Q: I want there was a simple approach to get our neighbors to cease rushing by our streets. Many individuals appear to have a mentality that after they go away their driveway, different homes are simply one thing to hurry previous.
I reside on a hill and need to take care of a parade of Teslas rushing down the road as we attempt to again out of our driveway. We’re simply annoyances who impede their trajectory from residence to 280.
Diana A., San Jose
A: Just a few years in the past, San Jose police held a sequence of neighborhood watch conferences, anticipating to listen to about many points. Overwhelmingly, the No. 1 grievance was drivers rushing on native streets.
The issue persists, and could be particularly distressing when the offenders are your neighbors. Some individuals put up plastic photographs of kids at play in an effort to get individuals to decelerate. Photograph radar may need been a partial resolution, however was discontinued throughout the Bay Space when authorized points arose.
Q: Chalk up one other catalytic converter theft, this one in San Leandro final week. Our 2001 Prius had virtually no greenback worth, however these idiots stole the converter anyway.
The Alameda County sheriff’s workplace took a report, however didn’t supply hope of getting it returned. My mechanic estimated $4,500 for the alternative half alone. The automotive will not be price that.
I believe it’s time to get robust on these sorts of thefts — like, no-parole, minimal one yr within the slammer, and repay the sufferer, with curiosity. Will we pay our cops to deal with these sorts of instances? Or do we'd like extra taxes to rent detectives to ferret out this scum?
Thieves will function unabated till there's large, sustained, unrelenting seize and punishment. Why will we coddle thieves? (I don’t even need to get into the brazen smash-and-grabs lately).
Mike Cheponis, Santa Clara
A: Police are getting harder in a number of cities and have performed stings on individuals who settle for stolen catalytic converters for the a whole lot of dollars they'll get once they promote them. Count on extra busts to occur if this downside persists, which is definitely doubtless.
Q: Right here’s one I by no means heard earlier than. A girl lately bought a used automotive from an area vendor and stored having to return it, complaining that a warning sound was repeatedly approaching. A number of makes an attempt did not reveal a trigger.
Lastly, a trip with the mechanic uncovered the rationale. The radar warning that she was too shut to things in entrance of her was going off as a result of she was following too carefully to the vehicles forward of her.
Myron Gananian, Menlo Park
A: Nice story. Hopefully she modified her driving.
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