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Originally Posted by Boffin (Post 2111795)

Okay, then it is a thoughtless excerpt or perhaps an excerpt to think about.

Excellent reply ! You can say that again, and AGAIN ! It's like the common phrase; "a study recently showed".... I don't think most people anymore have even the most basic introduction to the "research" process. Used to teach the basics beginning in 8th grade, in some places in 6th grade they begin to discuss variables, control groups, data manipulation, etc. The first question is WHO is Taylor & Francis ? A law firm ? A commercial survey service any company, from the association of golf cart manufacturers to an organization manufacturing seat belts ? HOW did they gather their "statistics" ? Were carts used ON golf courses across the nation included ? If not, HOW were the "control" and "experimental" groups selected ? WERE they selected, or perhaps they just relied on REPORTED "facts", if so, reported to WHO, and WHERE ? Emergency room personnel ? Police ? Well, you get the idea as you saw right through this at once. The whole post is absolutely meaningless....LOL ! I guess the answer is, if you think you would be safer strapped in, get seat belts of course, easy fix. If you fear getting a broken neck or other serious injury because of being strapped into an open vehicle that crashes, then definitely do not get belts, or don't fasten them if the cart has them. Pretty simple ! A really interesting "study", if conducted legitimately, might be how OPERATOR errors and SPEED affect percentage of "accidents", and like autos. alcohol ? Other drugs ? You are so correct, the information in the post in completely meaningless... unless maybe to places that sell seat belts ? Might motivate a few folks ?

You cannot fix stupid. But, you can medicate it.

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Originally Posted by jmpalladino (Post 2112235)

I hope when you are driving on Morse Blvd. in your Golf Cart north of 466, very safely I might add, a truck does not come veering into you as they speed 45 miles an hour and sway into the cart and bike lane. FYI studies of traffic on county roads do not cost millions of dollars, if one does not know what the facts are one should not just make them up. Also, no one suggested that they wished big brother to run every aspect of one life, but rather government should ensure that roads are safe for all vehicles which travel on them. An example in Lake county, the roads are wider in the Villages on County roads where there are both vehicles and carts on roadways as compared to Sumter county. Stay safe my friend, and look at facts before you write in the future making statements that are not true, such as millions of dollars spent for a study are the safety of current county roadways in The Villages which are multi model.

yada, yada, yada

Golf cart paths on the roads in Lady Lake are narrower than those in Sumter County. You will immediately notice this aberration if you drive down Rio Grande from Morse Blvd towards 441.
As soon as you cross the county line, the squeeze is on.

Id like to see, injury or death when seat belts were being used. Many seat belt installations are done very poorly, so seeing that stat would be interesting.

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Originally Posted by joelfmi (Post 2112045)

That is why the village needs free community travel. Put they don't want to talk about it because it will cost them money.

We do NOT need free community travel. When you cannot drive a car or golf cart you can move into assisted or independent living. The facilities provide everything you need.

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Originally Posted by joelfmi (Post 2112045)

That is why the village needs free community travel. Put they don't want to talk about it because it will cost them money.

thank you for your transparency.