photo of radar gun readout.

All of surfside has this issue. I feel your pain. The police need to make more of a presence. I hope you called to report the plate.

You get a nice big piece of wood with a bunch of nails in it and make your own spike strips. When they come down the street, slide it under their tires. Problem fixed. Of course you could follow and confront them. I'd be willing to do it!

spiked wood? Wouldn't the possibly cause a blow out and flip over ? I would think the could be very dangerous too. I would call the police as well. FYI there is no photo.

The police department has a traffic sheet to hit problem areas in the city. The best way to handle this is to give a time frame for officers to be in the area at that time. Do not damage vehicles or confront the people because that usually leads to additional problems.

Hopefully this picture posts....I think the NH is holding it back. It's not that hard to upload.

The police department has spoke with the driver of both of the vehicles and they were advised of their driving and the department can't do much else except watch the area. Contact the department if you have new and specific complaints.

Thanks lreik!!! Saw the comments about spikes etc.....nothing going on around here. That just makes the problem worse, and can even cause a more serious injury. Noticed a bit more police presence around, but no radar. At least there's a presence around and that may help a bit. Hopefully these kids learned a lesson BEFORE someone got hurt......that's all we can hope for.

Guess the "speaking to" did not work. The Black Camaro just did about 80 MPH 7 time in 15 min. down E. Overlook. There is no time frame for this kid. Assign an officer back here in an un-marked unit so he does not see a marked car and GIVE THE KID A TICKET!!!!!! Enough with the Warnings Tell your officers to put pen to paper and protect the people of the city they work for!!!!

E Overlook resident please call the station to speak with mer about this matter.

Chief L Reik
951-1400

Not going to bother calling. I live near the intersection of E. Overlook and Clearway. The amount of people chiming in on this matter should be enough.

I live on Riverdale and this kid rocks the street at least 3-4 times a day. It is never at the same time. Please stop this piece of trash punk before a child gets killed. Or is that what you are waiting for???

I would like to address this. If I could get a good address for the person in question and the best time to try to catch him in the act that would help tremendously. The Police department wants to help but we need addtional information to help resolve this situation. You do not have to leave your name.

Chief Larry Reik
440 951-1400 ext-224

Why do you need a good address for the person in question? You said your officers have spoken to the person!!! Have your officers do some police work and get this kid, that is why the citizens of Eastlake pay taxes.We should not have to do the work for you or your officers.

Hopefully the next officer that stops him will give a ticket instead of a, "speaking to".

What I was trying to do is open a direct line of dialogue rather than using faceless communication over a open site. The first post on this was around three months ago and the young adult in question who was "spoken to" on July 9th was issued tickets on Aug 19th and Aug 30th. The reason he was "spoken to" the first time is when there is no on view violation from an officer a citation can't be written. This problem was not ignored we have just been trying to resolve this situation while trying to get the help of the neighborhood that is affected. I also wanted to ensure there was only one vehicle that was being discussed.
When we have more specific information we can target this area as well as other problem areas in the city with the officers available. It would be a poor utilization of "your tax dollars" to have an officer stationed for 24 hours in hopes of getting one reckless driver. I was only trying to relay some information that would help not release the department for the responsibility of this problem.

Chief Reik

Chief Reik,
1. We do not need a dialogue. We need results.
2. After speaking with the young adult once and issuing two tickets, what more specific information or help do you need from the neighborhood ?
3. No there is not just one vehicle involved. Cars and motorcycles seem to think it's OK to drive fast in Surfside. And stop signs are optional back here.
4. At no time did anyone ask you to post an officer back here for 24 HOURS in hopes of getting one driver.
5. You gave this kid two tickets. You know were he lives. We gave you descriptions , locations and a picture. Get the job done.

He's back doing it again!!! He went around a bus on Friday the 3rd. that was going slow. To make it worse I have not seen a police presence in surfside anymore. I guess it's time to take it into our own hands so our kids are safe coming home from school. Wonder what this driver is going to do when he has stuff throwen at his car by the two other mothers and I who wait for our kids. Time will tell.....

Yep, he'll have that car piled up this year sometime acting like that. I've seen him out in other cities. But, Eastlake PD are aware, I've spoken to them. Just keep reporting it and keep this dialogue open.

It has been a bit quiet around here, with EPD patrols. On a nice day, after school, there's a red Mazda with school kids in it that likes to fly West to East on S. Lakeshore. And today....we had a silver Honda Civic Hatchback, license FEL 7252, run 5 stop signs as he 'drifted' right through the intersections in the snow.

Ya, its real interesting around here on a nice sunny day after school. Just teach the kids how to be aware of cars and what they sound like when they are accelerating....they gotta get up a driveway, clear of the sidewalk.