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Originally Posted by ilovetv
Obviously you have not lived here when declaring this stuff about "what's the hurry...you're retired!"
First of all, The Villages, like any city runs on a schedule, and there are thousands of people working and attending scheduled meetings, classes, sports events, and consultations with professionals here.
Reasonable people want to travel at the speed limit of 19.5 mph for carts, not 5 mph slower!!
When somebody is puddlin' along in the diamond lanes in one of the slow rental carts at 15mph or slower and the rest of cart traffic is going 19.5, reasonable people want/need to pass them. Most people are going somewhere for a purpose, not just sight-seeing.
The same problem shows up with people who insist on walking in a diamond lane when there is a sidewalk built for walking right beside them (and the curbs are not step downs or ups....they are sloped up/down). But many walkers will not move over, nor onto the sidewalk, when golf carts behind them cannot pass them because of the solid white line, and cars/trucks beside them on their left. Obviously the diamond lanes in the street are made for faster speeds than walking--for which the sidewalks are made--but walkers insist on walking in the street diamond lanes anyway, and golf carts cannot pass them.
It's not unreasonable to want to drive at the speed limit in a diamond lane in the street!!!!
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ha ha ha....I had to laugh about the walkers in the diamond lanes. You're exactly right, that they will [sometimes] not yield to carts.
Can you imagine the posts, on here, should someone get caught driving their cart on the sidewalk ???