Man sitting in car for hours in front of neighbors house

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor who leads the neighborhood watch program. His house sits at a point where he can see a lot of the street. If a situation like the one you describe happens he masks up, goes over to the car, knocks on the window (steps back 6 feet) and says in a very polite tone "hey there, do you need help or assistance?" He explains that we're a close neighborhood that watches out for each other. Most of the time it's someone making a call (better to park than to drive while distracted) or something equally innocent. Is it possible for one or two people to approach the car and ask?

WTH! It's none of his damn business what anyone is doing sitting in their car on a public street. This guy sounds like George Zimmerman 2.0.

Nope. He's not aggressive at all. He simply and politely asks if they need help. He doesn't grill them or chase them down. Calm down, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a food delivery person, wow, I won't sit in front of anyone else's house anymore between orders. No wonder I keep getting the cops passing me, slowing down and looking at me funny while I am legally parked on the side of the road checking my map or just taking a breather to eat my own food, especially in NW.

Maybe I should go sit in SE from now on? Is that what you want?

Signed,

A black female food delivery worker

If you’re parked there for three hours? Yeah, go do it somewhere else. If you’re parked for a half hour to look at your phone and eat lunch, fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor who leads the neighborhood watch program. His house sits at a point where he can see a lot of the street. If a situation like the one you describe happens he masks up, goes over to the car, knocks on the window (steps back 6 feet) and says in a very polite tone "hey there, do you need help or assistance?" He explains that we're a close neighborhood that watches out for each other. Most of the time it's someone making a call (better to park than to drive while distracted) or something equally innocent. Is it possible for one or two people to approach the car and ask?

This would be my exact approach if I did anything at all.

If the dude showed up a second day I would definitely ask what the deal is.

White woman here. If a man approached my window as I sat in my car (maybe I'm waiting for someone, maybe I'm on the phone, maybe I'm just escaping my house for 2 hours--absolutely none of his business) I would not acknowledge him. If he persisted, I would gesture to him to leave me alone one time. If he persisted again, that window would come down and he could expect a face full of mace. Please do not condone white men going around preying on innocent people sitting in their cars. Tell him sto stop that.

Someone offering assistance becomes someone "preying on innocent people" and deserves a face full of mace? You sound unstable. Escalation is not always the answer.

[Anonymous]

My god, I’m glad I live in NYC. The level of petty bullshit in the suburbs is out of control. Bunch of Gladys Kravitzes, so many of you are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor who leads the neighborhood watch program. His house sits at a point where he can see a lot of the street. If a situation like the one you describe happens he masks up, goes over to the car, knocks on the window (steps back 6 feet) and says in a very polite tone "hey there, do you need help or assistance?" He explains that we're a close neighborhood that watches out for each other. Most of the time it's someone making a call (better to park than to drive while distracted) or something equally innocent. Is it possible for one or two people to approach the car and ask?

This would be my exact approach if I did anything at all.

If the dude showed up a second day I would definitely ask what the deal is.

White woman here. If a man approached my window as I sat in my car (maybe I'm waiting for someone, maybe I'm on the phone, maybe I'm just escaping my house for 2 hours--absolutely none of his business) I would not acknowledge him. If he persisted, I would gesture to him to leave me alone one time. If he persisted again, that window would come down and he could expect a face full of mace. Please do not condone white men going around preying on innocent people sitting in their cars. Tell him sto stop that.

Someone offering assistance becomes someone "preying on innocent people" and deserves a face full of mace? You sound unstable. Escalation is not always the answer.

He’s not “offering assistance”, he’s demanding an explanation for her presence. After she indicated he should leave her alone, it rises to the level of harassment. I wouldn’t mace anyone, but I would take his photo so I could identify him later, should he continue to bother me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor who leads the neighborhood watch program. His house sits at a point where he can see a lot of the street. If a situation like the one you describe happens he masks up, goes over to the car, knocks on the window (steps back 6 feet) and says in a very polite tone "hey there, do you need help or assistance?" He explains that we're a close neighborhood that watches out for each other. Most of the time it's someone making a call (better to park than to drive while distracted) or something equally innocent. Is it possible for one or two people to approach the car and ask?

This would be my exact approach if I did anything at all.

If the dude showed up a second day I would definitely ask what the deal is.

White woman here. If a man approached my window as I sat in my car (maybe I'm waiting for someone, maybe I'm on the phone, maybe I'm just escaping my house for 2 hours--absolutely none of his business) I would not acknowledge him. If he persisted, I would gesture to him to leave me alone one time. If he persisted again, that window would come down and he could expect a face full of mace. Please do not condone white men going around preying on innocent people sitting in their cars. Tell him sto stop that.

Someone offering assistance becomes someone "preying on innocent people" and deserves a face full of mace? You sound unstable. Escalation is not always the answer.

He’s not “offering assistance”, he’s demanding an explanation for her presence. After she indicated he should leave her alone, it rises to the level of harassment. I wouldn’t mace anyone, but I would take his photo so I could identify him later, should he continue to bother me.

Put down the wine! How you get any of what you are saying from the original post is beyond me.

[Anonymous]

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IT IS ILLEGAL TO IDLE A CAR FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES AND 3 MINUTES IN MD AND DC, RESPECTIVELY. Except in less than 32 degree weather, if stopped in traffic or under mechanical failure.

In VA cars used for public service or for commercial purposes are not allowed to idle in residential areas.

Yeah, we can start with literally every police car out there.

When they stop idling, I’ll stop.

Those engines are actually made to idle longer than normal cars.

Ha ha ha ha ha. Who told you that? You realize they’re the same engine in everyday cars right? There are no special "cop engines"

Well, you're wrong. I couldn't remember what my friend called the engine on his mom's car, but looked up police cruiser engines. For calls them "Interceptor" engines today and called them that 55 years ago.

The "Interceptor" is the style name to differentiate them between the regular crown Vic and the police model. It’s not the name of the engine.
They have the same engine and transmission as the ones on the dealer lot. They have an oil cooler so they can run at high speed and different shift points in the transmission. Nothing to do with idling. Ford calls the car interceptor not the engine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor who leads the neighborhood watch program. His house sits at a point where he can see a lot of the street. If a situation like the one you describe happens he masks up, goes over to the car, knocks on the window (steps back 6 feet) and says in a very polite tone "hey there, do you need help or assistance?" He explains that we're a close neighborhood that watches out for each other. Most of the time it's someone making a call (better to park than to drive while distracted) or something equally innocent. Is it possible for one or two people to approach the car and ask?

This would be my exact approach if I did anything at all.

If the dude showed up a second day I would definitely ask what the deal is.

And when he told you to f**k off, what would you do? Call the cops?

Maybe. I mean, this isn't the Starbucks or a local park's parking lot - which, by the way, are both places that the cops might come and ask you what your deal is. This is a residential street. Part of asking someone what they are doing there in a situation like this is to let them know that people are observing their presence. This is not a foreign concept and we're not talking about someone sitting outside for a half hour or forty five minutes (also a long time) on a phone call or reading a book.

So someone is doing something legal, and not bothering anyone. You ask/demand to know what they are doing, which you have to right to require them to tell you. They, not very politely, refuse to tell you. And for that, you call the police?

This is the literal definition of a Karen. No different, at all, from the dog-walking woman in NYC.

It literally is not as that situation was completely and totally different.

For all of you who have never seen a neighborhood watch sign or heard of the concept, it is a thing. And not some terrible, nefarious thing. If someone tells me to fu*K off on my own street, where they are the ones behaving in an odd manner, yeah, I'm going to weigh whether I should call the police non-emergency line.

Some weirdo was following my teen/tween girls home from the bus stop last year. It was a neighbor that told me he saw the driver slow down and roll down his window to take a long look at my then 13 and 10 year olds. Neighbor walked behind my girls past his house to our house to make sure they got inside and stared the weirdo down as he quickly rolled up his window and left. He gave me a description of the car. If we had seen it again, cops would have been called.

#NoRegrets

[Anonymous]

The only difference between current police cars (called commercial/LE chassis pkg in the industry) and regular cars are: dual batteries, higher output alternator (both for powering more electronics found in LE vehicles) and a larger radiator and transmission cooler (for pursuits/chases

NP-Doesn't that have to do with cooling? Idling produces a lot of heat so a transmission cooler or larger radiator would absolutely help with over heating while idling. PP was being an ass.

[Anonymous]

The "Interceptor" is the style name to differentiate them between the regular crown Vic and the police model. It’s not the name of the engine.
They have the same engine and transmission as the ones on the dealer lot. They have an oil cooler so they can run at high speed and different shift points in the transmission. Nothing to do with idling. Ford calls the car interceptor not the engine.

NP- whatever, douche. Who TF cares about these greaseball details. Get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor who leads the neighborhood watch program. His house sits at a point where he can see a lot of the street. If a situation like the one you describe happens he masks up, goes over to the car, knocks on the window (steps back 6 feet) and says in a very polite tone "hey there, do you need help or assistance?" He explains that we're a close neighborhood that watches out for each other. Most of the time it's someone making a call (better to park than to drive while distracted) or something equally innocent. Is it possible for one or two people to approach the car and ask?

This would be my exact approach if I did anything at all.

If the dude showed up a second day I would definitely ask what the deal is.

White woman here. If a man approached my window as I sat in my car (maybe I'm waiting for someone, maybe I'm on the phone, maybe I'm just escaping my house for 2 hours--absolutely none of his business) I would not acknowledge him. If he persisted, I would gesture to him to leave me alone one time. If he persisted again, that window would come down and he could expect a face full of mace. Please do not condone white men going around preying on innocent people sitting in their cars. Tell him sto stop that.

And you would absolutely be spending that night in jail for assault and battery, until your court hearing the next day.

And that’s your best-case scenario. All other possible outcomes of assaulting people are even less pleasant than jail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My god, I’m glad I live in NYC. The level of petty bullshit in the suburbs is out of control. Bunch of Gladys Kravitzes, so many of you are.

I'm curious as to how you find this site? And I agree.

[Anonymous]

Are you my nosy neighbor? I saw this post on facebook too, it turns out it was just a husband waiting to pickup his wife who is a pod tutor.

[Anonymous]

I am surprised no one suggested calling a social worker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a neighbor who leads the neighborhood watch program. His house sits at a point where he can see a lot of the street. If a situation like the one you describe happens he masks up, goes over to the car, knocks on the window (steps back 6 feet) and says in a very polite tone "hey there, do you need help or assistance?" He explains that we're a close neighborhood that watches out for each other. Most of the time it's someone making a call (better to park than to drive while distracted) or something equally innocent. Is it possible for one or two people to approach the car and ask?

WTH! It's none of his damn business what anyone is doing sitting in their car on a public street. This guy sounds like George Zimmerman 2.0.

Nope. He's not aggressive at all. He simply and politely asks if they need help. He doesn't grill them or chase them down. Calm down, PP.

It's still none of his damn business. This entitlement is unreal!