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Originally Posted by Jim 9922
Ten and 15 miles per hour!!! The wind blows faster than that. Maybe declare the whole Villages a 24 hour School Zone or maybe its an Old People Zone; something I didn't know that they had in Florida.
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Did you read the entire report? The streets with the lowest speed limits are the ones that are narrow, have multiple driveways entering the street and/or have curves that hinder visibility. Major streets are not affected.
All the concern about Morse, Buena Vista, El Camino, etc. being 20mph is unfounded.
Basically, the speed is reduced where there are no dedicated cart paths, where there are driveways entering the street, and where curves reduce visibility. Villa streets which are narrow with a lot of driveways are suggested to be lowered since the county doesn't own/maintain them.
We have cart-auto accidents here. Perhaps if the speed of the vehicles in areas where they have to share roadway is reduced, there will be fewer of them and injuries/damage will be lessened.
BTW, I got a kick out of the letter in the Sunday Sun asserting that it is very difficult/unsafe to drive at 20mph. Really? Time for an AARP driving refresher course.