MistyMountain Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 There is a teen or very young adult who is staying at the house across the street. He drives a truck and revs it down the residential street at very high speeds. My husband caught him twice now and confronted him and told him there are lots of kids on the street but he completely ignored him and has continued every time he comes down the street. There are lots of kids in the neighborhood including my own and this is making it unsafe. My kids usually would be able to play with friends and ride their bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Call the police non emergency line. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Take a picture or video, call the police non-emergency, say that you would like to make a statement regarding stunting or whatever it's called where you live, and that you have video. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Let the air out of his tires. Repeatedly. ...I mean, that's what you shouldn't do, because it'd be criminal and irresponsible. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Here you can dob people into the police for hooning. They will most probably then get their car impounded under the anti hooning laws 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonJoshep Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Yes you should inform the police and his parents also so that they will take some necessary actions against him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Here you can dob people into the police for hooning. They will most probably then get their car impounded under the anti hooning laws LOL, I don't know what dob or hooning mean, but I love "hearing" you talk :) 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) LOL, I don't know what dob or hooning mean, but I love "hearing" you talk :) LOL, I agree. I had to look hooning up. Based on the context, you won't be surprised. Dob I take to mean "turn in." Hoon activities can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts or screeching tyres. Those commonly identified as being involved in "hooning" or street racing are young and predominantly male, although increasingly female, drivers in the age range of 17 and 35 years. (Taken from Wikipedia) Edited July 10, 2017 by marbel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I'm in agreement with others. Get it on video and contact your local police. You've already tried talking to him in person. Now it needs to move up a level. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I would call or visit the police station and talk with an officer about what you've seen and also to let them know you've tried to talk to the kid. They very well might go ahead and visit the family to talk to the kid. Catching him on video might be difficult because it happens so fast. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 My skinny 5'2 friend stood in her front lawn, waved her arms around, and screamed, "SLOW DOWN!" at the top of her lungs like a crazed banshee at the teen across her street who did that. She must have looked positively terrifying because he never did it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Video and call police. There was a kid in our neighborhood doing this. Someone posted on NextDoor to see if anyone knew whose car it was. Other neighbors of course did. Someone talked to the parents, a police officer came to chat, and the kid posted something on Next Door promising to drive carefully. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 have you reported him to the Police or asked for their suggestions? warning time it over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Have you talked to the family he's staying with? That would be my next step, then the police. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Video and call police. There was a kid in our neighborhood doing this. Someone posted on NextDoor to see if anyone knew whose car it was. Other neighbors of course did. Someone talked to the parents, a police officer came to chat, and the kid posted something on Next Door promising to drive carefully. As much as I hate nextdoor, this type of situation has played out a couple of times in our neighborhood. I do think it's a great way to keep our young drivers in check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Will the city put in a speed bump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 LOL, I agree. I had to look hooning up. Based on the context, you won't be surprised. Dob I take to mean "turn in." Hoon activities can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts or screeching tyres. Those commonly identified as being involved in "hooning" or street racing are young and predominantly male, although increasingly female, drivers in the age range of 17 and 35 years. (Taken from Wikipedia) Correct. I didn't realise I had slipped into Australian. Dob is to tell on someone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) I am not sure what the local term is. I am not hip to what it is called here. Hooning does describe it and that would be a good term to adopt but stunting is probably the more likely term. I do want to try to get a video if he comes back. We finally caught the owner of the property and it was the on again off again boyfriend of her dd who is living there now. She asked right away what did he do and she is not impressed with this guy. He was not suppose to be staying there and she will talk to the dd. Edited July 10, 2017 by MistyMountain 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I am not sure what the local term is. I am not hip to what it is called here. Hooning does describe it and that would be a good term to adopt but stunting is probably the more likely term. I do want to try to get a video if he comes back. We finally caught the owner of the property and it was the on again off again boyfriend of her dd who is living there now. She asked right away what did he do and she is not impressed with this guy. He was not suppose to be staying there and she will talk to the dd. I'm glad you were able to speak with the property owner. Hopefully she will be able to do something to help. If nothing else, if you report the guy to the police, at least you will be able to say you tried to rectify the problem with the property owner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) Correct. I didn't realise I had slipped into Australian. Dob is to tell on someone. Y'know, we US people don't ever wonder if we've slipped into American. We just talk away. I'm glad you "slipped" into Australian. I hope you don't have to be conscious of your speech here. We can always find out what things mean and it's always good to increase one's vocab. I think I have heard dob before, maybe in a novel set in Ireland, but I'm not sure. Edited July 10, 2017 by marbel 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Y'know, we US people don't ever wonder if we've slipped into American. We just talk away. I'm glad you "slipped" into Australian. I hope you don't have to be conscious of your speech here. We can always find out what things mean and it's always good to increase one's vocab. I think I have heard dob before, maybe in a novel set in Ireland, but I'm not sure. Agreed! I love hearing the differences on here. Nothing shameful about regional slang, we will always just ask if we don't know and expect you to do the same :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Well I do make an effort to write in a way you all can understand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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