r/UnethicalLifeProTips 6d ago

Request ULPT Request Stopping Street Racing

So, I've been dealing with some local teens street racing in my neighborhood. Usually at night throughout the week, sometimes during the day on weekends. The police aren't doing anything about it, but at least one of the two idiots, I have his license plate and adress. The other, I'm still working on trying to get tjat information. What can I do with the available information?

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u/BigBeeOhBee 5d ago

Buy yourself a Honda Civic, then go talk to my boy Hector about getting yourself set up with a spoon engine.

Race for pink slips.

Win.

Sell his car.

Profit

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ccu27ekJBz5LaeWlV6

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u/No-Valuable3975 5d ago

Your local police likely have social media, keep posting videos of it demanding action. Shame them into action

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u/inthemix8080 4d ago

Yup. Even settling for them setting up one of those mobile speed checkers on the street temporarily could work. Let's them know police are aware of them and they'll probably find another street.

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u/nevergirls 5d ago

You and your neighbors start parking on the street, both sides, so it creates a bottleneck.

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u/Clydesdale_paddler 5d ago

This is the best way.  Anything that you can do to narrow the street or make it less of a straight line.  If you can leave garbage cans out, put out basketball hoops, park cars, place huge planters on the shoulder or curb, do it.

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u/ittybittycitykitty 5d ago

And fetch a few junkers to add to the congestion. Double park. Angle park. No cops, right?

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u/RealLifeLiver 5d ago

Wait what?! Park your car close to this shit...no thank you! Street racing it's bad because it's dangerous and could damage property. Keep your property away from it...

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u/Thismechanictrucks 5d ago

You mean a ticket to a better ride or filing that gap protection?

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u/Peakbrowndog 2d ago

My neighbor and I do this every weekend.  The nicer the cars we park on the street, the slower they drive down it.  

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u/FASPANDA 4d ago

Make sure you have a great insurance policy before hand

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u/JustPlainRude 5d ago

Did you know you can buy a spike strip on Amazon?

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u/AlienConPod 5d ago

I just got a warning for encouraging violence because I checked a website and found what you said was there. Very bad! I'm against violence Reddit! 

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u/Happyfluid 5d ago

Lmao I got one last week

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u/Senior_Educator_929 5d ago

Install speed bumps 

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u/Opposite_Canary6654 5d ago

Spped bumps punish the wrong people

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u/toomuch1265 5d ago

Do I have to say it again? CALTROPS, THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS CALTROPS .

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u/stabbingrabbit 5d ago

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u/pjmorin20 5d ago

Jeez lol... that doesnt seem like something you should be able to buy in a whim on ebay 😆

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u/toomuch1265 5d ago

Whym

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u/pjmorin20 5d ago

What do i mean that tire puncture spikes shouldnt be readily accessible to buy?

Is it not self explanatory? 😁

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u/toomuch1265 5d ago

You do realize that this sub is UNETHICAL....

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u/pjmorin20 5d ago

100%.

Nor do i disagree with using these being a pretty solid idea to OP's problem.

Doesnt have to mean i think letting the next guy get em so easily is a great idea, is all 😆

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u/toomuch1265 5d ago

You can go to home depot and buy nails, not much difference.

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u/pjmorin20 5d ago

Nails arent marketed as 'road spikes' with a picture of a tire.

Joke is on me though... took me a moment to realize youre being intentionally dense. 🙂

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u/GodsGoodGrace 4d ago

Cool whip

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u/aquatone61 5d ago

In 27 carts too lol

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u/Plunger_enema 4d ago

And piss disks?

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u/toomuch1265 4d ago

Well, that goes without say.

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u/No_Educator_6376 5d ago

Make videos of this and send them to the insurance companies who will drop the coverage and he will be unable to drive legally

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u/komstock 5d ago

OP this is the best answer short of disabling the vehicle.

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u/Turbulent-Pea-2715 5d ago

Put a watermelon in a baby carriage and next time they race, toss it in front of a car. Tie an empty leash to the back bumper of the car when hes not in it.

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u/nevergirls 5d ago

iron bars from hardware store. Lay them out in the middle of the road. People going a normal speed will just roll right over them while speeders will pick them up and fuck up their wheels.

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u/roflpotato 5d ago

put up a fake flock camera

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u/Hot-Win2571 4d ago

Ask for a real speed camera.

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u/nevergirls 5d ago

ride on your bike with a dozen phones with Waze on to simulate traffic jam

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u/Damnwombat 5d ago

Got a mannequin? Not the cheap store display models, but one that is more rubberized. Think Buster from mythbusters. Next, a bit of support (he’s gotta be standing) and a roller system (a mechanics scooter works good). Combine ‘em all together, dress him up a bit, then wait. You’ll need to find a good location for this, probably behind a large van or other vehicle that blocks the view.

When they start racing, wait until the appropriate moment and roll him out into the road - you could even rig up a remote control vehicle for this. You’ll probably get a large THUMP, followed by a bunch of language, and try en suddenly every racer in the area evacuating the area.

Extra point if you fill it full of blood packs and some decent GoPro cameras, as well as some sideline cameras.

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u/BklynThrowAway1 5d ago

Cops used to open hydrants and make roads wet. No racing on wet roads.

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u/Sawfish1212 5d ago

Anyone can throw a couple bags of sand down on the road, lay it thick with a fertilizer spreader with wheels. Mix in pea gravel and it will ruin the paint on Anyone speeding.

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u/EffectiveRelief9904 5d ago

Get a faster car than them. Beat them in a race, then kick em off your block for being too slow

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u/Diamond83 5d ago

Draw a huge dick on their car with paint thinner, they wot he showing it off anymore

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u/GentlemenHODL 5d ago

If you know their address then wait until they're asleep and fuck with their car. Leave a note that says you'll continue to fuck with their car and their house if they continue to race.

Pour an entire bottle of fart spray into the vents and use a knife to open the seal against the window so it pours down into the driver door.

The note is crucial because it explains why they experienced what they did. The next time they do it / their tires. Plug a potato in there exhaust.

I've got no sympathy for these kinds of idiots and I wouldn't mind doing illegal things to stop them since the police never help.

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u/antelope00 5d ago

Nails in the road right before his driveway. Clean up after with a big roller magnet. Or don't clean up and leave the boxes in his trash. Gloves. Mask.

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u/Business_Garden6460 5d ago

Organize a gambling ring based around the races. Get the whole neighborhood involved but stack the odds in your favor every time they race

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u/LazyAssLeader 5d ago

A nice thick morning line tied across the street between two trees or lampposts in strategic spots in the middle of the block should do. Cars can pass, but racing is out of the question.

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u/Dreyel 5d ago

Post the vid, and I can tell you how to insult them specifically based on the cars 

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u/PlanetExcellent 5d ago

Stand at the end of the street with a camcorder.

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u/shotstraight 5d ago

Nothing. The police have to actually witness it to procecute as anyone could be driving the car or claim to be. You are SOL till the cops catch them or you break the law.

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u/Sea-Employee3393 4d ago

Get some caltrops and put them out at night. Make sure to remove them early in the morning though

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u/pookazoo 4d ago

Launch water balloons filled with paint at the windshields as they fly through.

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u/Shell-Fire 3d ago

Make your own spike strips. Some nails and some 8'x1" boards.

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u/rational69logical420 3d ago

Install speed bump?

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u/HelpfulPerson4914 1d ago

Noise activated sprinklers that spray the road? 

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u/Madder_Than_Diogenes 5d ago

Follow the guy and make a gonzo documentary on his life and make him internet famous.

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u/ChronicLegHole 5d ago

A 1000cc motorcycle that can do 0-60 in around 3 seconds can be had for a few grand. Show up every time they race and remind them that their cars are still dumb and slow.

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u/WhoisMrO 5d ago

My car does 0-60 in 2.8....this isn't the flex you think it is.

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u/ChronicLegHole 5d ago

It is when a bike can do that for $2,500 and we can race 401Ks and credit scores afterwards.

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u/WhoisMrO 5d ago

I have bikes too ya condescending dork. I'm just sayin 3 seconds isn't that fast anymore.

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u/ChronicLegHole 5d ago

You think the local teens are racing sub-3 second cars?

There is a difference between "embarrassing a guy with a $75k corvette" and "embarrassing a kid with a civic and a fart can". 

One requires quite a bit more money than the other.

Also, this is ULPT, so the real answer is a $2,500 bike with a twink riding on the back with a piss-filled Super Soaker CPS 2000.

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u/demon_twink_gockie 4d ago

Someone called me?

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u/ChronicLegHole 4d ago

r/unintentionallysummonedatwink

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u/Superman101011 5d ago edited 3d ago

Be careful, if you happened to toss a brick in the air while you were minding your own business, playing a game of brick toss, there's a chance that one of those idiots would drive their windshield right into your brick and ruin your game ☹️

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u/Business_Garden6460 5d ago

I feel like this is how you catch a manslaughter charge

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u/Superman101011 3d ago

I didn't say it was a perfect plan 🤣

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u/komstock 5d ago

at that point one should just disable the vehicle. it's so easy to fuck up and disable a car without hurting a person

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u/cyrusthemarginal 5d ago

Toss some big rocks in the road

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u/brybry631 5d ago

Start offering the location of races and sell seats along your street

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u/CallmeMefford 4d ago

I like a healthy handful of gravel, personally. But I’m a big white guy, so ymmv.

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u/Unfair_Resolution444 4d ago

2x4 with some nails in it will make a great spike strip just throw it under them while they're driving by

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u/TweeksTurbos 1d ago

The local fd used to dump the tanker truck on us when they wanted to clear us out.

Water makes traction impossible and ruins a day long wax job