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Originally Posted by BogeyBoy
Two cars did a little fender kissing routine, luckily it looks like no one was hurt.
Reducing each circle to one lane would help, doesn't seem that we get that much traffic that we couldn't manage.
My sentiments, exactly. I have said it before and I'll say it again, The Villages is no place for 2-lane roundabouts......too many old people with tunnel vision, not to mention poor vision, necks that don't turn so they can see who is beside them, a likely large percentage of them in the early stages of dementia. As many as 11% of people at age 65 have dementia and that number climbs to 25%-45% heading toward age 85......pretty scary to know that one in five people (or more) in a roundabout at any given time may not even know where they are. A retirement community is no place for roundabouts unless they are one lane. |
I love TV and I intend to buy there very soon ...I have been there many times and am very familiar with Morris and Buena Vista areas....Remember that those are public roads and you can't assume that every accident is because of someone elderly and you also can't assume that because someone is of a certain age they have somekind of an affliction....I have been involved with saftey training for commercial drivers for a long time now and one of the rules of the road is never ride next to anyone ....Always expect the unexpected....If you are in a round about never stay next to anyone incase they make a lane change without looking.....Almost all accidents are preventable by doing one easy thing we all can do....SLOW DOWN.....One other point is while driving any vehicle stay off the cell phone, it only takes a second not watching the road and you could be the next accident to happen....
