How to get speed limit signs posted??

[YouNeverKnow]

Does anyone know who to contact to get speed limit signs posted in your neighborhood?
We are in Fernandina and there are none posted on our street which is a fairly long street with a "dead a mans curve" on it. It has heavy traffic since everyone uses our street to get in and out of their streets. People fly down the street at what I would guess has to be about 30 miles an hour. They do not slow down for walkers or golf carts.
This is a tragedy waiting to happen! Slow down people! :swear:

[OpusX1]

If it's not posted the speed limit is 20 mph as per the signs when entering The Villages.

[Arctic Fox]

Many places now paint the speed limit on the road.

Although the numbers do need repainting occasionally, they do tend to catch one's attention more than signs at the side of the road.

Any thoughts?

[RItaly]

I would suggest you go to your next district meeting and raise the question with your supervisors. If that is not successful contact your county road commission.

[Ooper]

IMO, you probably won't see any speed limit or any other type of sign in a neighborhood. I would not like a sign with a post stuck in my front lawn. Like a previous poster said, unless otherwise posted, when entering TV, there are signs with 20 mph limits as a default limit for the entire development.

[keithwand]

Bet you are on Abana.
We only use Abana in our golf cart as a short cut and that street can get pretty busy.

[Bogie Shooter]

The sign will not slow people down. Call the sheriff.

[dewilson58]

Spike Strips

[buggyone]

The sign will not slow people down. Call the sheriff.


Good idea! When the Sheriff's officers cite several cars for speeding - on a variety of days, it will quickly become known and speeding should stop.

Of course, they ould also be watching for golf carts going over 20 mph!

[keithwand]

The people that live on your street will probably get the first tickets if someone calls the sheriff. That's typically what happens.
You could flip your house and live on a cul de sac.

[Bonanza]

If it's not posted the speed limit is 20 mph as per the signs when entering The Villages.

Truthfully, I don't recall seeing signs stating the speed limit as 20 mph.
When I think of entering the Villages, I do it from a road that is 35 or 45 mph.
The 20 mph signs are for going around the round-abouts only.

[jblum315]

There are 15 mph signs in my neighborhood (Hemingway).

[Bogie Shooter]

Truthfully, I don't recall seeing signs stating the speed limit as 20 mph.
When I think of entering the Villages, I do it from a road that is 35 or 45 mph.
The 20 mph signs are for going around the round-abouts only.

What road do you use to enter TV?

[buggyone]

I regularly come into The Villages from 466 and there is a clearly marked sign that states the speed limit in The Villages is 20 mph unless otherwise posted.

466 is a 45 mph road, Buena Vista is 35, Morse is 35, some side streets are posted 15, etc.

[Ooper]

I regularly come into The Villages from 466 and there is a clearly marked sign that states the speed limit in The Villages is 20 mph unless otherwise posted.

Same if you come in from the north on Buena Vista from Rt. 42.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

WOW!! They're really flying down your street at 30 mph. Thirty is the usual speed limit for thickly residential areas. We have signs in my neighborhood that say 20mph and most people got between 25 and 30.
Pretty soon we'll have to make illegal to actually be moving forward.

[Bonanza]

What road do you use to enter TV?

I use the same roads we all use -- 441, 466, 466A, 44.
I don't see any 20 MPH signs on any of these roads.

[Bonanza]

Judging from the comments of others, I must be blind. The only 20mph signs that I do remember are those around the round-abouts. No, I haven't been in every single village to see signs that say 15 mph, but even in a densely populated area, that seems awfully slow. That's even slower than a school zone.

[alzjr]

As you approach The Villages there are signs on all the roads that say unless otherwise posted the speed limit is 20 MPH. It means maximum speed, not minimum speed. If you didn't see any of those signs you are probably missing the 10 MPH signs as you enter all 3 town squares.

[zcaveman]

As you approach The Villages there are signs on all the roads that say unless otherwise posted the speed limit is 20 MPH. It means maximum speed, not minimum speed. If you didn't see any of those signs you are probably missing the 10 MPH signs as you enter all 3 town squares.

I am pretty sure those signs are only when you approach the Sumter county portion of TV. At least that is where the sign is in Buena Vista as you go south from 42 in Marion county. Sumter county is the only county in TV that has that unmarked speed limit rule.

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[alzjr]

Correct, it is a Sumter County law and most of The Villages is in Sumter County. A couple of years ago a controversial independent study was funded by Sumter County to assess the safety of the roads in TV. It cost quite a bit and the results are public record showing the reason each of the roads in TV have the speed limit they have.