Speeding in a housing estate

maxwell smart

My neighbour is constantly speeding in our housing estate. I have mentioned it to him but he just laughed. Was wondering if I can get the garda to have a quiet word with him without him knowing I asked them to do it? Don't want any trouble in the 'hood!:D

faceman

I know of someone who had a similar problem. They got on to the council who installed speed bumps.

Keith in cork

The garda's one option, the neighbourhood commity is another or "mention" it again but this time tell him your intentions if he doesn't stop. IF after you letting him know where it'll go if continued it'll be his own fault. No doubt if you deliver an ultimatum, which is for the benifit of all the locals then when you do call on the rozzers, you'll be the firm but tough guy at no.12 not the weasel at no.12

faceman wrote: »

I know of someone who had a similar problem. They got on to the council who installed speed bumps.

C'mon, that'd be shooting yourself in the foot? Best try sort it without the involvement of the council. Cops maybe, council never. If you end up with ramps in your estate, you'll be a public hate figure for good.

Dabko

council threw down a few speed bump things in our estate last year, made a great improvement to tools speeding up and down.

You shouldnt bother your arse asking him to slow down again, because if he laughed the first time, he sounds like a retard who deals with adult situations by pretending its not an issue.

Get the law on his ass, sit back, have a nice cup of tea and have a satisfactory chuckle to your self:D

Lex Luthor

maxwell smart wrote: »

Don't want any trouble in the 'hood!:D

Why not? He's the one being childish. My wife stands in the middle of the road if she see's a muppet speeding up our street. Daft I know but its effective.

PauloMN

I agree and disagree with some of the above. Neighbourhood Watch would be a good place to bring it up as it will be brought to Garda attention without names being mentioned.

Speed ramps are not imo a bad idea though. People should be driving pretty slowly through estates and if speed ramps force people to do so, then that's a good thing. No point in blaming the people who support putting them in - blame the tools who make them a necessity. Any sensible neighbour would see that. I'm not a fan of driving over speed bumps but if people persist on speeding through estates then there's little in the way of alternatives.

Anyway it's not as simple as ringing the council to get them installed. There has to be budget for them, which can take a couple of years to get sorted as the councils have a list of stuff to get done within budgets that are being slashed. You'll probably need to have had a residents association lobbying for them with a lot of signatures before they'd even be considered.

plissken

Lex Luthor wrote: »

My wife stands in the middle of the road if she see's a muppet speeding up our street. Daft I know but its effective.

Daft is too light a word, its not worth getting knocked down by one of these morans, id advise her to come up with an alternative method of voicing her concerns

mick.fr

Lex Luthor wrote: »

Why not? He's the one being childish. My wife stands in the middle of the road if she see's a muppet speeding up our street. Daft I know but its effective.

Lol ok. Get a good insurance for your wife's life then :-)

Anyway his behaviour is certainly not childish...but criminal.
Myself would not mind knocking on his door and tell him to calm the funck down or I am gonna take care of his behaviour problem.

Snakeblood

mick.fr wrote: »

Lol ok. Get a good insurance for your wife's life then :-)

Anyway his behaviour is certainly not childish...but criminal.
Myself would not mind knocking on his door and tell him to calm the funck down or I am gonna take care of his behaviour problem.

Yeah. The wife standing out there is straddling a fine line between brave and foolhardy.

Anan1

mick.fr wrote: »

Myself would not mind knocking on his door and tell him to calm the funck down or I am gonna take care of his behaviour problem.

Think about that for a minute.

Nforce

Try get him on camcorder when he's speeding. Burn off a copy of the video onto a dvd and stick it in his letterbox with a note attached telling him to slow down or you'll contact the Gardai/his insurance company and send them a copy.

faceman

Nforce wrote: »

Try get him on camcorder when he's speeding. Burn off a copy of the video onto a dvd and stick it in his letterbox with a note attached telling him to slow down or you'll contact the Gardai/his insurance company and send them a copy.

If someone said that they were doing that to me, why would i care? the tape isnt going to give a reading of speed. The gardai cant prosecute or fine someone based on the footage. Nor can the insurance company do anything either.

AugustusMaximus

The last thing this country needs is more car breaking speed bumps.

Nforce

faceman wrote: »

If someone said that they were doing that to me, why would i care? the tape isnt going to give a reading of speed. The gardai cant prosecute or fine someone based on the footage. Nor can the insurance company do anything either.

While it can't give a speed reading....it can definitely give an indication of how fast the individual is driving. The threat of sending it to the Gardai/insurance company is so that they can investigate it further.....especially if you (and a number of other residents), make a formal complaint.;)

Eric Cartman

define speeding though, i know of an estate in dunboyne with a woman who goes mental at any car going above 25/30, she claims its for the safety of her children , yet even at low speeds shes a danger to them and everyone, having damaged 3 cars in the estate (travelling at 15-20 km/h) and writing off 2 of her own cars in the last year or 2

Our man in Havana

AugustusMaximus wrote: »

The last thing this country needs is more car breaking speed bumps.

I for one would welcome more speed humps. It will stop those hoons speeding up my road at all hours of the night.
You can't get a spud big enough nowadays to deal with them.

Mr.Diagnostic

God be with the old days when at least one neighbour would have been prepared to pull him out of his car and teach him the error of his ways. Strangely enough, I would imagine it would still work today.

Naturally I recognise and respect the rights of people like this and as such do not condone the behaviour of neighbours of yesteryear…………….

mick.fr

Anan1 wrote: »

Think about that for a minute.

Oh I am a fool you don't know me, I have had a few 9mm over my head and have a few knife wounds :-)

gpjordanf1

Bond-007 wrote: »

I for one would welcome more speed humps. It will stop those hoons speeding up my road at all hours of the night.
You can't get a spud big enough nowadays to deal with them.

Dont forget that speed bumps will slow down muppets speeding but they also slow down emergency response vehicles.
What you gain with one you loose with the other.
People should just video speeders and give it to the appropriate authoritys? Maybe?

Hagar

How fast can he drive on four flats?

gpjordanf1

faceman wrote: »

If someone said that they were doing that to me, why would i care? the tape isnt going to give a reading of speed. The gardai cant prosecute or fine someone based on the footage. Nor can the insurance company do anything either.

Of course they can and very simply in fact,

the video will show the car passing at least two defined points and any stage during the video and then the time take to travel between these points will give the exact speed and as such prove speeding.

cheapskate

What is the max speed limit in a residential area? 50kmph? although I have seen some estates with signs stating 15mph are these erected by an authority that would stand up in a court?
I think Hagars idea might be the best given that the message hasn't gotten through by other means...!
But I do echo the thoughts expressed that some people who get incensed by others speeding do exactly the same themselves when their kids are safely belted up in the back!!! (This I have seen)

CS

towel401

why the hell would this bother anyone? less hes driving around with a broken exhaust like i am

cheapskate

Hey Towel head,

Speeding on a motorway is one thing or even a major road but kids play on or near roadways in residential estates, I think this might be why!?

CS

towel401

cheapskate wrote: »

Hey Towel head,

Speeding on a motorway is one thing or even a major road but kids play on or near roadways in residential estates, I think this might be why!?

CS

if you dont see any kids its ok to speed. check for kids first but if its at night they should all be in bed or watching corrie

cheapskate

True for ye, well thats that then!

CS

Victor

gpjordanf1 wrote: »

Dont forget that speed bumps will slow down muppets speeding but they also slow down emergency response vehicles.

Not materially.

If idiots weren't killing a few hundred people a year on the roads, the emergency services would be able to have a better response available.

towel401

they could install some of those speed bumps that have pressurised cylinders in them so it will just fold down for people driving below the limit. of course those are far too advanced for ireland. if you tried to buy them off the company that makes them and gave them an address in ireland they'd say "sorry lads yer far too backwards for those, come back in 20 years time and we might sell the few we have left"

Lex Luthor

towel401 wrote: »

if you dont see any kids its ok to speed. check for kids first but if its at night they should all be in bed or watching corrie

:mad:ARE YOU FOR REAL???:mad:


Its when you can't see the kids, thats when you should be more wary. They are unpredictable. With the amount of cars parked on the side of roads in estates, its just a haven for kids to hide behind and then run out when you least expect it

Del2005

PauloMN wrote: »

I agree and disagree with some of the above. Neighbourhood Watch would be a good place to bring it up as it will be brought to Garda attention without names being mentioned.

Speed ramps are not imo a bad idea though. People should be driving pretty slowly through estates and if speed ramps force people to do so, then that's a good thing. No point in blaming the people who support putting them in - blame the tools who make them a necessity. Any sensible neighbour would see that. I'm not a fan of driving over speed bumps but if people persist on speeding through estates then there's little in the way of alternatives.

Anyway it's not as simple as ringing the council to get them installed. There has to be budget for them, which can take a couple of years to get sorted as the councils have a list of stuff to get done within budgets that are being slashed. You'll probably need to have had a residents association lobbying for them with a lot of signatures before they'd even be considered.

Bond-007 wrote: »

I for one would welcome more speed humps. It will stop those hoons speeding up my road at all hours of the night.
You can't get a spud big enough nowadays to deal with them.

Speed ramps only work for people who care. There is a speed bump outside my place and they do fly over it. If someone is speeding in an estate putting down bumps won't slow them down, all they'll do is race between then.

Best way to slow traffic is bad parking, leave a nice gap between your car and the path and get neighbours to do the same.

Victor

Del2005 wrote: »

Best way to slow traffic is bad parking, leave a nice gap between your car and the path and get neighbours to do the same.

And what happens when the rubbish truck / fire brigade can't get by?

kbell

Exactly.
What a stupid suggestion:rolleyes:

Anan1

mick.fr wrote: »

Oh I am a fool you don't know me, I have had a few 9mm over my head and have a few knife wounds :-)

Wow, you do sound like a scary fool.

Voodoomelon

I don't think i've ever seen so much muppetry in one thread. Get the Gardaí to have a word with him, plain and simple.