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.