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Originally Posted by Barefoot
Good for you. It's rare and refreshing to see a positive post about Villages drivers! I've met cars on the golf cart path, I've seen cars going the wrong way in roundabouts, and it's common to see pre-teens driving golf carts. But perhaps they're the minority. It's nice to see someone looking on the bright side.  |
Well, we are a community of close to 100,000 people and that doesn't include the people visiting the Villages to shop, go to restaurants and whatever else. It would be very surprising if we didn't have some incidents.
I've never seen anyone going the wrong way at a round about, but I can envision that happening to someone from the UK or some other place where they drive on the left. Also most states in this country don't have roundabouts so I can understand some people's confusion.
As far as cars on cart paths, I almost did that once myself. We used the golf cart for about 90% of our transport ion. One day I had to use the car for something and stopped at Publix on the way home. I must have been on automatic pilot because I found myself taking the golf cart route home. I didn't realize my mistake until I saw the barrier at the end of the golf cart path in front of me.
I have seen some younger people driving golf carts, but I wouldn't say that it's common. You also have to remember that the age to legally drive a golf cart is 14. Some kids at 14 look like they are about 8. I saw the Neighborhood Watch pull over a very young looking 24 year old because they thought she might be under age. Ever notice that as we get older, everyone else looks younger.
But I agree that kids under 14 should be driving golf carts around the Villages. I even think that 14 is much too young. We are expected to abide by the rules of the road when we are on the streets. How cab we expect someone who does not have a license and has never studied the rules of the road to abide by those very laws?