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jodyhighrola t1_iyd4621 wrote

>What can be done

Contact your elected officials, have others do the same. That's all you can do.

>Any tips?

Build a moat

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juwanna-blomie OP t1_iyd4f84 wrote

Maybe I should just build a sweet kicker ramp so speeders can fly over the house and land in the cushy grassy yard safely. I’ve literally never felt the need to do anything like this before and I lived on 2 major roads in a FAR more populated city with a LOT of accidents as well. This street is like a death trap lol.

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jodyhighrola t1_iyd6k9q wrote

Lots of awful road design here. Zero enforcement of traffic law. Emboldened smooth brained drivers

A cocktail for fuckery.

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juwanna-blomie OP t1_iyd98iy wrote

I have, with my own two eyes, seen a car run a blatant, solid red through an intersection, there were no other cars just me and this person, with a cop across the way, saw the cop speed up, follow the car and then just let them get on the highway and carry on with their day.

Meanwhile, one day pulling out of my parking space in a 25mph residential street, I “cut off” a cruiser going ever so slowly, and they stopped me and grilled me about it.

Seems like they only care if it personally adds to or takes from their day.

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10000Didgeridoos t1_iydcwbq wrote

At Horsepen and Monument the other day, a car in front of me made a left turn on red a solid two seconds after the light changed. Like we got to the front of the left turn lane when it turned, they paused for 2 seconds, then went anyway as the cars coming straight who now had green almost hit them. It wasn't even close.

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juwanna-blomie OP t1_iydecwm wrote

Insane. Yea I’m from Miami, so lots of accidents, lots of crazy drivers, generally higher speed limits. But you see FAR less of that going down in such popular areas, let alone areas that are KNOWN to be monitored heavily by police. People here drive this way because they KNOW they can get away with it 9/10 times.

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dreww4546 t1_iydf9os wrote

I always wanted a moat and drawbridge, but not sure I'm zoned for it.

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jodyhighrola t1_iydkfol wrote

If you build it, then code enforcement can't reach you. It's time to fortify.

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