LODI, Calif. -- A Lodi woman posted a sign with the words, "Hit a cat, I'll hit your kid." Some neighbors said they are concerned their children's lives are being threatened.

"Basically what this is saying is: Hit a cat and I'll hit your kid," said Tina Teixeira.

Teixeira got a lot of attention after she put the sign up in front of her West Elm Street home in Lodi, reported KCRA-TV in Sacramento, Calif.

"You don't want me to hit your kid, so don't hit mine. You hurt mine, that is just like if I went over and ran over your kid. Basically, that is what I was intending," said Teixeira.

Teixeira said she decided to take action after a driver ran over and killed her cat on the bike lane on Friday.

Some parents were outraged over her cardboard note.

"Basically she is threatening to hit people's kids," said neighbor Joann Larsen.

"One parent said that I was psychotic," said Teixeira.

Teixeira said she wanted to shock drivers, not harm their kids.

Teixeira said she knows her sign would upset people but she put it up because she is tired of people driving 65 mph on a 35 mph zone.

She said she noticed some cars slowing down and reading her sign, so she wrote a new sign.

"After burying the cat and calming down a little bit ... (I realized) that it was a little shock value. It got attention for people, so I thought that I would put it in more understanding terms," said Teixeira.

The revised sign reads: "I watch for your kids, so please watch out for mine."

"That is the whole point here is to stop hurting animals," said Teixeira.

Teixeira said she isn't shy about yelling at drivers and even her neighbors. She said she even mentioned she spit on someone to protect her cats.

Only one neighbor wanted to talk about her sign. Others said they wanted to avoid any problems.

"I do like that she changed it," Larsen said.

The animal lover said she can only hope she can keep her cats from losing another life.

Teixeira said some of her feral cats don't like to stay indoors.

She said she hopes her sign will get city leaders to install speed bumps in her neighborhood, which is right near a school.