Safety Issue...WSJ delivery person driving too fast

[hillyridge]

A month ago I contacted the Sumter Co. Sheriff's office, which apparently was of no benefit, my street is still plagued with a Wall Street Journal delivery person that drives far in excess of the posted 15mph speed limit. The delivery person is a young female driving a tan 2011 Chevy HHR. I cannot read the license plate because she drives too fast to read it and the license plate has a faded plastic cover which obscures the plate. For all those walking between 6:30 am and 7:00 am in the Village of Caroline be ware of this driver.

[villagetinker]

Call the WSJ, and tell them you want to complain about one of their contractors, if they start to blow you off explain they will be named in the lawsuit.

[photo1902]

A month ago I contacted the Sumter Co. Sheriff's office, which apparently was of no benefit, my street is still plagued with a Wall Street Journal delivery person that drives far in excess of the posted 15mph speed limit. The delivery person is a young female driving a tan 2011 Chevy HHR. I cannot read the license plate because she drives too fast to read it and the license plate has a faded plastic cover which obscures the plate. For all those walking between 6:30 am and 7:00 am in the Village of Caroline be ware of this driver.

Perhaps a little more details might help.

Where do you live that the speed limit is 15 mph? I’m assuming you’re in a villa? If so, those roads are not maintained by the county, therefore the sheriffs department would not be able to enforce a speed limit.

[davem4616]

it is frustrating that so drivers travel faster than they should on our streets....I'd write to the Publisher of the WSJ and also to whomever is in charge of circulation for central FL...word will trickle down

[retiredguy123]

I live in a villa where the posted speed limit is 10 mph. It is almost impossible to comply with it. It reminds me of the parking garage at a mall up north where the speed limit was 5 mph. I heard that one of those mall cops stopped a lady and said, "Ma'am, do you know how fast you were going? She said no, and he said you were going 7 in a 5 mph zone!"

[karostay]

A month ago I contacted the Sumter Co. Sheriff's office, which apparently was of no benefit, my street is still plagued with a Wall Street Journal delivery person that drives far in excess of the posted 15mph speed limit. The delivery person is a young female driving a tan 2011 Chevy HHR. I cannot read the license plate because she drives too fast to read it and the license plate has a faded plastic cover which obscures the plate. For all those walking between 6:30 am and 7:00 am in the Village of Caroline be ware of this driver.

There's not a single person in the Villages that obeys that posted speed limit..Even community watch

[Topspinmo]

A month ago I contacted the Sumter Co. Sheriff's office, which apparently was of no benefit, my street is still plagued with a Wall Street Journal delivery person that drives far in excess of the posted 15mph speed limit. The delivery person is a young female driving a tan 2011 Chevy HHR. I cannot read the license plate because she drives too fast to read it and the license plate has a faded plastic cover which obscures the plate. For all those walking between 6:30 am and 7:00 am in the Village of Caroline be ware of this driver.


You’re kidding right? EVERYbody goes over 15 miles hours

[Topspinmo]

I live in a villa where the posted speed limit is 10 mph. It is almost impossible to comply with it. It reminds me of the parking garage at a mall up north where the speed limit was 5 mph. I heard that one of those mall cops stopped a lady and said, "Ma'am, do you know how fast you were going? She said no, and he said you were going 7 in a 5 mph zone!"

Parking lots here are 5 MPH. NObody goes 5 MPH in parking lot vehicles idle at 7 to 8 MPH or faster if you got the A/C on.. besides it hard to even measure speed at 5 MPH.

[photo1902]

Call the WSJ, and tell them you want to complain about one of their contractors, if they start to blow you off explain they will be named in the lawsuit.

Wow. Overreact much?

[JoMar]

Not even the Sheriff or Police obey speed limts here.

[thelegges]

Ups, FedEx, USPO truck, think 45 in a 30 is the normal. And if they can floor it 5 car length back to beat the already merging carts, they get frogger points

[Topspinmo]

Not even the Sheriff or Police obey speed limts here.

They don’t have to, who going give them ticket?

[jet10s]

A month ago I contacted the Sumter Co. Sheriff's office, which apparently was of no benefit, my street is still plagued with a Wall Street Journal delivery person that drives far in excess of the posted 15mph speed limit. The delivery person is a young female driving a tan 2011 Chevy HHR. I cannot read the license plate because she drives too fast to read it and the license plate has a faded plastic cover which obscures the plate. For all those walking between 6:30 am and 7:00 am in the Village of Caroline be ware of this driver.
get a radar detector -- then you can really play cop

[karostay]

I would be more concerned about the line of cyclist that blow though stops signs and intersections

[drpepper]

I also have noticed a car traveling far in excess of the speed limit in Largo. It's always dark when it comes by. I was told by a neighbor this week that it is the WSJ delivery person. Seems awfully dangerous to me for anyone walking their pet. I also see UPS and Fedex speeding but you can see them because it's light and can get out of their way.

[crash]

A month ago I contacted the Sumter Co. Sheriff's office, which apparently was of no benefit, my street is still plagued with a Wall Street Journal delivery person that drives far in excess of the posted 15mph speed limit. The delivery person is a young female driving a tan 2011 Chevy HHR. I cannot read the license plate because she drives too fast to read it and the license plate has a faded plastic cover which obscures the plate. For all those walking between 6:30 am and 7:00 am in the Village of Caroline be ware of this driver.

Why post this here you think someone on here will rush right over and arrest them?

[tsmall22204]

You complain about her driving too fast. How fast do you drive YOUR golf cart? People in glass houses.

[MandoMan]

A month ago I contacted the Sumter Co. Sheriff's office, which apparently was of no benefit, my street is still plagued with a Wall Street Journal delivery person that drives far in excess of the posted 15mph speed limit. The delivery person is a young female driving a tan 2011 Chevy HHR. I cannot read the license plate because she drives too fast to read it and the license plate has a faded plastic cover which obscures the plate. For all those walking between 6:30 am and 7:00 am in the Village of Caroline be ware of this driver.

Imagine you are a deputy sheriff, devoted to the hot pursuit of drug addicts from outside The Villages beating up each other or shoplifting (and I’m grateful for that!), and you get assigned to park on a little street to catch someone delivering papers. Does the punishment fit the crime? Is this where we want our tax dollars to go?

Now, imagine you are a young woman delivering The Wall Street Journal. You have maybe a hundred to deliver in The Villages. You get paid about a nickel per paper, and you provide your own gas. There are about a hundred miles of roads in The Villages, and it is easy to get lost, especially if you don’t live there. Almost no one is walking the streets at 6:30, except for a handful of people who think that at that hour, the center of the street is their lawful sidewalk. Each of those WSJ readers wants to read the paper at dawn with the first cup of coffee and gets mad if it’s not waiting on the driveway in a plastic bag. Some of those subscribers call the main office to complain if the paper isn’t there by seven. Her job is always on the line.

So of course she drives fast. She got up at 3:30 am in Ocala to start delivering papers, and she needs to finish her route and try to get home to feed her little kids before the school bus arrives. Then she will be off to her full-time job, hoping not to be late.

As the old Velvet Underground song says, “Some people go out dancing, and other people have to work.” I’d say, working people should always have the right of way and should be cut a lot of slack. We dancers—that is, those of us who have retired from our work—can step to the side for five seconds and thank them for their service.

Many UPS trucks also speed on residential streets at times. My understanding is that if it takes them ten or twelve hours to make all their deliveries, they don’t get paid overtime for delivering what the computer says should take them eight hours. Talking to a customer for a couple minutes can get drivers into trouble. A traffic jam can really hurt. They’d like to get home by seven, but often it is nine or ten. Cut them some slack and always thank them for their service, to you and to the country.

[Girlcopper]

Correct. Bikes are supposed to follow all rules that apply to vehicles. They dont own the road like they think.

[stan the man]

Ups, FedEx, USPO truck, think 45 in a 30 is the normal. And if they can floor it 5 car length back to beat the already merging carts, they get frogger points

Wrong :blahblahblah:

[DecaturFargo]

We had this problem in Virginia. We went to the newspaper and spoke to them. They said that they subcontract out the deliveries and were less than interested in doing anything. You can threaten a lawsuit all day long, but what is it you would sue for? Speeding is a job for the police. If she causes an accident, then someone could sue. Idle threats just annoy people.

[MWH&PH]

I live in Hadley and the driver they are talking about is going to kill someone. Order the WSJ and you can see for yourself

[Cranford61]

Perhaps a little more details might help.

Where do you live that the speed limit is 15 mph? I’m assuming you’re in a villa? If so, those roads are not maintained by the county, therefore the sheriffs department would not be able to enforce a speed limit.

I don’t think people living in villas are sophisticated enough to read th the WSJ.

[Jazzman]

Call the WSJ, and tell them you want to complain about one of their contractors, if they start to blow you off explain they will be named in the lawsuit.

Ah yes, a lawsuit, the American way.

[bmit16]

Now there is a truly ignorant response by a real stupid person.

[Scudder]

Why not just cancel your subscription to the WSJ? Then you won’t have to worry about it and can concentrate on identifying and turning in owners whose dogs poop where you don’t want them to.

[72lions]

If I filed a lawsuit against all my neighbors exceeding the speed limit on my street I’d be broke. And that’s just cars. While driving the 20 limit I have been passed by both cars and carts. It’s a Villages tradition.

[theruizs]

A month ago I contacted the Sumter Co. Sheriff's office, which apparently was of no benefit, my street is still plagued with a Wall Street Journal delivery person that drives far in excess of the posted 15mph speed limit. The delivery person is a young female driving a tan 2011 Chevy HHR. I cannot read the license plate because she drives too fast to read it and the license plate has a faded plastic cover which obscures the plate. For all those walking between 6:30 am and 7:00 am in the Village of Caroline be ware of this driver.

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[CFrance]

You complain about her driving too fast. How fast do you drive YOUR golf cart? People in glass houses.


How do you know OP speeds in his cart?


Why post this here you think someone on here will rush right over and arrest



I think OP was also trying to warn people to beware of this driver. Plus s/he already contacted police and nothing happened.them?

[thelegges]

Wrong :blahblahblah:

Not when they set up the digital speed, and you can watch for a whole week exactly how fast they are going.

[ldj1938]

I spend ten seconds reading the village's weekly reader and then I can enjoy reading the WSJ with my coffee. Everyone should subscribe! You would love reading a real newspaper. If you ever find anything worthwhile to read in the TV weakly reader please let me know. Please stop picking on my paper delivery lady. I'll be forced to give her another tip. You should wear light colored clothing, carry a flashlight or strap a red blinker to your front, You are walking facing traffic, right?, Stay out of the middle of the road. Wait 'til it's nice and light out so you can talk to your neighbors! Why do the old ladies in the villages try to run everyone's life. Drives me nutz.

[CFrance]

I spend ten seconds reading the village's weekly reader and then I can enjoy reading the WSJ with my coffee. Everyone should subscribe! You would love reading a real newspaper. If you ever find anything worthwhile to read in the TV weakly reader please let me know. Please stop picking on my paper delivery lady. I'll be forced to give her another tip. You should wear light colored clothing, carry a flashlight or strap a red blinker to your front, You are walking facing traffic, right?, Stay out of the middle of the road. Wait 'til it's nice and light out so you can talk to your neighbors! Why do the old ladies in the villages try to run everyone's life. Drives me nutz.
Blaming the victims.


Why don't you ask the delivery lady to slow down before she hurts someone.

[fdpaq0580]

There's not a single person in the Villages that obeys that posted speed limit..Even community watch

I do! So do many others. Your response reminds me of the child using the " all the other kids do it " to try to justify their own bad behavior.

[billlaur]

Lets get together and set a road block when she comes to deliver.. we will get her,,,

[thelegges]

Again... how do you know that?

Ya know when you get the golf cart from lifestyle visit that goes 10mph, everyone passes you. They have to be going 25 cause you are sitting still:a040::a040::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[yankygrl]

Contact WSJ and let them know about this person...she is their responsibility. Police/sheriff can do nothing unless they witness her speeding, then they can only ticket her for that offense

[WILHEISS]

This has happen to me several times when we in FL for the winter. One time she turned as not to hit me and about hit a lady on a walker. I did stop her one morning and tell her about speeding in Hampton Villa. She told me she would do what she wanted to, then pealed out. Village watch would not even listen to me. She is going to hurt someone one of these days.

[WILHEISS]

She also goes though the red light at O Dell circle and Canal every morning with out stopping. I also have tried to get the licence number

[HogPilot]

I spend ten seconds reading the village's weekly reader and then I can enjoy reading the WSJ with my coffee. Everyone should subscribe! You would love reading a real newspaper. If you ever find anything worthwhile to read in the TV weakly reader please let me know. Please stop picking on my paper delivery lady. I'll be forced to give her another tip. You should wear light colored clothing, carry a flashlight or strap a red blinker to your front, You are walking facing traffic, right?, Stay out of the middle of the road. Wait 'til it's nice and light out so you can talk to your neighbors! Why do the old ladies in the villages try to run everyone's life. Drives me nutz.

I've also seen the WSJ driver driving too fast through our Cul-de-sac in Collier when they deliver the neighbor's paper. Going so fast, I couldn't see the driver.

[villagetinker]

Since this driver has a set route, have your phones ready, you would be surprised what they catch in video mode. As for the traffic light she runs, do the same thing, get a video, then call the SCSO and when they come to your house show them the video. You might get lucky and they will just happen to have a car in the area.
Also since it appears that several people have seen this car and driver, ALL of you should call the WSJ and report what you are seeing, explain the near misses and the possible exposure of the WSJ if there should be an accident (they have probably already setup a way to be insulated from the actions of their contractors).

[CFrance]

Since this driver has a set route, have your phones ready, you would be surprised what they catch in video mode. As for the traffic light she runs, do the same thing, get a video, then call the SCSO and when they come to your house show them the video. You might get lucky and they will just happen to have a car in the area.
Also since it appears that several people have seen this car and driver, ALL of you should call the WSJ and report what you are seeing, explain the near misses and the possible exposure of the WSJ if there should be an accident (they have probably already setup a way to be insulated from the actions of their contractors).
Excellent idea. And if enough people complain to the police, maybe they will do something about it.

[Nucky]

My original post was rightfully moderated because it was a little strong. I would think asking the person driving very politely to take it easy may work. Let us know how it goes. It may work.

[Marvic 1]

I saw this WSJ women flying her helicopter at 65 MPH while I was walking my dog around my neighborhood. She was delivering these newspapers to most of my neighbor’s houses. As she tossed the newspapers from the helicopter up above one of them hit me coursing my Saint Bernard dog leash to come out of my hand and sending me to a nearby Villages hospital. The moral of this story, look out for speeding objects and don’t walk your dog to crap on other people property you never know what can happen… :ho:

:jester:

[Trayderjoe]

The driver flies through Mallory as well. I have tried to grab a photo of her license plate if I see her, but given the lighting, or lack there of, early in the morning and how fast she drives, I have struck out. I have waited near a stop sign when she comes onto Stillwater, but apparently the stop signs with the white border are "Stopsional", and she opts not to do so (and just in case, I am being sarcastic about "Stopsional"). For the record, I wear a reflective vest, carry a flashlight and my dog has a LED vest that is lit up when we walk in the morning and in the evening. She has come UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE multiple times, such that I stepped onto someone's property to give myself and my dog a better chance not to get hit.