Get off my lawn.

jujube said:
We had the same problems with some yahoos in our neighborhood who had a couple of souped-up quad-runners, very loud. They'd race down the street and then loop around the neighborhood on the big circular road. Finally, we called the police on the basis that they were not street legal. The police would come, look around and leave and as soon as the cops were gone, they'd be back at it. Apparently they realized that they could roar down the long street, around the loop and get back home before the police showed up. The police said there was nothing they could do unless they actually saw them on the street. We weren't actually sure which house was theirs, so couldn't send the officers there.

Then, miraculously, they moved. Hallelujah!!!!!
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That's exactly what I'm thinking; that they will disappear when the cops show up and then be right back when they leave. UGH.

I went out there a little while ago with my cellphone and pretended to be filming them. They left and haven't been back. Heehee :eek:nthego:
 

Chucktin said:
Stand up for yourself. Look the neighbor right in the eye and tell them enough is enough. Maybe you won't stay on good terms with them but that means they weren't good neighbors in the first place.
Growing a spine _can_ be done graciously. And being a wimp just makes you the victim.

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This seems to be the only option. Maybe you can get some other neighbors to join you. At least negotiate for one weekend day a week no bikes.
 
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I was mainly just blowing off steam and irritated. I'm sure the situation will resolve itself... or not. :D Since this goes on every weekend, ALL WEEKEND, I am grumpier than usual by Sunday afternoon.

I'm going to drive down to the local police substation tomorrow and discuss options with them.
 

Call the local News station. It would be anonymous unless you agreed to be interviewed...just say no. They would love to put a pic up of the policeman living there and not doing anything about his son harassing the neighbors.

Be sure to petition for the right type of speed bump. Those that are gradual humps in the road are considered awesome fun by the kids because if they speed up they can become airborne!
 
C'est Moi said:
I know you're right; a police complaint is probably the only way to go. I hate having to go to such lengths for an annoyance; I'm sure the police have bigger fish to fry than noise complaints.
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You seem to be grasping at various reasons for not taking action:

- "I'm too cranky
- One boy's dad is a police officer
- They might retaliate
- It's just an annoyance
- I'm sure it will ease up
- Police have bigger fish to fry"

Oh, well..... :shrug:
 
Freakin live with it! Obviously it does not bother you enough to get off your duff and handle the problem.

If they are operating unlicsenced vehicles on a public roadway they are breaking the law. Insist that the police put a stop to it,climb the ladder go to the DA if the police won't do their job.

Grow a pair knock on the cops door,let him know what you want

Go out into the street and confront the noise makers.

Don't come on an internet forum crying about being a victim, when you refuse to help yourself!
 
I know what you mean about noise. My neighbors all have pools. As soon as the kids become teenagers they can't go in the pool with out cranking up the radio. All day long and sometimes into the evening. I have gone over and asked them nicely to turn it down. It works for awhile and then it goes right back up. I've also talked to the parents. Same thing happens. I have been wearing ear plugs while I work in my garden. Besides the heat and humidity that is another reason why I hate summer.
 
Robusta said:
Freakin live with it! Obviously it does not bother you enough to get off your duff and handle the problem.

If they are operating unlicsenced vehicles on a public roadway they are breaking the law. Insist that the police put a stop to it,climb the ladder go to the DA if the police won't do their job.

Grow a pair knock on the cops door,let him know what you want

Go out into the street and confront the noise makers.

Don't come on an internet forum crying about being a victim, when you refuse to help yourself!
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First, thanks for your kind and considerate reply. Second, I'll never "grow a pair" because I am a woman and I don't want "a pair." Third, I'll come on an internet forum posting anything I damn well please as long as it is allowed by the forum rules. I didn't ask ANYONE, including YOU, for ADVICE. My post was simply a rant; I am still considering what to do.
 
Robusta said:
Freakin live with it! Obviously it does not bother you enough to get off your duff and handle the problem.

If they are operating unlicsenced vehicles on a public roadway they are breaking the law. Insist that the police put a stop to it,climb the ladder go to the DA if the police won't do their job.

Grow a pair knock on the cops door,let him know what you want

Go out into the street and confront the noise makers.

Don't come on an internet forum crying about being a victim, when you refuse to help yourself!
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That's just rude. If anyone feels like sharing their concerns, even to just vent, then that's also what we're here for. Maybe one of our suggestions may help.
We don't know, and you don't either.
 
C'est Moi said:
OMG, I am so cranky. We live on a river and our street is a cul-de-sac with a boat ramp on one end and a wooded area next the ramp. A bunch of teenage boys have acquired dirt bikes and all weekend long I have to listen to those loud things roaring up and down the street and turning around in the cul-de-sac. Up and back, up and back. ARGH.

I would call the police but one of the boys is the son of a neighbor who IS a policeman, so ugh. I know those bikes are not licensed for the street and it just infuriates me that I am subject to that freakin' noise all damn weekend and every day when school is out. Will my entire summer be like this or will I finally get my gun out and go stand in the street??? (Joking, but not much.)

I don't know why people have to be so inconsiderate. This used to be such a quiet place and now younger families are moving in to spoil everything. Yep. I'm cranky. :eek:ld:
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I would videotape them riding illegally on the public street without helmets. At the very least, get lots of photos of them and take copies of the videotape or photos to the police. I don't care if a kid's dad is a cop, that doesn't mean he can break the law if he chooses.
 
Olivia said:
That's just rude. If anyone feels like sharing their concerns, even to just vent, then that's also what we're here for. Maybe one of our suggestions may help.
We don't know, and you don't either.
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What is rude to you is frank to me. The OP has not taken the first step to alleviate her problem. If the offenders are not informed that they are offensive, why would it ever occur to them to change their habits?

Sorry, not rude.
 
I have lived this so many times..I remember when the water company came to lay pipe on the road, and when my then teenage daughter went to the mail box, the workers would whistle and make comments to her..needless to say my husband not only talked to them personally he called the company to put a stop to it. Just saying if they are on your property or near your property you got to say something who ever the powers to be,you need to contact... DO IT! I may have read this wrong but anyway....
 
You wonder what goes through some people's heads, don't you? It's a sense of entitlement I guess.

We used to own a one-acre block of land bordered by a river. It had been cut from a larger property and was heavily treed. We kept as many of the trees as possible, building our house in amongst them, so the house was sort of hidden from view at certain angles.

The property was close to a regional city centre and many people wandered onto the property, kids to fish in the river etc. Most of them had no idea they were on private property and most of them were apologetic when they noticed the house.

But there was one family in particular who were fully aware that they were on private property but treated the place like their own. I was putting up with them, although it was getting a bit over the top, but things went pearshaped when the kids started fighting with some other kids on the other side of the river, throwing rocks and hurling abuse at the top of their lungs. I asked them to leave.

Well, that set the parents off, telling us we had no business telling their kids to leave, they had every right to be there, we didn't own the river, blah, blah, blah. It made me wonder what went through their heads, just because our backyard was bordered by a river they were under the impression they could walk in any time they liked. They were still on our land, the actual border was the high tide mark.

How would they have felt if I had decided their backyard was a nice place to have a picnic, and just walked in with a couple of friends, which incidentally they had done in the past. I bet they wouldn't have been impressed.
 

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