Impaired driver
The other day The Hub and I came out of a store that's off 466, to get in our golf-cart. A woman had just pulled up in hers and seemed to have a great deal of difficulty getting out. When she did, it appeared to me that she had been a stroke victim as she had a limping, or rather, dragging gate and both arms/hands seemed to have been affected as well as her face and her speech. I might add it appeared she was alone. Now I'm not dissing on someone having a stroke, however she had great difficulty in navigating herself and even said she had to wait til we backed up so she could pass over to where there was no curbing. My thought was..."does her disability also transcend over to her driving ability?"!! I think of all the folks who are on medications, have other issues with their health etc. and multiply those with the traffic issues we all are seeing each day. I do hope that "someone", here in The Villages will somehow do something to make our community a safer place for all of us. We as residents, of course, can each do our part rather than just complaining about it. Driving is a privilege and not a right---we ALL need to drive defensively and watch the other person as well as ourselves!!!
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