Another accident
 

Traffic circle in front of Bonnybrook gate had two smashed up cars on the grass in the middle as I drove by tonight. Looked like a head on which means someone went the wrong way on the circle. Seems to be many many accidents in the Villages.

What is many many?

And what is the cause? Lack of attention? Or not staying to the right in the circles?

Hopefully the Daily Sun will have a story on this in the paper tomorrow.

i'm with you z i will be looking in the sun tomorrow for an article on this, i sure hope they live up to their duty....gn

Might be a little late to get in tomorrow's edition.

What do you have against the Daily Sun? It is the local rag doing it's best.

z, my comment was tongue in cheek, u may have missed recent banter on the accident in the roundabout on BV, i enjoy the sun....gn

Especially since it's not the weekend...:thumbup:

I thought we didn't have weekends here in TV.

another wreck
 

i work out there cleaning houses and i see a lot of wrong way wrecks

cell phone and texting while driving?

The only way to make TV race car driver mode
 

in traffic circles is to put side walls up to keep 'em in their lane and have a cop permanently stationed on each circle ticketing those who dash into the circle as if they owned it.
Yes my tongue is in my cheek also:a20:
At some point the reality of TV drivers drive too fast will come to bear....although I doubt it.

btk

What is a lot?

Prudent question.

I don't think anyone answered the similar one you posted earlier in this thread.

One is too many, unfortunately.

When I was in the 5th grade at St. Paul's Elementary School in Weirton, West Virginia, this question was on one of my tests: "how man people inhabit the State of West Virginia?"

Not knowing the answer, I wrote down "a lot." Sister Elizabeth marked it as being wrong. :undecided:

Of course, I agree with Sister Elizabeth.:smiley:

Its those Brits driving on the wrong side of the road!!!! :police: LOL

Lately we've experienced a few "misses" with cars driving as if they own the road, i.e., saw a vehicle that decided to stop while going around a circle, a car darting from two lanes over to make a right hand turn in front of our car, etc. There are a lot of visitors from other places that panic when they see a circle, have eyesight problems (glaucoma), and on and on. We really need to keep our eyes open and drive defensively for the next few months. It reminds of deer rutting season when you got to watch for deer running in panic into the roads. Guess you can tell I'm from W. PA. :-)

WVLG.."Another beautiful Villages WEEKEND"

It's that time of year!!!!!!!!

nanni, what is a wrong way wreck. a lot of talk about speeders in posts recently, i must say i don't get passed by a lot of cars here in TV (it's not what u think i am doing the speed limit), and when i do they are just barely going by me, no more than 5 over......gn

off topic, W Va. pop.
 

Having gone to school across the Ohio and having travelled to dubyavee often, you could have answered "fewer than the last census" and been correct as it was the only state to have lost population in the 10-year census of my being there.

L&L

Wreck around the roundabout
 

Wreck around the roundabout,
A pain in the neck which you will found about
Soon in the Villages Daily Sun.
Not! Not!

Ashes ashes
from the Morse family fireplaces
They all fall down.

The buffalo in the meadow
Avoiding their own chips
Thunder, lightening,
Which is quite common in the Villages
But rarely reported in the Sun
they all stand up!

oh boy, here we go..:popcorn:...gn

And here I thought Boomer and UUJudy were the only English majors.

I think Tal is an undercover English major.

I have heard through the grapevine that he has a doctorate in Library Science.

Excellent question.

Are there more wrecks this winter than usual? If so, is it attributable to growth alone? Is there a pattern to the causes of the accidents? Are possible mitigations being considered?

I'm asking rhetorically only in the sense of not seeking speculative answers. On the other hand, a well-researched, fact-base news analysis would be helpful, imo. I do think that we have a vested interest in understanding what's happening in our community.

I don't have any hard numbers but there does seem to be an increase in accidents and incidents in the past month. There is always an increase in incidents as Dec/Jan roll around with the influx of seasonal residents and renters. Just the increase in number of drivers and traffic would lead to an increase in number of incidents over, say, July.

Some other factors this year....

It's been unseasonably cold, so, more people are driving cars vs golf carts.

There have a been a few major roadway changes since last winter that will be all new to returning renters and seasonal residents. Re-routing of the cart path by Sweetbay; major changes on Morse Blvd from Rio Grande south to 466; Opening of Freedom Pointe and new access/traffic light there; restriping of all the traffic circles.

Not really hard facts , but the following is my post regarding the thread about the car/truck that went throught the roundabout on Buena Vista.



"Tuesday
Friends visiting from St Pete witnessed the aftermath of what appeared to be a head on collision on Morse Blvd and Colony Plaza.

Wed.
Aforementioned accident that took out the Hemingway gate and was probably responsiible the minor blackout some us experienced.
I missed Bunco

Fri.
On the way to mah jong was delayed because of a major accident on the 466 and Rolling Acres Rd. Disabled vehicles on 3 of the 4 corners.

Sat./Sun.
Taking out of the pumping station on Odel & Buena Vista.

I'm starting to feel like we're all in a bad chase movie.

Just hope no one was seriously injured in last night's acciddent."

Since then 2 more incidents reported on these threads.


To me this could be considered "a lot" for such a short period of time.

As to the reporting in the Sun my opinion is that they are doing the community a disservice by not reporting these incidents, with or without the gory datails, with the warning to please be extra careful out there.

Apparently we have been invaded by a hoard of the worst drivers in the history of the world.

EXCELLENT SUMMARY and ASSESSMENT.:024:

(1) I bet even Sister Elizabeth would agree that's a lot!

(2) :agree:

(3) I would :1rotfl: if it weren't so sad.

Chalk up one more. Yesterday, Thursday afternoon, at the Buena Vista/El Camino roundabout.

Oh no!
 

Does anyone know whether anyone was hurt, and what caused the accident?

Ooh - consider the possibilities. I know he is very smart and likes movies... could be an English major...

The Sun will come out Tomorrow.Betcha bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be Sun
No news is good news...than the Sun must be GRRRRRREATTT!!!:1rotfl:

driving and golf cart recklessness
 

I am sorry to say, it will be a relief when April comes and the birds go home.

Did you notice what type of vehicles were involved? Was one a ford pickup truck by any chance?

Maggiet...this thread is OVER a year old.

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Must have been related to Janette from the other nite....who responded to a 6-year-old post.....and made then mulligan made my night when he appeared out of nowhere....like Rip Van Winkle
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