at significant risk. We don't let our kids play close to that intersection specifically cause we know people don't come to full stops. Still, someone coming around that corner as fast as he did? No joke, if my kid happened to be in the middle of the cul de sac when he took that corner, there's about a 95% chance that she'd be dead.
3) Checking on the speed limit in the cul de sac. That cds and road in general is short enough though that if you come to a complete stop, then speed up to 25, you're leaving tire marks on the road trying to stop in front of someone's house.
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Call the cops.
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We are. Just found out tonight they have a hotline. We're encouraging the neighborhood to call it once a week till cops are out here ticketing on that corner.
We've also got a letter to the HOA ready for delivery tomorrow morning.
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oh i used to play in the street all the time when i was a kid too. but it was always with the understanding that it was primarily for cars, and i had to get the [censored] out of the way as soon as one was coming.
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I absolutely agree with this and we always do. The issue here is that in the cds, there's a house on the corner so you cannot see when a car is coming up to the corner. When it gets there and stops we immediately get everyone out of the street. But someone tearing around that corner at full speed...there's no hope to get the kids out of the way in time.
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Ok lets see if I have this right, a kid that just learned to drive runs a stop sign and you get all over him because your pissed at your niehbor. The kid probibly felt pretty bad and but he honestly didn't see the sign so wtf??? The answer to your problem is simple:
1. Be a parent. Stop letting your kids play in the street. The street is for cars. Play on your lawn or go to a park.
2. Stop being a shity nitty neihbor or expect to get your house egged when you go away on vacation or worse broken into.
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You don't have it right.
1) We were never pissed at her until she got huffy with us trying to defend a kid blowing a stop sign.
2) I don't care if you just got your driver's permit that day, it doesn't excuse you blowing a stop sign and taking a turn in a suburban neighborhood at full speed. There's NO excuse for that EVER.
3) We have as much right to the street as anyone else. This "streets are for cars" stuff is nonsense. Seriously, nonsense. I know cars are on the road. But rule #1 of the road is that pedestrians have the right of way. It isn't illegal for us to be out there playing, it isn't immoral, it isn't wrong in any way.
You sound like you're one of these kids blowing stop signs and fish-tailing suburban corners and thinking there's nothing wrong with it. Seriously dude, get a clue.
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Buy one of these, put it at the head of your cds when the kids are playing, problem solved.
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We had an inflatable one. It popped recently. I'm pretty confident we'll be buying another - plastic - one soon. They'll probably get it before we get back from vacation.
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