Blame the victim, unbelievable! The woman who was out with the young man and fell out of the cart and died was blamed by some for being there. They forgot he dragged her into the bushes and left her there. No thought to calling 911 for immediate medical care. This other poor woman was hit by a golf cart driver who obviously was not paying attention as she drove her toy car into the woman’s back.
Let’s face it golf carts have killed over 20 people in the last ten years. You just have to drive, walk, or bicycle on the multimodal paths to know why. Most carts have no seat belts, people drive over 20 mph, they pass on blind curves and endanger the walkers and bicyclists as well as the cart coming the other way. People drive these things like they are toys but they kill more people, just in The Villages, than all the snakes, spiders, and alligators in Florida. Everyone is afraid of alligators yet no one in The Villages has been killed by one. No one is afraid of riding in a golf cart, yet 20 people have been killed in the last ten years.
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