[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by terrieb

Sorry I did not mean to ruffle anyone's feathers. I too am a senior citizen but one that intends on going through a lenghtly process of selling my current house and then possibly buying in the Villages, supposedly the friendly town. This is my sixth visit to the Villages - came in June, came in August, and then the other times in December. Have not been here in January yet which I understand is very busy with so many renters and snowbirds here to camp out during the winter months. It just seems that there have been so many accidents since our arrival that my concern is maybe this is just too busy of an area that I would care to live in as the Villages grows to build out. That's why I am visiting here so much. I want to get a feel of the place to see if I want to call it home for the rest of my senior life. I appreciate the comments OldDave (my husband's name is Dave) and Golf Tinker. I apologize to the rest of you.

Terrieb,
I would love to see the statistics on the ages of those at fault for accidents here in The Villages. Maybe the POA can investigate that for us.

However, I suspect that what we are seeing are accidents caused by drivers who would be accident prone regardless of where they lived and drove. The Villages is just a highly populated relatively small area where the focus on any one accident is much greater (just like in a small town even though we are 80,000 strong). My guess is that our accident rates are normal for our population.