How to deal with boy racer?

[Robster]

So there's a boy racer with a stupidly loud exhaust, don't mind loud, but it sounds awful .
Every time he drives pass the house it's foot to the floor ,at all times of night and is clearly going faster than the 30mph speed limit.
It's getting to the point me and my neighbours are getting really fed up with him, more the speeding than anything else?

I was hoping to catch him stationary to have a polite word, but unable to so far, don't get me wrong I was young once, but this is boardering on the dangerous! Any ideas ?

Edited by Robster on Wednesday 22 February 19:44

Edited for full stops due to a helpful reply to my serious question .

Edited by Robster on Wednesday 22 February 19:45

[WindyCommon]

I'd try some full stops first.

Edited by WindyCommon on Wednesday 22 February 20:04

That's better!

I'd persevere with having a word. You'll get/create an opportunity at some point. In the first instance I'd be as non-confrontational as possible; maybe just ask him to keep it down when he's near the houses. He may well not realise the disturbance and danger he's causing. If it happens again you're far better placed to be more direct.

Edited by WindyCommon on Wednesday 22 February 20:04

Edited by WindyCommon on Wednesday 22 February 20:04

[Vitorio]

If he is indeed regularly driving fast (the loud exhaust might give you the idea he is going faster then he is), the local fuzz might be interested in him, id say talk to them first

[stugolf]

Know the feeling there's an idiot right near me in a Corsa 1.2 with a stupidly loud exhaust and he floors it right past the house at 5k rpm

Saw him out and about once when I had my 911 5mm off my bumper trying to race me

Its a tough one really, maybe they'll grow up?

[NordicCrankShaft]

Does he have a lawn/garden and and are you ok with frozen sausages?

[loose cannon]

Maybe catch him down the through aka mcds and have a polite word tell him how you did exactly
The same etc but let him no everyone on the estate is gunning for him and you thought you'd let him no before he gets himself in trouble, he will probably think twice then as he trundles down your road, if he doesn't then he's fair game

[Sump]

Translated to old man has a problem with loud exhaust and thinks he is speeding.

[Megaflow]

Push an empty push chair out in front of him so he can think about the consequences.

[Catweazle]

Megaflow said:

Push an empty push chair out in front of him so he can think about the consequences.

Put a doll in it for added value.

[Robster]

Megaflow said:

Push an empty push chair out in front of him so he can think about the consequences.

I quite like this idea ...

[jhonn]

If you can't track him down to speak to him personally then report him to the police, repeatedly - hopefully with enough complaints from you and your neighbours they'll send a patrol car to be in your neighbourhood at the appropriate time to 'feel his collar'.

If they won't do anything get your local paper involved, write to your MP, etc - get the neighbours to do the same.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Tell the police he stuck his fingers up and swore at you, my mate did this to some tit cutting him up and got a visit several hours later and a talking to about threatening words and behaviour.

[jhonn]

Catweazle said:

Megaflow said:

Push an empty push chair out in front of him so he can think about the consequences.

Put a doll in it for added value.

Great idea - until he swerves to avoid it, loses control and crashes in to the bus shelter full of orphan kids on the other side of the street.

[Ari]

NordicCrankShaft said:

Does he have a lawn/garden and and are you ok with frozen sausages?

AAaaaaahh, that's fking brilliant, funniest thing anyone's ever posted on here!













Which is odd, because the other eleventy billion times it got mentioned it was yawn inducing.

[thebraketester]

Buy a really noisey American car with a massive V8 and no silencers and sit outside his house bouncing off the limiter.

[Saleen836]

You and a few neighbours need to ring 101 and report his reg. number make/model of car and time of day/night, once the complaints start stacking up the police will go and have a chat with the driver. this is what we had to do on the street I live with an idiot with a Focus RS always driving well over the 30mph limit.

[Cold]

There was a thread earlier today about someone who was having problems with a nutter dropping nails on their road. Perhaps you two should team up?

[Pints]

Ari said:

AAaaaaahh, that's fking brilliant, funniest thing anyone's ever posted on here!













Which is odd, because the other eleventy billion times it got mentioned it was yawn inducing.

[Chedders]

Just ask him if he's lacking in certain departments, he most likely is and will be too embarrassed to carry it on. Don't use violence or talk to him like the st he sounds, it'll just get worse

If that fails shag his mrs

[Garett]

I was in a similar situation just before Xmas, didn't help that we live next to speed bumps and on a hill so he'd slow to walking pace and then floor it up the hill bouncing off the limiter in 1st and 2nd, in what is supposedly a 20 mph zone.

A crappy little Civic with a very attention grabbing paint job, which when you looked on the DVLA database wasn't even taxed!

Anyway, report him to the non emergency number, I don't see the Civic around anymore.