Neighbour ring doorbells ruining kids playing

[ThatFlakyMauveTraybake]

We live in a cul-de-sac and many neighbours have ring doorbells. My child and others in the street play outside (something to be encouraged) but neighbours are complaining that their ring doorbells go off when the kids go on their driveway. The houses are all pretty close together with driveway next to eachother. We've even had neighbours shout abuse at the kids through the speaker and ive just had a neighbour message me that the constant notifications is annoying them while theyre on holiday abroad. Am i unreasonable to think its the technology thats the problem? Ring doorbells are there for security not to prevent little kids being kids.

My child and others in the street play outside (something to be encouraged) but neighbours are complaining that their ring doorbells go off when the kids go on their driveway
@ThatFlakyMauveTraybake Could you please clarify who you mean by "their" in the sentence above? Do you mean the ring doorbells go off when the kids go on the neighbours' driveway or the ring doorbells go off when the kids go on one of the driveways belonging to one of those kids' families?
That makes a huge difference.

If the children are going on to a neighbours driveway, they definitely shouldn't be and have to learn to stay off them.
If the children are going on their own driveway and are setting the neighbours' ring doorbells off because the ring doorbells are set up wrongly, then it's up to the neighbours to change the settings on the doorbell so it isn't triggered by someone going on the driveway next door or walking along the pavement in front of the house.

Well they could always, ohh, I dunno, keep off other peoples driveways.

When I was a kid, and I taught my DD the same, you would not dream of putting one toe in a neighbours garden without permission. We’d knock and ask if we could retrieve our ball that was just feet away. One lad on our street was considered”hard” he’d go up to peoples gates and put one foot on their drive, then we’d all run away, terrified of the consequences.

Not sure how that works when op said they are being annoyed while on holiday.

The OPs children are going onto the driveways of the other children they are playing with? The driveway is next to the neighbours driveway so they are getting alerts because the doorbell range also covers the childs driveway.

The fact the neighbours are on holiday and have not turned off the ring notifications isn't the OPs fault.

Surely the kids just need to stay off other people’s driveways?

I think the fact OP hasn’t been back suggests it’s not their own driveways the kids are playing on.

Don’t engage with it. Not your problem to sort.

Op clearly states that the neighbours are complaining that the doorbells go off when the kids are on their driveway, not neighbouring driveways.

If your kids are going onto other peoples driveways, they're dead wrong and rude to boot. If they're just near them then it's on the neighbours to correct the focus

I guess if they're playing on the pavement and straying into the bottom part of driveways by default then it's ok. The camera sensor shouldn't need to pick from that far away. They must be able to change the settings?
If they're literally fully playing in and around several strangers whole driveways then they should probably move elsewhere.
I'm guessing there's no field or park close by they can use?

It's not clearly stated though.

I read it one way, you read it another both could be accurate without clarity we can't know.

I hope you mean the children should move elsewhere.

To be fair, everyone but @ZipZapZoom read it the same way as you.

STOP your kids playing on your neighbour’s property! Bloody hell, you are the CF here.

They shouldn't be on driveways. We never went in them when we were little.

I bet your kids are.

Well not everyone but don't let facts get in the way of making a snippy comment.

Our old house had a drive that was directly opposite the green patch of land the little lads played football on. Every now and then they'd kick the ball onto our drive and I'd catch them coming to get it. My husband liked to put on his best Saruman voice and yell at them through the speaker which they thought was hilarious. It became a silly game between my husband and them, quite funny to watch.

I don't really get why people are moaning about it, the doorbell only rings if someone presses it, otherwise you just get a motion notification which takes all of three seconds to dismiss, so I do think your neighbours are being a tad dramatic. However the kids should do their best to stay off the drives of the grumpy ones if they can!

@Eggplant44 yes, lol. To play. I wasn't telling anyone to leave their homes permanently!

If her kids are part of the problem then it's most certainly her problem to sort.

Agree with others:

1. If the children are going onto their driveways and that is triggering the doorbell, the kids need to stop
2. If the children are playing on public space and the doorbell is set to trigger outside the boundaries of the property, that's for the doorbell owners to stop