Now I've seen it all
 

Yesterday afternoon, approaching the Brownwood golf cart bridge from the south, there was a backup of about 10 carts. Several golf carts were coming off the bridge and stopping in the grass. One woman told me, "There is a car on the bridge." It did not make sense to me until I see a mid-size SUV driving down the MMP, coming from the bridge.
Fun in TV.

LOL, I don’t think you seen it all….it was horses a while back.
https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...ght=Horse+path

It happens, it's not the first time, and most likely won't be the last....

Just be glad we don’t have India’s problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3XfjbwqC_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmryr65iTwM

We went by there about 3:00 PM. It looked like a golf cart had been hit hard and cops were helping a tow truck to pick the golf cart up off the side of the car part of the bridge.

I don't understand why they never installed a bollard on the Richmond (South) side of the bridge to separate the golf cart lanes and prevent anything larger from entering. There's one on the Brownwood side.

Thought he/she would save time and take the "short cut".

villages apps/ maps shows all the routes for the possible methods of transportation. .

they must of had the wrong method of transportation as the primary

and they must be new or renters. . or should have their license non renewed

Maybe they (who ever they are) thought, "what if we need to get a maintenance vehicle or tow truck up there? Let's leave it open on one end. Just in case..."

they have removable posts for ambulances on bike paths. .
they can put removable posts for other vehicles

Second time since March 1 a car has been on the cart path Brownwood bridge. We were about to turn into the tunnel under Meggison and out comes a Porsche suv. Looked to be in his 80’s, yelling I live in DeLuna.

Tried to convince him to turn right and end up in UF Emergency Department parking lot. Nope I am going the way I know to get home.

The pole entering into Brownwood parking was down, so good guess he crossed the bridge.
Not much different than the older lady driving her golf cart, with her friend following in their golf cart, on BV, because it was the only way she knew to get to Seabreeze, last week.

I spoke to the driver and convinced him to continue across the field to Meggison, go off the curb and up to Brownwood. He really wanted to go back over the bridge. I was nice, and compassionate actually, but strongly encouraged him not to turn around. Thankfully he listened.

Been here over 12 years. You ain't seen nothing yet.
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What bridge are you talking about? The Brownwood bridge doesn’t have a “car part of the bridge”. It’s golf carts only.

The bridge over Lake Sumter. You can see the Waterfront Hotel to the west.

It has a golf cart only section and one for regular traffic.

OP was talking about Brownwood Bridge, I believe.

No bollard is necessary on the south side because that end is nowhere near automobile traffic. Any vehicle that made it to that end of the bridge would know that they were following a golf cart path and chose to continue anyway.

On the Brownwood end the entrance is at the end of a road. You would think anyone who could pass a driving test should be able to recognize that the path is too narrow to be a road but apparently that isn’t the case. The bollard helps the more confused among us from making that mistake. I wonder what happened in this case.

There must have been two incidents around the same time on March 12, 2025.

And this is an example of why we see cars on the Brownwood bridge! Too many seniors get confused and shouldn’t be driving. There is NO car part. No cars are allowed on that bridge just like the Chitty Chatty bridge.

Wasn’t that on the Morse bridge over Lake Sumter?

There was an accident on the Lake Sumter/Morse Blvd. bridge. Sounds like this incident on the Brownwood bridge is a separate issue.

To the OP: "Now I've seen it all" ?---Hang around, you'll see more.

Hold my beer. Watch this…

That was Sumter not Brownwood.

elderly, alcohol, happy hour, after sunset, what could possibly go wrong?

Two months ago a car was coming down the cart path that runs from the south end of Paradise Dr toward the bridge over US-441. The center post was not installed that day. She got down as far as the north end of the dog park but was blocked by northbound carts. Had to back out to the street.

Opposite problem- yesterday a cart driven by a teen female stopped at the foot of the bridge until no carts were coming off the bridge. Then she started up the bridge only to stop again near the top because carts were coming the opposite direction. This forced me and some other carts to have to stop on the steepest part of the bridge and wait.

Are you talking the Morse Bridge?
 

Are you talking about the Mose Bridge by Sumter landing? I saw the accident as well and was wondering what happened.

The article in the online paper that shall not be named said two golf carts sideswiped each other on the Morse Ave bridge at Lake Sumter. The southbound cart wound up in the traffic lane.

The average person in The Villages is below average. Put up a sign that says no cars allowed!

I'm going to go out a limb and suggest that a driver that can't tell the difference between a cart path and a road won't be paying much attention to a sign :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

That was the day prior ! Wednesday 3/12/2025 2 carts sideswiped each other one jumped the curb and went into traffic! We drove by cart still there with extensive front end damage 2 hurt and taken by ambulance to local hospital 2 treated on scene according to paper. There was also an incident/accident yesterday close to same spot “the treacherous bridge @Sumter “ Thursday 3/13/2025 around 3:30 pm LOTS of emergency vehicles road closed had to turn around before bridge and come down BV ! Still haven’t been able to find what happened.

Interesting. Haven't seen anything about that and can't find anything online. Not like the paper to miss an opportunity to report on a golf cart crash.

Residents and especially guests don’t realize the “dangers” of traveling in a golf cart. There have twelve fatalities (last I heard) in golf carts. Golf carts are fun but they are not toys.

Isn't the speed limit 10 mph on the golf cart bridges? I thought that curb was pretty tall there. Wonder how fast they were going.

Remember, some people are just stupid!

I thought that cart path was wider when it was built, but the bridge had to have a sidewalk added.

Thought I'd seen it all- At Sawgrass a few months ago, a woman had a gigantic white bird on her shoulder. The bird was holding an ice cream cone in one 'hand' and eating the ice cream. I didn't have my phone top take a pic.

Yes, I know that bridge, and we were just on it a few days ago, but I thought this thread was about what happened on the Brownwood bridge. Sorry! Got confused. 🤪