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Originally Posted by Safety Ranger
Heres the view thru my windshield... its not any one person or any one thing, but as a collective whole driving civility is gone... in todays me, me, me world with the demands of instant gratification it's, I have to be first, and fastest, cause I have places to be, AND I want to talk on the phone while driving.
This area, especially in the Vill, has so many contractors running up and down the roads to get to the next job, its hard to keep out of their way. and this notion of just slow down... that's not going to work either, society just doesn't march to the same drumbeat. Now think back to your younger yrs... your teens... how many cars per family? 1 more than likely... today probably 4 (plus the toys)... do the math..
I was fortunate to have spent some time living in Texas, where signs all over the place reminded everyone to "Drive Friendly" Thats all it is... if some wants to go fast, let em, no signals, you just keep and eye out. riding right on your tail..slide over. You keep you safe! The rest will sort itself out. and when all else fails... Invest in a dash cam... works wonders in court.
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Agree with your response; would only add that since we do not have a typical/traditional police force here, we have to rely on county deputies. One glace at the serious crime in this area, and in the villages itself, will tell you the deputies are probably spread so thin now, they certainly can't spend time sitting in cars on Buena Vista and Morris and the other major arteries like they did 18 years ago... when break in's, armed robbery, abuse of seniors, air B&B's, drug houses, child molesters and pornographers, domestic battery, drunken driving and brawls, and homicides were nearly unheard of in the V's. No so today, but my guess is (don't know) the number of deputies for the entire three counties is not that much larger than it was years back ? The Villages "security" trucks... well, we all know how much security they, and the gates provide, so, perhaps we need new sheriff's, or we just need to inquire if the sheriff has sufficient help to keep everyone safe,not just the V's ! ?