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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee
Almost every day I travel from the 466 area to Sumter Landing using Belvedere/Buena Vista and the traffic circle at Belvedere/Winifred. Yesterday I was returning home approaching the traffic circle from the south, had slowed down to get into the traffic circle and make my turn around and into Belvedere, when a large white truck came down on my right hand side at high speed and literally blew through the traffic circle without stopping. At the same time there was a small white car making its way around the traffic circle and out onto Winifred - thankfully he must have realized that the truck was not going to stop and had slowed to a stop across my lane. The truck blew through at high speed and the driver of the small car very carefully proceeded out of the traffic circle into Winifred. There is no doubt in my mind that had the car driver not stopped in the circle he would have been a fatality.
I am posting this as a warning to people who are relatively new to the area to take care when entering the circles, you really do not know whether the other drivers on the road know how to use the circles.
So use your indicators so that other people know where you are going and slow down to a safe speed when entering and exiting the circles.
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Thanks Madelaine, we all occasionally need a reminder. This would also be valuable if it were published as a "Letter to the Editor" in the online newspaper or in the Daily Sun.
I have no doubt that people need a reminder about driving the roundabouts safely. However I fear that publishing a reminder on TOTV doesn't reach the newbies or contractors or renters. Many members of TOTV either don't reside in TV yet, or are long-term residents.
Still, it's a step in the right direction, and a well-deserved reminder. I hope we're reminded again in the Daily Sun when Silly Season commences.