This has been going off and on for two and a half years. I live in Virginia. I am a 20ish woman and live with my 50ish parents and late teenaged brother.
About two and a half years ago I had to move back in to my parents house because my partner and I broke up and I couldnt afford rent. The first day I moved in, a white truck followed me down the road about three minutes after, stopped in front of our house, the men inside stared for a bit, went down a little further and turnwd around. I thought it was strange, and my dad swore under his breath at the sight of them. Apparently our neighbors on "the turn" do it every time they see a new vehicle in our neighborhood. They go find where its parked, and tell the driver they were going too fast.
Apparently before they had moved in and asked everyone if they could drive slowly because they have kids. Thats cool. My parents understood. Then it turned into pestering every other week about driving too fast. My dad politely informed him that the speed limit is 25, and our family goes 15-20 mph. This guy says he knows we go faster and it's way too fast.
It came to a head when my mom drove home from her college class one night, around 11pm. This guy followed her home and confronted her on the porch. She told him to fuck off, but he was clearly drunk or high (driving 5 miles under the speed limit is too dangerous, but under the influence is A okay). She went in and got my dad, who in no uncertain terms told him its never okay to follow a woman home at 11 pm, and that if he ever did it again our neighbor would have my dad to deal with. He also informed him that his and his family were to never set foot on our property again.
That's why they stopped when they realized I lived with my dad and they were afraid to give me "the talk".
I wish that was the end of it. They claim its because of their kids, but who lets their toddler play in the road at 11 at night? He has a company vehicle, and his daughter (the mother of the kids), has a nice car. I think they dont like the dust from the dirt road. Hes frequently out spraying the road with his garden hose, like four times a week at least. My dad says apparently they have a chemical you can mix and spray to cut down the dust? Anyway, they eventually called our hoas security on everyone on the road for speeding. Its a small town, the security guy is related to my dad somehow, and asked for the real story. He went back and informed our neighbor that the speed limit was 25, deal with it, no one is breaking any law but him by following people home.
About a year ago, his daughter decided she was going to take matters into her own hands. I was driving around the turn, and she was coming the opposite way in her nice little car. I slowed down to get over because its a narrow road. She jerked it over onto my side, and I had to go halfway into the grass just to avoid the collision. I was bewildered, stopped, and she refused to move. She rolled down her window and starts screaming obscenities and telling me she was sick of me driving too fast. Her kid was in the front seat, by the way. I wasnt ready to deal with a family that followed my car home, so I rolled up my window and drove my car all the way onto the grass and around her. Then went to work. I immediately bought dash cams for myself and my family and had it installed before I drove home. I told my dad what had happened and everyone got the dash cams installed. We talked about it and decided the best course of action would be to wait until we had footage, because we had no proof of what had happened. Afterward they would scream and waive their arms every time we drove by. My mom called security anyway and they stopped their antics for a while.
They have a bloodhound too. During the calm, I drove by and it was running loose. They let it out all the time and I'm afraid to walk my dog anywhere near. I slowed down to a roll not to hit it, and I had my window down and my arm out of the window. It jumped up and tried to snap at my arm. I dont slow down for that dog any more. It scares me and I keep my windows up. I still avoid it tho, because its not the dogs fault his owner is an idiot.
Anyway, two nights ago they started again. I was coming home and one of them had just pulled out. My car has been in the shop, so I borrowed our little used SUV. It was dark, but I believe it was the daughter. They backed out into the middle of the road, and I stopped to give them time to finish. Then she parked it in the middle again and sat there. The cab light turned on because she was opening the door. I slowly (very slowly) took the SUV into the ditch and drove around because I refuse to deal with that crazy. To be clear, she hadnt gotten out, and I gave the widest radius I could. I was still on my side and nowhere near hitting her. And being the little used SUV it was the one. Fricken. Vehicle. That didnt have a dash cam (now amended).
Yesterday my parents and brother were driving by and they were standing by the road. They went ballistic and just started screaming, trying to get them to pull over and wave them down.
No one in my family has ever had to call the police for more than a fender bender or minor property damage. How should we proceed? I doubted myself at first, so I now watch my speedometer. I'm always going about 15. Ive watched my parents too. They do the same. My brother does about 20, and I have fussed at him for the kids sake, but we certainly aren't going over the speed limit.
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