Anyone hear about this accident today?
 

From the Sumter County Incident Page:

MAJOR ACCIDENT
02/22/12 13:07 (THE VILLAGES - 800 TRS PS 2) LADDER 43 ON SCENE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT GOLF CART VS VEHICLE WITH TRAUMA ALERT AEROMED 3 RESPONDING [FLA074]

Yep.... we were there right after it happened & before the police or ambulance. It was very close to the entrance to Hacienda Hill C.C. It looked like a single occupant in the golf cart, who was lying on the side of the roadway. It was obvious from the cart/car positions that the cart turned left in front of the car. There is no stop sign or traffic signal at this location.

Cart did have quite a bit of damage to the right side, but I believe the car must have not been going too fast or the damage would have been much greater.

Be careful out there....

That's horrible!!! Hope the driver is going to be o.k.!!! It's amazing MORE accidents don't happen here. Every time I'm out and about I see folks who just aren't thinking and/or looking!!! As the other responder said...PLEASE, be careful!!!

Please be careful. Please.

On the way to Lake Eye today, I was driving north on Morse, when a bit before San Marino Dr. a cart veered left into car traffic cutting off the car in front of me who braked in time, in order to pass 4 bicyclists, endangering not only himself but the bikers

You've got to watch everything out there.

For a retirement community, the driving in TV is much more difficult than in my home town. That doesn't seem right. You think they would have simplified things. There's too much going on.....cars, bilked joggers, and carts. Sensory overload!!! As you get older, your senses get worse. Not a good combination. More overload, less senses.

Yeah I have to agree with other posters...please everyone be careful. Cars and golf carts. We were visiting a few weeks ago and as I was driving through the spanish springs area, I had a golf cart blow a stop sign right in front of me. Luckily I wasn't going very fast and stopped, but the actual funny moment was the female occupant of the cart pointing at the stop signed as they flew by it. Can only imagine the earfull he was getting and of course the panicked look when he saw me hopefully made him realize he needs to watch what he's doing. It doesnt take but the one time.

Hopefully the driver of that cart will be okay.

This may be a little off topic but I have been trying to obey the new signs at the roundabouts. Yesterday I was going 3 quarters of the way around and I stayed in the inside lane as per the signage. There was a car in the outside lane to my right who cut in front of me to exit at tne next exit. She should have been in the inside lane also. This has happened to me a couple of times here. I think the signs are good but apparently there will always be some people who ignore them. Normally I try to stay in the outside lane regardless of where I plan on exiting.

John

We were in a golf cart and had to pull into the roadway because of 2 men strolling in the golf cart lane. Fortunately, there was no car traffic so we could move to avoid them as they were walking towards us. They clearly had no intention of moving out of the lane. Is that the norm?

In the past 2 days I've gotten really spooked. Yesterday we saw the accident on Morse between a bicyclist and car, with biker on the pavement and bike crushed. (paper today said he was stable thank God). Today it was the cart-car accident on Morse. I've never seen an accident before and now 2 in 2 days. Hopefully the people hurt today will be ok.

Have there been any car/cart - alligator collisions?

As long as I lived there, I don't ever recall that happening. Before I moved up from TV area; there had always been a lot of golf carts, seems like it's gotten worse and people driving them don't want to be cognizant of others. That makes for a bad mix.
We were all taught courtesy when learning how to drive our cars when we were in high school; it appears that courtesy and looking both ways has gone on the way side. Very sad.

Consideration
 

Today I was driving around the square at Lake Sumter. We made it a practice to follow the law and always stop if someone is crossing the street.
I stopped to allow a very elderly couple cross and the car behind me started to blow her horn. After they crossed she drove up next to me, opened her passenger window and proceeded to scream at me for allowing them to cross and holding her up. She was almost out of control because I had stopped. I reminded her she probably would need the same consideration shortly and to be more thoughtful.
I looked at it as being sad for her since she obviously had lost touch with
the need to help others and apparently was living an angry life. :smiley:

This is a good way to get t-boned.
You should read the brochure.
http://sumtercountyfl.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=3939

Bicycle accident
 

Does anyone know the details of the bicycle accident? If the bicycle made a mistake I'd like to avoid making the same mistake since I ride 5 times a week.