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kyle_soule
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I need advice.
We live in a small town, roughly 15 or 20 people in town, but it is still a small community and we all live within a 1 block radius of each other. Our town also includes a golf course, to which a lot of people go to. Our main strip has a stop sign in the most residential of the corners, houses on all sides. People do not stop at this sign, ever, at all, or even slow down!
My question is, what can I do to get these people to stop at the stop sign?! They will go through our road at 40+ mph. I wouldn't care so much but our neighbors have 2 small children who play out in the yard all the time. The neighbors have lost 2 dogs and 3 cats to stupid drivers who don't stop. If they stopped they would only be going 0-10 mph as the house with the kids is the next house in line.
We have begged the police to watch it, I have seen one cop in four years!
Anyways, the law isn't protecting our community from the danger waiting to happen...so I want to take the law into my own hands. How can I either a) convince the cops to do SOMETHING or b) solve the problem myself.
Some things I have thought of are: setting up a video camera recording people flying through the stop sign and send a full length tape in with a letter, perhaps diagramming what our community would like done (be it a speed bump, a cop traveling through once a day maybe, or something). I have also considered shooting the cars that don't stop with my paintgun, but this would just be for fun Another option was slitting tires at the golf course if they fly through fast enough, leaving a note that says "Stop at the stop sign" on their car.
Anything suggestions would be very much appreciated.
We live in a small town, roughly 15 or 20 people in town, but it is still a small community and we all live within a 1 block radius of each other. Our town also includes a golf course, to which a lot of people go to. Our main strip has a stop sign in the most residential of the corners, houses on all sides. People do not stop at this sign, ever, at all, or even slow down!
My question is, what can I do to get these people to stop at the stop sign?! They will go through our road at 40+ mph. I wouldn't care so much but our neighbors have 2 small children who play out in the yard all the time. The neighbors have lost 2 dogs and 3 cats to stupid drivers who don't stop. If they stopped they would only be going 0-10 mph as the house with the kids is the next house in line.
We have begged the police to watch it, I have seen one cop in four years!
Anyways, the law isn't protecting our community from the danger waiting to happen...so I want to take the law into my own hands. How can I either a) convince the cops to do SOMETHING or b) solve the problem myself.
Some things I have thought of are: setting up a video camera recording people flying through the stop sign and send a full length tape in with a letter, perhaps diagramming what our community would like done (be it a speed bump, a cop traveling through once a day maybe, or something). I have also considered shooting the cars that don't stop with my paintgun, but this would just be for fun Another option was slitting tires at the golf course if they fly through fast enough, leaving a note that says "Stop at the stop sign" on their car.
Anything suggestions would be very much appreciated.