DISQUS

Kiki · 1 year ago

Oh my God. This makes my heart stop. And a feeling I've had once or twice on my street too.

Can I copy paste this to all the street signs?

Karoli · 1 year ago

By all means, please do. I'm just so tired of people who think they
are all-important, particularly when they're behind the wheel.

califmom · 1 year ago

We live on a street that is essentially a dead-end, but has 2 side streets the come into it. At the evening rush hour, commuters like to cut the signal by whipping down our street. Our neighborhood has reported it to the police so many times. They come hang out at the end and hide to catch the twerps, but it's still an issue, albeit a smaller one. If you haven't reported it, I would, especially since you know exactly who it is.

Karoli · 1 year ago

Out here in Camarillo, we are never right when it comes to the cops. When DG was run over while in the crosswalk, the cops said it was her fault, even though the driver himself admitted he wasn't looking and had no idea he'd run over anything or anyone until the other child started screaming.

For nine long years I have pushed our HOA to install speed bumps. the way our streets are configured, there are three short streets that join with one long straight. Some folks, like the idiot I wrote this to, view that long straight as a raceway to head down as fast as possible. sometimes they even burn rubber.

Cops don't intervene because it's private property. HOA has no will to fix it, even after I threatened to sue after DG was hit.

It's just completely frustrating, but this guy is beyond clueless.

califmom · 1 year ago

Ah, Camarillo. I spent a couple summers housesitting for my grandparents in Fillmore when I was in college. Small towns. Letter to the editor? As for the HOA, don't they make rubber speed bumps that are less expensive to install? I cannot believe their insurance allows them to go w/out the speed bumps. You must not have filed a claim against their insurance when DG was hit. Is that even up to code?

Karoli · 1 year ago

I did file a claim. It was denied after the police determined that a 5-year old in a crosswalk was somehow at fault for being run over by the driver of a very large van who already admitted fault. Yes, it's completely stupid, but after the police report was released there was very little that we could do. No leverage at all. And to make matters worse, the shrink we hired to handle HER PTSD turned us into the Child Protective Services for letting our kid "play in the street". No, seriously, it really happened like that.

That's one reason I 'm so rattled.

califmom · 1 year ago

Here, I found some speed bumps. They're damn cheap. I'd offer to donate a couple in honor of the neighborhood kids. http://snurl.com/speedbumps

Karoli · 1 year ago

Dang, those are cheap. Gonna take that page to the next meeting and push again.

califmom · 1 year ago

I know. Unbelievably inexpensive. A couple of bake sales would pay for one.

jptrenn · 1 year ago

There's no reason to not publish SOMETHING. Shit, publish his number. Email tome. I'll call him and tell him to slow down. Yes, I'll do it.

Simply blogging won't do it. You have to take bolder action.

Karoli · 1 year ago

I appreciate the offer, but I really don't publish personal info here...it's one of those principle things. Or at least, I don't do it without fair warning.

I did, however, send an edited version of this post to our local paper with the reference to the complex left in.

Liz Ditz · 1 year ago

Start taking videos of the testosterone behavior. With time stamps.

Karoli · 1 year ago

Yes, though this instance caught me completely and totally off guard.
I had a still camera (at least until I tossed the phone aside to
rescue the dog), but no video cam. Really, the guy just needs to get
a clue and take his damn foot off the gas.

WebPixie · 1 year ago

I wonder where police-type radar guns are sold:
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/20...

St. Joseph MO is about 60 miles north of Kansas City

Karoli · 1 year ago

I like that idea. :)