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Originally Posted by Bill14564
There is no amount of upgrading that will prevent someone from doing something stupid. The thousands who go through that intersection safely each and every day are proof that there is nothing inherently unsafe about the intersection itself. "I couldn't see what was coming but decided to turn anyway" is not the fault of the intersection.
More police? Are you seriously proposing having an officer placed at every intersection in the Villages? On foot or in a car? Maybe you would like them out their with a baton directing traffic through the intersection?
If you insist on choosing life over inconvenience then you insist on eliminating motor vehicles entirely. People die in car crashes every day. People here die in golf cart crashes, often involving an automobile but not always. Want to choose life over inconvenience? Then we'll have to get rid of automobiles and golf carts. Pretty simple.
Or maybe we balance safety with necessity while demanding personal responsibility and educated operators. Stop making excuses for bad choices. Stop blaming the intersection for someone who decides to cross two lanes of traffic without first ensuring there is no oncoming traffic. Stop blaming the driver turning left when an oncoming vehicle chooses to run the red light. Stop insisting we cater to the least common denominator and instead, demand the least common denominator learn to drive.
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At some point in the FUTURE, we will STILL have vehicles and golf carts, but we (MAY)? eliminate BAD DRIVERS by having DRIVERLESS vehicles. In the meantime, I would rely on PHYSICAL improvements to the road system, which is, obviously inadequate in the winter season. Like at THAT particular intersection, maybe a longer left turn lane is NEEDED, or a whole additional lane added. Whatever, there IS a problem that NEEDS a solution. There are traffic experts that COULD be subcontracted, if necessary.
Yes, TRUE that people die in cars and golf carts every day somewhere in the US. But, that doesn't mean that people should GIVE UP and accept those NUMBERS. The idea is to TRY to bring those numbers down. Many on this Forum have been making good suggestions for IMPROVEMENT. 20 % more Police would be a positive suggestion. No one is suggesting Police on every corner directing traffic.....that is just an exaggerated distraction from the alternative of making and reading about POSITIVE suggestions.