Just today south of 44

[Dotneko]

I took out this first sentence, because clearly it triggered some.

Just today, there was a motorcycle on the multimodal path near the Lake Deaton bridge, a golf cart driver too lazy to use the correct path out of Cason Hammock and driving around the rotary at St Cats in order to get to the multimodal path, and a golf cart driving along the walking/biking path in St Cats.
Be careful out there, folks, they live among us.
And apparently a car on the brownwood bridge

[rustyp]

How did you know it was a snowbird ?

[Stu from NYC]

How do you know they were snowbirds? Did they have the sign around their necks?

[asianthree]

Op the motorcycle had a Florida plate, so most likely not a bird. Even in the dead of summer you get a cart that ends up in the roundabout every once in awhile. Third time that I know of a car, or truck has crossed the Brownwood Bridge since opening that December

Birds don’t scare me nearly as much as the little lady today looking through the steering wheel, (Florida plate) driving 13 mph, while her tires scraped the curb.

The drivers hasn’t changed that much since 07, except speed has become the norm for most drivers, lawn companies, FedEx, and UPS.

[Garywt]

First I was wondering as well how they knew they were snowbirds, did you ask them. I thought there was a post at the Brownwood bridge that would block cars, maybe they ran it down. Was the cart on the rotary street legal? To get on the walking paths you have to get around the double posts but to be fair, I always feel that these should be golf cart paths as well since they are identical to all the other cart paths. As for the motorcycle, I guess if they are only going 20 but I just don’t know. Is it a full moon? Crazy day.

[John-US]

This is our second winter in the Villages and we see what you all have meant about the snowbirds.
Just today, there was a motorcycle on the multimodal path near the Lake Deaton bridge, a golf cart driver too lazy to use the correct path out of Cason Hammock and driving around the rotary at St Cats in order to get to the multimodal path, and a golf cart driving along the walking/biking path in St Cats.
Be careful out there, folks, they live among us.
And apparently a car on the brownwood bridge

I think you need a few more winters , then buy yourself a nice full length mirror and check out the issue closer.

[Dotneko]

I guessed they were snowbirds because I've been driving my cart daily and have never seen the sheer volume of stupidity that has been happening until recently.

Add an SUV!! Going on the multi modal path out of Brownwood. Dear Lord.

The golf cart on the rotary should have plates if it's street legal, shouldn't it?

[Dotneko]

I think you need a few more winters , then buy yourself a nice full length mirror and check out the issue closer.

Huh? Looks like I have been here longer than you.....

[JMintzer]

This is our second winter in the Villages and we see what you all have meant about the snowbirds.
Just today, there was a motorcycle on the multimodal path near the Lake Deaton bridge, a golf cart driver too lazy to use the correct path out of Cason Hammock and driving around the rotary at St Cats in order to get to the multimodal path, and a golf cart driving along the walking/biking path in St Cats.
Be careful out there, folks, they live among us.
And apparently a car on the brownwood bridge

So, you knew they were Snowbirds and not simply "new residents who hadn't learned the rules of the MMPs yet, and were living in the new section" how?

[rustyp]

I guessed they were snowbirds because I've been driving my cart daily and have never seen the sheer volume of stupidity that has been happening until recently.

Add an SUV!! Going on the multi modal path out of Brownwood. Dear Lord.

The golf cart on the rotary should have plates if it's street legal, shouldn't it?

Not snowbirds. Clearly the issue is traffic fatalities will decrease proportionally as the amount of lemons imported increases. The attach graph is proof with an astonishing R square of .97, an almost perfect correlation. Do your part buy more lemons and make lemonade do not boycott snowbirds !

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[DaleDivine]

I think you need a few more winters , then buy yourself a nice full length mirror and check out the issue closer.

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[VApeople]

a golf cart driver too lazy to use the correct path out of Cason Hammock and driving around the rotary at St Cats in order to get to the multimodal path

To me, that seems like a reasonable thing to do and you will probably see many people do that in the future.

Since the speed limit in a roundabout (or rotary) is 20 mph and golf carts can attain that speed, I don't think the cart driver was doing anything unsafe.

[buzzy]

Maybe snowbirds can spot other snowbirds.

[rustyp]

I guessed they were snowbirds because I've been driving my cart daily and have never seen the sheer volume of stupidity that has been happening until recently.

Add an SUV!! Going on the multi modal path out of Brownwood. Dear Lord.

The golf cart on the rotary should have plates if it's street legal, shouldn't it?

Oh I believe I found another correlation. Volume of stupidity increased when the golf cart bridges across rt 44 opened.

[Dotneko]

To me, that seems like a reasonable thing to do and you will probably see many people do that in the future.

Since the speed limit in a roundabout (or rotary) is 20 mph and golf carts can attain that speed, I don't think the cart driver was doing anything unsafe.

Wow. Really? Justifying that?
How about the St Johns people wanting to go to Brownwood? Can they just cut across the rotary instead of backtracking to Waterlily until the other section is complete?

[Dotneko]

Lol - thats the part you focus on? You are right, maybe it isnt snowbirds!

[Dotneko]

So, you knew they were Snowbirds and not simply "new residents who hadn't learned the rules of the MMPs yet, and were living in the new section" how?

Sure, they could be new residents. That isnt the point - safety is.

[MrFlorida]

Expect the other driver to do stupid things and you won't be disappointed....

[Dotneko]

Expect the other driver to do stupid things and you won't be disappointed....

Exactly.
Im pretty sure more of these infractions are stupidity/entitlement rather than dementia.
Expect the entitled response and be pleasantly surprised when the correct rules of the road are employed.

[Stu from NYC]

Exactly.
Im pretty sure more of these infractions are stupidity/entitlement rather than dementia.
Expect the entitled response and be pleasantly surprised when the correct rules of the road are employed.

And sometimes they are just driver errors.

[Bilyclub]

I took out this first sentence, because clearly it triggered some.

Just today, there was a motorcycle on the multimodal path near the Lake Deaton bridge, a golf cart driver too lazy to use the correct path out of Cason Hammock and driving around the rotary at St Cats in order to get to the multimodal path, and a golf cart driving along the walking/biking path in St Cats.
Be careful out there, folks, they live among us.
And apparently a car on the brownwood bridge


Where did rotary come from ? Sounds like a club.

[John-US]

Huh? Looks like I have been here longer than you.....

Wrong again! genius. I don't reside in the internet. (if you're looking at my join date) Good lord.. assume much?

[Dotneko]

Wrong again! genius. I don't reside in the internet. (if you're looking at my join date) Good lord.. assume much?

If thats the case, then you are solidly in the grumpy oldtimers club. Really, could you be any more rude?
Looks like you are making up for lost time.

[Dotneko]

Where did rotary come from ? Sounds like a club.

Lol - we northerners have rotaries, not roundabouts - and it takes less typing.

[fdpaq0580]

To me, that seems like a reasonable thing to do and you will probably see many people do that in the future.

Since the speed limit in a roundabout (or rotary) is 20 mph and golf carts can attain that speed, I don't think the cart driver was doing anything unsafe.

WOW!!! Have you not seen the crazies racing up to and thru the roundabouts and "straightening out the curve"?? Carts would also be hard to spot entering the road on a lot of the roundabouts.
As to the speed limit, if the sign is white and labeled "speed limit" that is the legal limit. If the sign is "safety yellow" with only a number, that is the recommended or suggested max safe speed. Drivers often ignore the yellow signs. BEWARE!!

[VApeople]

How about the St Johns people wanting to go to Brownwood?

Can they just cut across the rotary instead of backtracking to Waterlily until the other section is complete?

I had to look carefully at the map in an attempt to understand what you are asking. Based on my understanding of your question, my answer is Yes.

We don't have a golf cart. We drive slowly thru roundabouts and a golf cart going thru a roundabout is not going to shock us.

[VApeople]

WOW!!! Have you not seen the crazies racing up to and thru the roundabouts and "straightening out the curve"??

Sure, I have seen the crazies, but they don't bother me. I have gotten used to them.


As to the speed limit, if the sign is white and labeled "speed limit" that is the legal limit. If the sign is "safety yellow" with only a number, that is the recommended or suggested max safe speed. Drivers often ignore the yellow signs. BEWARE!!

Since we do not drive a golf cart, there is nothing for us to BEWARE. But thanks for the warning.

[fdpaq0580]

Sure, I have seen the crazies, but they don't bother me. I have gotten used to them.



Since we do not drive a golf cart, there is nothing for us to BEWARE. But thanks for the warning.

You are very welcome. Have a great day.

[coffeebean]

Lol - we northerners have rotaries, not roundabouts - and it takes less typing.

RABs = roundabouts

That is 7 keystokes less.

[fdpaq0580]

🚗O .....Car circle? Two strokes.

[JMintzer]

Sure, they could be new residents. That isnt the point - safety is.

Then why highlight it in your (now edited) post?

[JMintzer]

If thats the case, then you are solidly in the grumpy oldtimers club. Really, could you be any more rude?
Looks like you are making up for lost time.

Being rude while complaining about someone being rude...

Looks like you'll fit in thins place just fine! :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[BigSteph]

The most interesting thing about this thread is the hate. Instead of being upper-middle class/upper class senior people looking out for each other, there is just a hate on each other mentality here.

So many are triggered by so little -- snowbirds, dog poop, lithium carts, alcohol, etc.

I disagree with you guys everyday on something -- your entitled to your ridiculous opinion, and so am I.

Wrong again! genius. I don't reside in the internet. (if you're looking at my join date) Good lord.. assume much?