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Sometimes people think of the speed limit as a suggestion instead of a law. For example, if the speed limit is 60 miles per hour, you might find people going faster than the speed limit and treating it more as a minimum speed suggestion, but would there ever be a time when you’d actually want to drive significantly slower than the speed limit?

In this story, one person lives in a neighborhood where a lot of people like to walk on the neighborhood streets. For that reason, he almost always drives slower than the speed limit. However, he has one neighbor who claims he’s still not driving slow enough.

Is the neighbor right, or is he complaining about nothing?

Keep reading for all the details.

AITA for driving through my neighborhood at the speed limit?

Late last year, I had to move in with my parents due to financial issues, and was finally going to move out back in March but COVID hit and put a halt on everything so I’m still here.

We live in a small neighborhood in a beach community, so most people are pretty laid back.

Unless it’s raining, I’m guaranteed to see people out walking their dogs or riding their bikes through the neighborhood.

Speeding isn’t an option.

The speed limit in the neighborhood is 25mph.

I never speed through the neighborhood.

Like I said, there are almost always people around, and I don’t wanna hit anyone.

I’m usually driving 20-25mph, sometimes I’ll slow to 15 if there’s a large group walking down the road.

How slow does this guy want him to go?

One guy, who lives down the street from me, seems to think I am flying down the road at all times.

I’ve had three interactions with him so far.

The first was a couple months ago. He was standing in the middle of the road, having a conversation with someone in a car that had been passing by.

When I appeared, he stepped off the road and yelled at me to slow down as I passed.

I passed by at 15mph.

This guy sounds really annoying.

The second time was a couple weeks ago.

It was the same situation, he was standing in the middle of the road, having a conversation with someone who was in a car.

Once again, I appeared and had to pass through, he stepped off the road, and this time he started wildly gesturing at me to slow down.

I was already going 15mph, so I didn’t, and he yelled at me and hit my car with his hat as I drove past.

The third time was too much for OP to continue to ignore the guy.

The most recent time I’ve seen him was two days ago.

This time, he was out in his yard doing yard work.

I drove past at around 20, and he started wildly gesturing at me to slow down.

This time, I had enough, so I got out and asked him what his problem was.

OP really wasn’t doing anything wrong.

He told me I was going too fast.

I said I was going 20, the speed limit is 25. I told him he has got to leave me alone, I’m not doing anything wrong.

He said “I have kids! You’re going to hit my kids!”

I told him that if his kids don’t know to not play in the middle of the street when they have a huge yard, that’s on him.

But the guy wouldn’t let it go.

At this point, he told me “when you hit something, you’re gonna get tore up, guaranteed.”

I told him once again to leave me alone, got in my car, and left.

When I returned about an hour and a half later, he was seemingly waiting outside his house for me. He was up next to his front door, talking to someone inside, but keeping an eye on the street. He saw me driving past, and he started to run down his yard toward me, waving his hands.

I ignored him and kept driving.

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OP shares some more context.

That’s the story, but here’s some info that might be pertinent.

I don’t doubt that he may have children, but in the months I’ve lived here, I’ve never seen kids outside his house playing.

As far as I can tell, he does not react this way to other people. I’ve been in the car with my parents going the speed limit and driven past him, and he didn’t even react.

So, AITA here?

That is weird that he’s singling OP out to complain. I wonder why that is.

Let’s see how Reddit responded.

This person offers a suggestion.

Another person gives some good advice.

OP is definitely driving slowly.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about neighbors who complain about dandelions only to find themselves on the other end of a creative response.

Here’s a suggestion to do an experiment.

I wonder what the neighbor’s problem really is. Clearly, it can’t be the speed that OP is driving since he’s driving significantly slower than the speed limit and since his parents drive faster than that without any problems.

This is just a weird and frustrating situation.

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Jayne Elliott

Jayne Elliott | Contributing Writer, Life & Drama

Jayne Elliott is a contributing writer and editor for TwistedSifter specializing in human interest stories, internet culture, and family dynamics. With over 12 years of editorial experience in digital publishing, Jayne excels at analyzing complex online communities and transforming viral social debates into thoughtful, highly engaging narratives.

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