[bob47]

Today while riding my bicycle at about 25 MPH in the designated lane on one of our 25 MPH roads, a golf cart passed me with an enormous speed difference. I wanted to know how fast it was going and I had to get up to 30 MPH to keep pace with it. Having standard, non-street legal carts pass bicycles at 26 or 27 MPH is fairly common, but 30 MPH is a new record. And if the bicycle computer says 30 MPH, you can take that to the bank. It's one of the most accurate speed / distance measuring devices.

I imagine there will be folks who say that it's a very small minority of people who drive their carts over the legal 20 MPH limit, just as there are folks who say it's a small minority of people who save seats at the town squares, or walk their dogs irresponsibly, or do the various other things that irritate people on this forum.

I'm not so sure the minority is truly "very small" but even it if is, a small percentage of the very large number of people that live here is still a large number of self-centered, selfish people that you run into everyday and everywhere. There is no answer expected, this is just an observation.

However, I do have a related question. Do you suppose that the level of civility in public places is better or the same in a much smaller community such as Stonecrest or Spruce Creek, where people may feel it is more likely that they will know or meet again, the people they encounter in the public and community areas?