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Old 08-23-2015, 09:28 AM
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I honestly don't get all of these posts about speeding. I very seldom see cars going way over the speed limit. I usually drive at the speed limit or maybe 5 mph above. It's not very often that I'm holding up cars behind me.

Yes, occasionally, there someone who's impatient and will go around me, but that's usually on Morse or Buena Vista south of 466.

I see the opposite much more often. I'm often frustrated by people driving well below the posted speed limit. I've been in my golf cart and have had cars going under twenty mph.

I actually worry more about these people than speeders. Anyone that has to go 10-15 mph in order to be in control probably shouldn't be driving.

Last week I was on LaGrande Blvd in my golf cart and a car was going very slow. I was int he golf cart lane and started to go by him. As I began to pass, he started to drift over into my lane. We missed colliding by less than a few inches. I almost stopped. He then slowed down and made a left hand from the right hand side of the right lane. As I went by I could see that he was a very old gentleman who could barely see over the dashboard.

That to me is much more scary than someone going 5-10 over our very low speed limits.
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