Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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For safety: seat belts and LED lights. Been here 7 years. Personally came across a small child strapped in a car seat that had fallen out of the cart, someone ran straight into a tree and my wife asleep in the passenger seat. In the tree crash the seat broke loose because it is only screwed into fiberglass. LED lights to be seen. Hopefully, the more visible you are the better your chances of not being run into.
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read this story
He was a student of mine when he was in high school a long time ago. I was the golf coach and this was our home course at one time, so I knew management. Management told me there was no drinking involved. It was a freak accident where the cart veered left and he fell out and landed on his head. Those carts only went 12 mph. He shouldn't have reached for his phone. |
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As some manufactures such as Par Car & Tombelin refer to them as "Personal Transport Vehicales" it important to note that the type of use other than playing golf the use on our
Roadways next to Automobiles should have the accessories as close to an auto as possible. Items for safty such as lighting, mirrors, seat belts, reflectors, turn signals,horn are the most common. Keeping the vehicle machanically sound with good brakes, tires and good headlights is always a good practice with any vehicle. |
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As far as being eaten by an alligator when going into the water, that is about as likely as an accurate long range weather forecast. Probably never happened.
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I've been working on my golf cart to turn it into a time machine so I can travel in other dimensions without seat belts.
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Sally Moss, a Supervisor for District 6 submitted her thoughts concerning safety on the Multi-Modal paths at the District 6 meeting on April 17, 2015. One thing she said was “The Districts can do something that has been proven to reduce accidents and make driving safer for all drivers, passengers and everyone else that is on the Multi-Modal Path with them and that is reduce the speed on the Multi-Modal Paths to 15 mph which is the top speed of golf cart models off the assembly line.”
For a complete text of what she said, please follow this link to download and read the PDF of the 04/17/15 VCDD 6 meeting found on the districtgov web site. Her comments are found towards the end of the pdf. VCDD Meetings/Agendas |
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Even with a flux capacitor I doubt you could get the cart to 88 mph. A transporter is the only answer.
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To save folks a minute or two looking for it, here is a direct link http://district.novusagenda.com/Agen...07&ItemID=3336
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Improving vision on the MM paths has been shown to be a veery slight financial burden. I do not understand why anyone is fighting it.
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I hope the 15 mph limit idea never gets legs. Golf cart safety, like most things, comes down to personal responsibility. There is nothing wrong with 20 mph and I venture to guess that golf cart accident rate here (accidents per xxx miles) is pretty low. If golf cart speeds are limited to 15, many folks will opt to use their cars for longer trips thus putting more cars in the road and likely increasing the auto accident rate. Leave well enough alone.
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I get your points, but I still see the value of striping the paths to increase visibility. The District 6 supervisor seemed to be trying to lead the conversation elsewhere.
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I agree with you villages07. I can't remember ANYTHING I haven't agreed with you about since I first arrived.. Further, I say, if you make the speed limit 15, I betcha it will be ignored. It feels like you arecrawling across the Morse Bridge at ten MPH. But I do it because it is safer to do it.
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Golf cart safety. Can someone tell me the number of accident that happen on the paths. I would suspect not many. Another point, the Villages Golf Cart repair will not work on a cart that goes over the max speed.
We all moved here to enjoy life, let's not start putting another set of rules on us.
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