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Originally Posted by Virtual Geezer
Okay let's list some of the more recent stupid things that you have seen in TV that are above and beyond the normal. We has all seen the under age golf cart drivers or the person that accidental drove there car onto the cart path but I am looking at things that go beyond this.
Here is my list of three that I witnessed in the past few days. No need to add comments good or bad.
#1. Under age golf cart driver.
I know the first one is against the object of this thread but this one deserves to be listed. Driving past Palmer and the drive going into Palmer I see a boy looking to be 11 or 12 driving a golf cart with grand pa riding shotgun. Now that is not unusual at this time of the year but what get grand pa extra credit in the stupidity award category is the kid is also talking on his cell phone. Way to go grand pa teach the kid the correct way to do things.
#2. In a hurry to get around and rules of the road don't apply to me.
Following a guy in a cart heading down the path from Bonita to Havana next to Morse. I look in the rear view mirror and see no one. I drive a few hundred feet and now see a lady closing on me fast. Where did she come from? She passes me but does not pull in between us. She continues to try to pass the guy as we are approaching the right turn in front of Havana. All I can think of is I hope now one is coming the other way as the surly will be a head on crash. At about half way around the turn she finely relents and backs off and cuts in front of me with a sharp jerk of the steering wheel. She is livid in that she could not get past the guy and he was doing nothing wrong. Next she blows the stop at the Odell / Havana gate and continues to violate and driving rules known to mankind.
#3. Jogging on 466a.
Another one to take the cake is Saturday morning at about 10:30 I am driving west on 466a and come upon a jogger running on the right side of the road. I think to myself why doesn't this guy use the cart path instead of the road? This guy is running with his back to oncoming traffic to make matters worse. I know there was a thread earlier in the year regarding joggers and why they run on asphalt and not concrete but this guy was only using the concrete. Another one to make you wonder.
Okay time to add your stupid sitings.
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I ride my bike to Starbucks at Sumter a lot of mornings from the Village of Charlotte. I was riding home to the South on Morse from Lake Sumter on the cart path and entered the tunnel next to Sweetbay. Going out of the tunnel there is a direct right turn, hill and curve to the left. A young guy driving a cart with his wife next to him and a small child on the back pass me on the hill in the middle of the blind curve. If another cart were approaching there would have been a huge head on collision and I would have probably been hit. I tried to run him down but could not catch him.
