Crazy - Road Rage incident in The Villages
 

Article in the Sun today about a road rage incident down by Colony. Nutcase goes after a guy and his mother because he took to long to negotiate a turn! Are you kidding me???? Went after them with a baton and busted out a window. What in the world is going on??????
Makes you pause and wonder about people around you....

The bubble has been compromised....

I couldn't agree more!

Lighten up people - it's a retirement community and I for one am not in a hurry to get anywhere - especially the grave.

the real world is here,, they have landed,,, how sad,,, that viagria will make a guy do weird things

Thankfully, nothing worse happened. Any object that is capable of breaking out car windows can, also, be capable of causing grievous bodily injury, or even death.

On another note, I wouldn't be surprised if the event wasn't triggered exclusively by the speed of the turn onto Morse. That could have been the straw that broke the camel's back. It may have something to do with the 20mph speed limit on Colony, and that the victim may have actually complied with the law, which infuriated the alleged perpetrator. Purely speculative on my part, though.

Could be. People here really get aggitated when you are doing the speed limit. I've ticked off quite a few doing the 10 mph across the brige on Paige Place by the Rec center and pool. Cars pass and blow their horn and a few extended middle fingers. I just look and smile. It would be my luck to go faster there and that's when the radar would be out. Never seen LE yet there.

Was the attacker from TV or an "Outsider"?

Even if it was triggered by the low speed limit.. that does not give someone the right to do what was reported.. You never know who is behind you or in front of you when you are driving - or for that matter beside you.. Strange world we live in and it is intruding into the "bubble".. which is surprising.. how can you be angry living in paradise?

According to the Daily Sun, he lives in the village of Hadley.

The Villages on-line news identified the perpetrator as Thomas Regina, 63, a resident of the Village of Hadley. Regina posted bond and was released from the Sumter County jail after being questioned.

Hubby read in the paper that the perpetrator also reached into the passenger side window and hit the 68 year-old mother of the driver. There's more going on with this guy than just road rage.

I agree, wholeheartedly! The nature of people does not change with the venue they live in...they bring that with them. We are fortunate here, that there doesn't seem to be very many people whose nature leads them to anti social behavior, such as was described in today's Daily Sun.

Wow! I've only been here a short time and didn't think stuff like this happened in TV. How often do things like this happen here?

I am surprised that people who live in TV are surprised that criminal activity occurs here. I mean some folks may believe they live in a bubble but they may consider that the DOME may be a fun show on TV but is feasible. Secondly that even if you could physically place a DOME over the TV you can't change the nature of people.

One poster described the attacker as a nut case. While I find this person's actions despicable I would not define this person so narrowly but rather wonder what happened prior to this event to cause this person to react so violently. I also would have never pulled over to the side of the road as did the people attacked.

Seldom enough that it makes a buzz that goes on and on. We are in shock and dismay and discuss it here for days. We cannot believe it. We insist that someone to put an end to it. And then we forget about it and go on as usual.

This article just goes to show that the Daily Sun is just not all feel-good fluff stuff.

It's great to read the good stuff; such a welcome change from the television sources of "news". Lets you know that life is still worth living.

We still have to live in a real world, though. We can all enjoy our lives and still remain vigilant. "Stuff", good and bad, does happen. Hope that guy gets some help.

Seldom.

Twenty years of alcohol and drugs?

Its the developer's fault for not doing background checks before selling a property.

:a20: That was funny.


Takes a real man to stand up and take a poke at a woman, eh? :loco: I think the saliva test may be important for this person.

Could be the same person that wrote "ugly" notes on the guest checks at Olive Garden and left no tip as reported on another Thread yesterday.

What makes this incident very dangerous is that this guy could pull this on someone who is "carrying" and this type of incident would escalate into a self defense shooting.

This is violence pure and simple and this person HAS to be a menace to his housemate and to his neighbors. Wow.

Thomas Regina. I am going to look up where he lives.


According to Sumterpa.com they moved into that house just LAST month.

Every bad behavior incident has a story.
I can imagine he was bullied as a child or abused.
Didn't take his meds or has a drug or alcohol abuse problem.

So, it's really not his fault. You don't have to take responsibility for your own
actions anymore. Pick one of the above (or something like that) and THAT'S what made him do it.

Exactly. We have one of the lowest crime rates in the world here. If a violent crime were to occur here it would be all over the media. People would be taking about it for weeks. When that same crime occurs in Detroit, they call it another Saturday night.
The fact that there is so much buzz about this shows that we live in a very safe community. I'm not naive and think that crimes don't happen here, but we are much safer here than in almost any community in this country. Especially communities of over 100,000 people.

Say it ain't so
 

:loco: Next someone will tell me not to drive my Smart car through the tunnels anymore....... Remember you can't fix stupid!

If the mother was 68 how old was the driver? Where were they from?

IMO, someone carrying a baton is planning on using it.

He's lucky the other person didn't have a gun and feared for his or hers life if you know what I mean.

I would just like to go and beat HIM up.

Remember reading when a long time ago people were ridden out of town on a rail?

I don't know what that means, but it should be looked into.

I bet his neighbors are very low right now. He just moved in LAST MONTH.

This was a violent crime! The guy got out with a baton and attacked two people. I realize it isn't like shooting someone, but this is a serious incident. I give kudos to the Sun for reporting it. Sure it's isolated, but don't think it can't or won't happen again.
Now I don't think the sky is falling but I do believe every aspect of our society is getting more violent by the day. JMHO.

According to The Villages on-line news, Thomas Regina, 63, of Hadley was charged with battery, burglary with battery and battery on a person 65 or older. He was released from the Sumter County jail on bond.

His photo is now posted.

Well,let's just say, I wouldn't invite him to the archery club!!! :loco:

Maybe we can have the Village Twirlers tap him a few times with their BATONS. Sunday afternoon 2:00 pm at Lake Sumter Landing Stage would be a good time. And of course the bar huts will open 1 hour before the event.

Let's hope he doesn't join the singles club! :pray:

I'm glad he didn't have a gun

Good one, Tweets.:wave::a20:

I bet he is a joy to play golf with.

Road rage links
 

If you find yourself stating to boil-- What Causes Road Rage?

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-dr.../road-rage.htm

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/about/outreach/dsweek/rage.htm


http://www.drivers.com/topic/31/

http://www.drivers.com/article/165/

I have probably seen some example of road rage that does not result in violence once a year or so while driving in the Villages. Never seen anything personally that resulted in violence of any kind here in the Villages. I expect all of the ones that have involved getting the police involved have been reported in The Villages Daily Sun.

According to the Sumter County website....he's married.

Feeling sorry for his poor wife!:pray:

If what has been stated is true, the man should be institutionalized for evaluation.