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So this is way off topic for the type of forum, but I thought at least a couple of people around would have more legal knowledge than I about how to deal with, and hopefully put an end to, some extremely dangerous drivers I have on my street. Before you post, please realize I am in the US, specifically the state of Alabama. State laws vary greatly so I don't expect an exact answer, just general advice. Let give a few observed examples: 1) The stop sign runner. Not even a 'california rolling stop'. Not even a slight drop in speed. To this guy, the stop sign isn't there. And neither are pedestrians. He's nearly hit ME a couple of times, and I've talked to a few neighbors, who have the same experience. One other says they were out walking, with their child riding their bike in front of them, when this negligent monster who has no regard for human life came careening through and, as I was told, came within mere inches of making ketchup out of their child. 2) Mr. 'Must use every drop of fuel possible to accelerate down a hill'. Every evening at around 9pm, this black Chevrolet truck turns off of the main road, and comes running down the hill into the neighborhood at full throttle. I am not exaggerating at all. FULL. THROTTLE. I think he's screwing with the little speed radar the city placed on our street, because I've seen it display 92mph one evening. NINETY TWO. MILES PER HOUR. RESIDENTIAL STREET. 3) The burnout *censored*. Some high school punk with a cruddy sounding old Honda Civic loves to pull out of his drive. Stop to smoke and scream the front tires for like a whole minute and then finally launch it to the end of the street. Speed estimated at about 60mph. My neighborhood is mostly pretty quiet. A lot of elderly folk. But we do have these young idiots, people my age, who just seem to have no regard whatsoever for the peace and safety of anyone else. I know my first move would be to get with the other neighbors, and perhaps come up with a petition of sorts. Last time the stop sign runner almost hit me, I got his tag number and called the police. They came down and said they couldn't do anything about it. Okay so what can I and hopefully a band of good neighbors do about it? (besides criminal activity)