Walkers, "in the dark".
 

It is wonderful to see so many folks up and about walking at 6 or 7 in the am.

But perhaps a little safety is needed when it's dark outside.

Reflective clothing or lights of some kind, and walking against traffic.

All or any is your choice for sure but remember, you are walking with older people driving golf carts and cars that most likely are vision impaired to some degree as well as having slower response time, and more and more on the phone thinking they can talk and drive just fine (yeah right).

Anyone here owning a golf cart knows when driving it with front window up, in the dark, visibility is poor at best. Add to that, you all know many drivers here are not as good (or safe) as they think.

Lastly, the most important thing to remember;

The fact that "you the walker" think you can see fine while walking has nothing to do with the other person's vision or ability to be safe.

No perhaps. Safety is needed!

There are no sidewalks and people are out walking their dogs at all hours. I have seen people walking in the middle of the street at night wearing dark clothing. Reflective vests cost under $10.

Villagers aren’t smart enough to walk on the correct side of the street or wear appropriate nighttime clothing. If there is a sidewalk Florida requires that pedestrians use it. There are even knuckleheads running in the cart/bike lane when there is a sidewalk right next to them
Some of the older Villages don’t have sidewalks. Please pay attention.

Not having sidewalks is unsafe.

This topic has been discussed many times before, but still people walk in the dark dressed in black clothing and sometimes with a small dog on an extendable leash. I am amazed that there are so few accidents.

I absolutely agree. Walkers - Please go buy one of these vests. A little red light is not enough.

I cannot count the number of times I or my wife "saw" a walker AFTER we were beside them, so far everyone has been lucky, I stay in the correct lanes, and the walker happened to be on a sidewalk, or at least in the gold cart path. NONE of them had lights, reflective clothing, and at least light colored clothing....

When I was up north, I tried to get my town to require reflective vests but they didn’t even bring it before the city council.

Any chance Sumter county could require it for people walking on the streets between sunset and sunrise?

"Walkers in the night exchanging glances,
Wondering in the night
What were the chances they'd be getting home
Before the night was through...................":sing:

Had a guy in my neighborhood up north that did speed walking after work. Its dark early in the evening.
The guy had a reflective vest but put a string of battery powered blinking christmas lights on the vest.

It looked funny…but you could always see him

Incorrect; there are a number of sidewalks in TV.

Awards
 

Some folks want to be Darwin Award winners.

The other night we were coming back from Brownwood at around 9pm and came upon a guy walking in the cart lane on Marsh Bend, dark clothing and almost didn’t see him.

Another thing if you can’t see the head in cart the eyes in head can see you. They are many blind spots in vehicles a pillars, mirrors, glare. Especially glare when sun comes up, or down, and in you face in vehicle. The slanted windshields thick A pillars are dangerous. They can completely block out walker, motorcycle, and even vehicle at right angle. Walkers on MMP think they can stroll down middle or right on center line two three abreast when traffic coming both ways. IMO same as walking on street facing traffic and on edge ready to get out of harms way if get caught in blind spot. But some want to be dead right or looking for the getto lottery. When I walk I get out of road, I am responsible my safety and don’t depend what ever coming at me. I don’t challenge I’m in right.

And diamond lanes same as walking on street. Not stroll down the middle or at white line challenging what coming at you.