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Do any of you have the same problem i do. I live in a suburban nieghborhood and almost everytime i fire my truck up, some kids gotta come and ask "how fast is it" and "can i drive it?" and it annoys the hell out of me. I'm sick of shuting my truck off for these kids. You tell them to go away and they come back the next day. My friends rustler got trashed because some kid rode his bike right in front of it. Man he almost hit the kid. If you guys experience this same problem, what do you do to stop it. I'm sick of doing this almost everday. Thanks.

O and what about the people that are sick of hearing the trucks? I get that here and there too.
 
That happens to me when i got and bring my MAXX over my little cousins house for him to use he LOVES the thing and is so amazed with it (hes only like 7) and then a few other kids come over and ask those same dumb questions and i just when they ask if they can use it i just tell them to either leave or watch but your not gunna drive it and they usually leave or but sometimes some of em' will watch from a distance.

I havnt had anybody in his neighborhood complain before but theres a first for everything so somone prob will eventually.
 
i went though the same thing.the first week i had my DuraTraxx i had 8-15 year old kids asking me to drive it.

what i told them was in a nasty tone of voice "you cannot drive or touch this toy" and then "get lost and don't bother me"

none of them have come back yet nor has anyone complained about the noise.
 
You guys are tough, LOL! Humor the little guys. After all, we were all once small, pains-in-the-ass just like they are. Most kids love these trucks. I say, if they come around, put on a show. Make that truck do some crazy things.

Answer the questions. Get them interested. Someday those little bastards may be beating you on the race track. ;-)

Oh, and in response to your initial question about noise levels, please see this post: https://www.rcnitrotalk.com/showthread/t-15890.html

You are right to be concerned about noise. It is important that we respect our neighbors. They are passing laws and fining guys who turn up the subwoofers in their cars. If we don't play nice, they could start passing laws on RC noice levels too.
 
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well its not like I'm an old geezer my self I'm i young ass bastard only 15 (16 in august) but honestly i dont trust any other 15-16 yr olds with my stuff thats worth some dough cause most kids this age dont respect poop of anybody elses and if they break it theyre like owell sry but its your problem now but say if there was a older person say about 20+ i would let them take it for a test drive just because of the maturity issues between kids my age and 20+ people (by the way I'm actually pretty mature for my age)
 
I dont let anyone drive my Maxx. I let my dad once, and it costed me dough for a new skidplate, and bumper bracket. I like it when the kids come up in amazement. I think its great! And I explain to them the cost of these "toys" and then they usually understand. I actually find them to be kinda handy.. to run and flip the truck back on its wheels, get more fuel, to hold this and that. It makes them feel included which I'm totally cool with. You gotta welcome them to the sport as any other person. If someone would have been a butthead to me whan I was younger, i probly wouldnt be in the sport. Just be happy that some kids actually wanna learn. And you possibly getting them into Rc'in is alot better than someone else getting them into crime or drugs. So I say,"Be nice, patient, and treat them as you would older people." remember you were a kid once upon a time also and what would u have done if someone told you to get away while they were rippin poop up with their Rc. (Just my 2cents)
 
Geeze, you guys are some cranky bast.... Well, yall have some valid points on both sides. Kids are inherently curious about cool toys, and will come running at the very hint of one being played with. Deal with it. The worst thing people can do is portray our hobby in a bad light. Being cranky and grouchy is just that way. It's alot easier to tell the kids that it's not a toy, and can be dangerous. If they persist, ask them how they would feel if they hurt someone with your gear. Offer to let them watch, but tell them to stay in one spot so noone gets hurt. And put a show on for them.

If you tell them to piss off and go away, they just might, and they just might tell their parents about the mean guy that told them to piss off. Then the parents might get the wrong impression and do something about the mean people telling their kids to piss off. See where this is going? Think you're safe?

Take a look in my gallery. Find the pic of the helicopter. The field in the background is a public park. I always respected the non-rc people in that park, and talked to passers by and tried to keep the PR high. Some guys that flew there thought it was funny to buzz these same people with their helis and giant scale planes. Well, those pedestrians got together and got the county to OUTLAW any type of R/C aircraft in that park for safety and noise reasons. It didn't matter if it was a glider, park flyer electric, or a big giant scale. A damned shame since the field was huge and dead flat. A perfect place to fly, but no more. Fly your stuff and get caught, they take your stuff, fine you, and then you have to go to court. I'm not BS'n, it happened.

True, kids can be a pain, but if you give them the impression that you are involving them in the activity, then they will stay in line. Another possibility if you have a computer radio, is to dial back the throttle ATV so that they can drive it, but it won't go past 1/4 or 1/3 throttle. Tell them that you set it like that so they won't hurt anyone, or damage your stuff. There's always solutions.
 
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HEY I'm 15. i take good care of my car.....but yeah...i either haev the 9 years old wanting to drive it (hell with how much i crash it what will they do?!?!?) or the old people calling the cops (tiwce) too bad they can't do anything about it until before and after 10
 
The only thing kids ever say to me is how much is it or my (friend, brother, dad, uncle...) has a car that is faster. I always say wow that's cool. I don't want to piss them off, I just want to run my RC's. I know damn well that they feel better if they can make themselves better than you because they don't have an RC to play with. That is cool with me, I don't have to validate myself with any kids. I only have to validate myself with myself.
 
Hey Error you gave me a good idea maybe ill try that next time cause i do have a computer radio so maybe ill let them use it on like 1/4 throttle thanx for the idea i never though of that before.
 
I agree with error.

Another thing you can do to avoid kids is basically just dont run around them. I got my Storm on a Thursday and started breaking it in Friday and was ready to hit some school trails we made when we were kids. Well we pulled up and was playing around getting the negine warmed up when the entire damn 6th grade basketball team swarmed our two trucks. They started picking up poop and asking if they had "spinnas!" and thigns like that. It was coo they were curious but when the "look but dont touch" was broken me and RS43Drifter got kinda pissed and made them back up a lil bit by means of hostile actions. Either way the fun spots are away from the kids. If I ever meet a kid living in the dirt pits me and RS43Drifter go to then I'll just quit, lol.
 
No shows. When those kids come around something always breaks. That's how my maxx was in 2 pieces like in my gallery. Kids came outta knowhere and it was like a curse, it just broke. There are 2 little kids that i dont mind being around because they understand it and they keep their distance and just watch. But the others that r 11 and want to be stupid and try to flip it, well....that's kinda what this post was intended for.
 
my rule is if u dont have the money to cover a whole new buggy then u can't drive it. I'm only 15 and i dont got enough money to buy another one so i tend to only let people with jobs drive it, if u no what i mean:thumbup:
 
Dude i totally know wat you mean. You feel all cool driving around your badass toy, then some kid comes up and starts asking all these questions, tries to kick it....ugh. My suggestion would be to just make quick little replies and dont act like you're too much into it. It worked for me, no more going to the hobby shop to buy new fricken bumpers and other cracked things cause of kids kicking them. The reason this works is because the less interested you sound, the less interested they get, and they eventually run out of questions and just sort of walk away. Try it.
 
Originally posted by tbsleeper
my rule is if u dont have the money to cover a whole new buggy then u can't drive it. I'm only 15 and i dont got enough money to buy another one so i tend to only let people with jobs drive it, if u no what i mean:thumbup:
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You make folks show you a W-2 before ya let them drive it? Damn, that's hard core.
 
Originally posted by Error401


You make folks show you a W-2 before ya let them drive it? Damn, that's hard core.
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damn that is harsh....

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This is an interesting thread. I didn't realize RC'ers could be such a bunch of hardasses and grumpy bastards. If you wanna be mean to the local kids, then it will happen just like Error401 said. They will tell their parents and then the next thing you know, the local town council is passing an ordinance strictly banning RC vehicles from certain areas, perhaps the entire town.

I say; be cool, be nice and be safe. You may just save your RC hobby rights from being legislated out of existence.
 
Speaking of noise levels. My neighbors never said or say poop. I use to skate my Half pipe till 2 am on a wednesday adn never not a word. I run RCs in my back yard all the time and I live right in the middle of a city. My neighbors rock.
 

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