SUV Caught Riding on Multi-Modal Path
 

I spotted a woman driving her SUV on the multi-modal path at The Village of Richmond today. She turned in and bike riders yelled at her to go back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD9-Ymqdcjg

Geez

Not the first, and definitely wont be the last.

In the last 3 weeks 3 cars have driven through the tunnel under Meggison near Richmond guard gate. Sadly two were Residents that didn’t understand how they came from the new Richmond homes. Thankfully they turned at the tunnel and didn’t end up on the Brownwood Bridge.

Third one came from free standing UF on 44 turned on cart path instead of Meggison

I did a recent drive through of a community similar to ours along the Palm Coast and noticed they had signs at the entrance to their golf cart paths stating “golf carts only”. It would be a big ask for all the paths we have and no guarantee vehicles would see it as the signs sat low to the ground.

Well, you can't blame on the snowbirds, bc they've long since left.

I thought on many of the MMP's they were putting a post in the middle of the entrance to help prevent car traffic and 2 posts where they are walking and bikes only.

Yes at every mmp entrance/exit there is One post. Walking paths 2 post. Yet every car that turns into the path just run over, or around. The cars that come from Brownwood run over the post. Only way to keep out the confused, is a concrete post. But highly doubtful developers will replace the disposable posts

Agree the paths especially in the new areas need appropriate signage.

It is comical to observe individuals from Middleton and in the Wellpoint Lifestyle area struggling to navigate the trails.

Even worse when they inadvertently end up on Marsh Bend Trail in 3 row golf cars filled with children.

How is an unfamiliar individual in an automobile or golf car expected to discern the distinction between a single and double post? This situation becomes even more challenging when a post is absent.

Seen it many times. Blame brain fog or need of Med adjustments.

"This Villages thing is great, they put obstacle courses in the middle of the very narrow roads."

I don't recall the last time I drove over a post or thought it was a good idea to squeeze around one in a space too narrow for a car.

Now the single/double when you're in a cart is not always obvious and yeah, if the post is absent....

During our lifestyle visit, the Villlages Rep told us poles mean no cars allowed.

That is how it can be done. The person who authorizes a non-resident needs to inform the non-resident.

Happens daily.

Senior moment? Tell me it’s not true!

Confused driver or distracted driver

This past year there have very few sightings of kids strapped into golf bag areas. Carts with under age kids driving reckless on paths. Babies in cart baskets. 8 yo drivers while Grandparents are snapping pics.
At least in 6 passenger carts, parents seem to hold their child’s life at a higher standard by not letting 10 year olds drive.

Could be a visiting snowbird?

Exactly. The FROGS don't take responsibility for anything.

Sounds like any excuse we can make.

People don’t read signs, have seen how many ignore stop signs

Posts? Can't do that; you might kill a drunk in a golf cart.

And there's a term for those people: cyclists :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

I have seen very few automobile or cart drivers truly ignore stop signs.

I have seen more ignore traffic signals though I really can't say for sure whether they ignored them or reacted to them by accelerating.

Dunce
 

What a dolt! How do they pass the driving test? This has happened more than once. Everything is clearly marked and they have to run over a divider!

GPS said so
 

I was a locomotive engineer for many years before I had to go out on disability. I can't tell you how many times I heard about cars being stuck on the tracks after they made a turn to head down the tracks at a road crossing. I was waved down a couple of times for this reason, luckily I never hit any of the cars. My thought is that their GPS says to make a turn and they do it no matter where it takes them.

Could be. Question: Did these incidents only occur in the Waze/GPS navigation era or did they also occur previously?

They had concrete posts and some idiot in a cart hit it and then tried to sue village for his stupidity of running into it

Most drivers in TV passed their driving tests 40 or 50 years ago.

Dates
 

They all occured between 1994 and 2010

Why do the clown carts think they can drive on streets where carts are not allowed? Even if street legal, they cannot go over 25, cannot drive in the left lane, and cannot be on (or cross) roads with a speed limit over 35 (44, 466, 466a, etc). Yet, they do it all the time.
Maybe it's the "I'm parking in he middle of this space" mentality?

A licensed LSV *can* cross the streets you mention.

A non-LSV golf cart *cannot* cross a street with a speed limit greater than 30mph.

Once while waiting for Citizens Bank to open, I counted 18 cars in a row that didn't stop at the stop sign before pulling out on Warm Springs. About half of them didn't even pause slightly.

We have been both rearended and had tires squealing to stop behind us because they didn't expect us to stop at a stop sign in our golf cart.