Rewind to a week ago on Monday. A guy down the road from me (5 or 6 houses down) came over and accused my fiance of speeding past his house and endangering the lives of his grandkids. My fiance and I never exceed the speed limit for our subdivision because there are so many kids around that could dart out in the road and get hit. The kids that he is referring to routinely play in the road and cause a hazard for people driving through the subdivision. I have slowed down to 5 miles and hour and even had to stop in some instances because his grandkids will run out into the road or throw things into the road in front of the car.
When the guy came over to confront my fiance on her driving he didn't even talk to her he was yelling the whole time so loud that I could hear him in the living room of our brick house and they were in the backyard and our living room is at the front of our house. From what my fiance told me he threatened to call the cops next time she drove by his house and he thought she was speeding. I was sick with the flu so I could not go out and join in the conversation but needless to say it really upset my fiance because she did nothing wrong but follow the posted speed limit for our subdivision.
Yesterday 10/26/04
Our neighbor called the cops on us because he said once again that my fiance was speeding by his house. She never ever goes over the posted 25 mph speed limit. She even does under that 15-20mph since he said he would call the cops if he thought she was speeding. My fiance said that she was watching her speedometer as she passed his house because of the problems we've been having with him and she didn't even come close to going over 25.
The cop shows up and starts pounding on the door. My fiance goes out to speak with him since he doesn't want to talk to me he wants to talk to her. He proceeds to tell her that the neighbor called him and he's received several complaints from the neighbors of this guy saying that she was speeding down the road. (I know for a fact she wasn't because we just had a conversation the day before saying that we're going to go 5 mph under the speed limit just to avoid problems with this guy.) She tells the cop all of this and he doesn't believe her. He believes the guy down the road because he is older than us. (I'm 24 and she's 22 and he has to be in his late 50's) The cop tells my fiance that the next time he gets a call he is going to write her up for wreckless driving and endangerment. The cops have never came out and actually saw anything they are just going by what this neighbor is saying. Is there any truth to this? Can they write her a ticket even though they don't actually see her doing anything wrong? Is there anything we can do about the neighbors false accusations? It's going to keep getting worse and worse and I really think they are doing this to try and force us out of the neighborhood.
I am just sick of my fiance getting accused of things she's not doing. The guy needs to keep his kids out of the street and let the police take care of the law enforcement since he has no idea how fast 25mph actually is.
Added Cliff notes:
1. neighbor comes over yelling at my fiance for speeding but has no proof she was speeding and she wasn't since she always does the speed limit in our subdivision because there are so many kids around playing
2. neighbor calls the cops and the cops come over and threaten my fiance with a wreckless driving/endangerment ticket that she will have to go to court for on charges for speeding but produces no proof and does not even catch my fiance speeding. He is going on the word of one neighbor 5-6 houses down and his group of friends that live next to him.
When the guy came over to confront my fiance on her driving he didn't even talk to her he was yelling the whole time so loud that I could hear him in the living room of our brick house and they were in the backyard and our living room is at the front of our house. From what my fiance told me he threatened to call the cops next time she drove by his house and he thought she was speeding. I was sick with the flu so I could not go out and join in the conversation but needless to say it really upset my fiance because she did nothing wrong but follow the posted speed limit for our subdivision.
Yesterday 10/26/04
Our neighbor called the cops on us because he said once again that my fiance was speeding by his house. She never ever goes over the posted 25 mph speed limit. She even does under that 15-20mph since he said he would call the cops if he thought she was speeding. My fiance said that she was watching her speedometer as she passed his house because of the problems we've been having with him and she didn't even come close to going over 25.
The cop shows up and starts pounding on the door. My fiance goes out to speak with him since he doesn't want to talk to me he wants to talk to her. He proceeds to tell her that the neighbor called him and he's received several complaints from the neighbors of this guy saying that she was speeding down the road. (I know for a fact she wasn't because we just had a conversation the day before saying that we're going to go 5 mph under the speed limit just to avoid problems with this guy.) She tells the cop all of this and he doesn't believe her. He believes the guy down the road because he is older than us. (I'm 24 and she's 22 and he has to be in his late 50's) The cop tells my fiance that the next time he gets a call he is going to write her up for wreckless driving and endangerment. The cops have never came out and actually saw anything they are just going by what this neighbor is saying. Is there any truth to this? Can they write her a ticket even though they don't actually see her doing anything wrong? Is there anything we can do about the neighbors false accusations? It's going to keep getting worse and worse and I really think they are doing this to try and force us out of the neighborhood.
I am just sick of my fiance getting accused of things she's not doing. The guy needs to keep his kids out of the street and let the police take care of the law enforcement since he has no idea how fast 25mph actually is.
Added Cliff notes:
1. neighbor comes over yelling at my fiance for speeding but has no proof she was speeding and she wasn't since she always does the speed limit in our subdivision because there are so many kids around playing
2. neighbor calls the cops and the cops come over and threaten my fiance with a wreckless driving/endangerment ticket that she will have to go to court for on charges for speeding but produces no proof and does not even catch my fiance speeding. He is going on the word of one neighbor 5-6 houses down and his group of friends that live next to him.
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