ULPT: How can I quietly deter cars from using my dead‑end street after dark?

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bacardipirate13@reddit

If your a guy I would trying standing outside naked

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Isn’t that illegal (Sorry if this joke flew over my head… just I’ve had a Friend get put on the sex offender list because another pedophile that just got released from prison was mad at his life situation, decided to stumble upon my friend going to the bathroom in the woods, RECORDED IT and reported it to the police)

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bacardipirate13@reddit

Personally, I wouldn't say anything unless he was hard AND had lube

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Past_Page_4281@reddit

Double check if you're a guy though

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TheWienerMan@reddit

and hard

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_metroGnome@reddit

username checks out

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annarchisst@reddit

https://i.redd.it/ohwnar62mtef1.gif

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CookieWifeCookieKids@reddit

Bright lights and cameras.

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PastyMcClamerson@reddit

300 watt LED floodlight.

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LemmeTellULikeThis@reddit

This a more a sub for the for the ppl that shoot bright light and camera with BB gun

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BeerAndTools@reddit

You just brought a bb gun to a laser fight.

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LemmeTellULikeThis@reddit

Which one you think will shoot an eye 👁️ out faster

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Lycurgus5@reddit

Best suggestion thus far. If nothing else, it's a deterrent. ....now the OP can stop trying to collect fresh fox piss.

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CookieWifeCookieKids@reddit

Personally I’d start by infiltrating the crew. Gotta do it right, you know.

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Snicklefraust@reddit

for real, get a cheap lamp from somewhere and just light the place up. make it so bright its uncomfortable to hang out there. motion detector is better, if the wait it out, it will flash them once they move again.

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hoolio9393@reddit

Well there is load o suction at that dark place now u know

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Lemfan46@reddit

Also, add a chalk outline of a body in the middle of where they hang out.

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therinse@reddit

A box of nails strewn about, but it depends on how busy the end of the dead end is duringthe rest of the day. Potential collateral damage.

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Dorsai56@reddit

Wrong subreddit, but see if the police or the city will install a streetlight down at the end of the street. Being lit up will discourage at least some of it. Pester your city councilman or something.

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Aetheldrake@reddit

If you're gonna do that you gotta make it sound like they're doing something sketchy and dangerous. Just hanging out in their cars at some abandoned place like losers? Not important. Hearing little kids crying after some adults screaming at them to shut up? That'll get a lot of attention Dont bother with trying to say they're drug addicts or something. They won't *actually* care about that. But if you make it sound like they're doing bad things to kids *and do it at a public meeting of theirs so other citizens can hear about it* then they'll have little choice but to really crack down

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Exciting_Vast7739@reddit

Now we're closer to an unethical solution! The proper and most unethical way to implement this is to either seduce or blackmail members of the local city council (or maintenance department) in order to obtain favors (more police patrols, streetlights, cameras, parking enforcement).

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IntroductionNeat2746@reddit

Also, if he makes it sound like they're having lgbt orgies there, a bunch of conservatives will suddenly care.

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lightspeedissueguy@reddit

The power company will install free street lamps if you have above ground power

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Lemonbear63@reddit

Throw a water balloon filled with Fox urine at their cars. Alternatively, paint ball gun

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Gn0mmad@reddit

this guy out here throwing paintball guns at cars

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Gen_JohnsonJameson@reddit

Caltrops.

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Mm2k@reddit

Get pylons and rent a backhoe and get a pile of dirt and pretend there’s construction.

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dj_boy-Wonder@reddit

Go buy your own “no through road” sign and put it up… just whack on some high vis when you go to install it, the city will never notice

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Tao-of-Mars@reddit

Hide somewhere and make disturbing noises while they’re partying. Make them wonder where the sounds are coming from and just scare the living crap out of them. They won’t be back.

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Tao-of-Mars@reddit

u/frosty_albatross_727 when I was in college and my upstairs neighbors in a duplex would party in the wee hours of the night, I would hit the alert button on my car to sound my alarm for a couple seconds and repeat if they didn’t settle down. It worked 100% of the time because it drew attention to them. This will suffice until you can get your city people to put some sort of lightpost in.

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Tao-of-Mars@reddit

You can also buy fake cameras to put up. Some sort of really sensitive motion floodlight is a really good idea.

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BugBugRoss@reddit

Retrofit a cheap automatic air freshener device with your favorite flavor of Amazon's finest odor of the Ass. Set to motion sensor mode and hide them upwind.

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The_best_is_yet@reddit

camoflage yourself and squirt some liquid ass on their cars everytime someone shows up. it may take a few nights of doing this but with enough initial effort they will probably give up.

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Valpo1996@reddit

Call the police that there appears to be someone looking suspicious.

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Remarkable_Hyena_924@reddit

Glitter

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Slartibartfastthe2nd@reddit

Start leaving some rotting fish or chicken around where it will be too unpleasant for them to hang out there.

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YvASnIL@reddit

punaise et ou vis clous dtordus

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KingBooRadley@reddit

Solar streetlights are quite cheap now. Put several around where the cars park. Should do the trick

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Illustrious_Egg_1837@reddit

Have an electrician install ‘motion-sense’ spot lights on your house, that light up, when a car us in biew. They drive up, and park, and light comes on stays on.

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Illustrious_Egg_1837@reddit

Get /put up a sign: Parked vehicles will be towed. Or, complain to your town, or hoa, and have them put up sign. Ought to be able to buy one, on Amazon, that looks official.

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sparesomechange20@reddit

Even better but not quiet.. save some 4th of july fireworks and let a few off nearby

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sparesomechange20@reddit

U set off your audible car alarm..and leave it blarinh from inside your home...until the car gets the "vibe" and leaves

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sparesomechange20@reddit

If car doesnt leave. U walk outside with flashlight and look around your car meanwhile suspiciously shining light on guy parked there

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toomuch1265@reddit

How many times do I have to say "CALTROPS "

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Few-Reputation-4266@reddit

any suggestion ?

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toomuch1265@reddit

Amazon, Ebay. If you have any friends who are welders, they can make you a few dozen.

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TraumaticSarcasm@reddit

get a clown costume and just walk around the street motion activated sprinkler set up a projector to play gay porn

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mailer_mailer@reddit

spikes once enough tires blow out they'll stop showing up

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firebreathingbunny@reddit

Calthrops

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ItPutsLotionOnItSkin@reddit

Banjo music in the background

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lawrencelearning@reddit

Few options: - bright light pointing out to the street - liquid ass - stand outside your house with a tiki torch staring

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FlipMyWigBaby@reddit

Worked on a street like this. It needs better signage: a good old fashioned reflective Big: “DEAD END” sign. My work office dead end street (we were at end, with perfect view) only had a small “No Outlet” sign or something like that, totally ineffective, about 10-15 cars per hour made U-Turns due to mistakenly reaching this dead end turnaround. It was silly. I was tempted to guerilla install a big DEAD END sign myself, but office closed down soon thereafter.

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slsockwell@reddit

I think OP was saying that cars come to hang out, not that they get lost, but this couldn’t hurt

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Tronracer@reddit

Neighborhood watch and DEAD END sign combo!

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Sullyville@reddit

Do they leave their cars? Do they play music? Do they hang out with their windows down? Do they walk around? Do they smoke? Give me some more details please.

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ample_space@reddit

A motion tracking floodlight.

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Stoked_Otter@reddit

A bucket of roofing nails scattered around on the ground will put an end to it.

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FreshCut007@reddit

Make sure you pick them up after. Look up “magnetic broom”.

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baldieforprez@reddit

Roof nails tend to be aluminum 😆

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FreshCut007@reddit

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zendrovia@reddit

Poo spray

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nayrwolf@reddit

Surströmming- fermented herring. It is one of the worst smelling things on earth. Get some cans of this and spread it around the area they hang out. Wear clothes you don’t mind burning because the smell. And don’t get it on you. It lingers. When they arrive they will leave quickly. When it wears off (if ever) and they return repeatedly just spread another can. Enjoy your quiet dead-end.

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GaryTurbo@reddit

Sign that says danger

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Creative_Shame3856@reddit

Did you know you can buy tranquilizer dart guns online, with no background check? Darts too, but you're on your own for the actual tranquilizer. But I'm thinking hot sauce might be more effective at long term deterrence. Pneu-dart is the company you're looking for, if you're looking. I said nothing. I wasn't here. We never met.

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x42f2039@reddit

Just start taking potshots at them with a suppressed .22

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Salty-Ambition9733@reddit

Throw a few caltrops out after 9 pm

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probably_beans@reddit

I feel bad for the local night shift guys

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Efficient-Damage-449@reddit

Roofing nails

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probably_beans@reddit

Classical music.

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710forests@reddit

leave out raw meat to attract coyotes

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rvasshole@reddit

I learned about these cool things called caltrops recently

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imabetaunit@reddit

Cars be like that. They go wherever they feel like it. It’s getting out of control.

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SnooCupcakes7018@reddit

Trays of stagnant water turn it into a mosquito pit.

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Flowers_By_Irene_69@reddit

Get together with your neighbors and plan a way to block the entrance to your street with your own cars.

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Shell-Fire@reddit

Leave boxes/buckets of standing water. Mosquitoes will do the work for you.

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Dorsai56@reddit

That's actually kind of a genius idea. Cut the top off of gallon milk jugs, use old plastic wash basins, etc. put a couple of inches of water in the bottom and spread them around the area. Rain will refill them.

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trashme8113@reddit

Dress in a yellow robe, give out daisies, and ask if they have time to talk about jesus.

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403Olds@reddit

Smells plus flyers from Planned Parenthood

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Cuneus-Maximus@reddit

Blast 'Never Gonna Give You Up' or some other annoying song on repeat so they can hear it.

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Frosty_Albatross_727@reddit (OP)

the area is like bit far to for me and to vague, used to be a park , but now its abandoned

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FreshCut007@reddit

A high-powered motion-activated spotlight is actually a good idea. It’ll make the area less attractive to them. They clearly go there to not be seen. If they’re young, play some high frequency tones that only young people can hear.

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Cuneus-Maximus@reddit

So go with dumping piss and shit to make it unbearable to hang out there.

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Mango106@reddit

Or, you could get shot.

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_My_Angry_Account_@reddit

Trebuchet time...

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redthump@reddit

Pellet gun. Shoot out all their tail lights. Let the cops come run them off and ticket to them

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VixenTraffic@reddit

Motion activated sprinkler.

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-Bob-Barker-@reddit

couple of boxes of roofing nails, accidently spilled, of course.

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Pumpkin_Pie@reddit

Throw nails in the road If you never drive there

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Creative_Standard_10@reddit

I've been in this scenario before. Your mileage may vary. 1. It sounds like this is either drug or sex related. If you wanna be that person...call in complaints as it relates to those concerns. And keep doing so. 2. My personal favorite was always blasting death metal or porn loud as fuck outside as close to the person or vehicle being a turd as possible. 3. Keep calling the police until they get the drift. The people showing up. Under the guide of noise complaints or drug dealing or whatever. 4. Invest in noice cancelling earphones and white noise machines and black out your windows. 5. Start dancing around their cars while playing death metal or porn on a speaker while recording yourself. Been there done that. Depends on how far you wanna go and what it takes to get your desired outcome. 6. Less than legal means. This isn't easy to sort. Why ask reddit. You got this. Without doing something that is a felony.

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Interesting_Whole_44@reddit

Motion flood lights and some dead fish thrown around

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Best-Structure62@reddit

Buy a burned out car from a scrap yard and park it on one end of the dead end.

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Dutchboy347@reddit

I remember back in the mid 2000s there used to be loud parties across the street from me. I bought a BB sniper with blood red paintball and used to fire a few rounds at them. Nobody hung out and had parties there anymore. They had cops sit outside at all times 🤣🤣

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Skeggy-@reddit

Do you have lawn sprinklers? Point them in that area.

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Frosty_Albatross_727@reddit (OP)

they stay inside the car

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Skeggy-@reddit

That’s fine. Still do it.

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YouArentReallyThere@reddit

Bright lights, loud (shitty) music and the stench of shit, rotten garbage and fox urine will work wonders. A handheld spotlight aimed at the operators whilst filming.

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