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Originally Posted by mrsanborn
The major design flaw is the person behind the wheel. Yes, this intersection is busy during the day. One option to a signal would be to squeeze the cart lanes 50 to 75 feet into the vehicle lanes prior to the intersection as is done on the major signaled intersections such as Bailey and St Charles. I would hate to think that might slow traffic down though. How that courtyard wall could be a contributing cause to "blow" a stop sign, well, the answer is above my prior pay grade.
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There are hundreds of stop sign intersections here in The Villages, but we have had a few major accidents in the last few weeks at this one. Statistically, the odds of that happening are just too high without there being something else contributing to it. Is there something in the design of the road that makes it difficult to see the stop sign? I don't know, but I believe that something else besides bad driving is going on at that intersection. Unlike other busy intersections like the one at St. Charles and Pennecamp, the one at St. Charles and Tamarind Grove is a 4 way intersection. I don't know if this is a contributing cause or not. But in the meantime, people are getting hurt, and often they are the innocent party in the accident.