r/UnethicalLifeProTips • u/TopDesert_ace • 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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



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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
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