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Old 08-19-2026, 12:46 PM
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again, i'm living proof a bicycle is no match for a 2-3 ton vehicle. bikes really need to be off the road, if not, you take a gamble each time. and i'm not blaming the bikers, just asking them to take a look @ the way people drive around here, then ask yourself if it's worth losing your life
I rode 35 miles this morning. If not on the roads of the villages where do you suggest I ride? I don’t see another option but would love to be wrong.

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Old 08-19-2026, 02:14 PM
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When are we going to wake up and ban bicycles from roads in The Villages?
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Old 08-19-2026, 02:16 PM
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When are we going to wake up and ban bicycles from roads in The Villages?
When the Villages secedes from the state of Florida whose statutes make it legal to ride bicycles on the road.
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Old 08-19-2026, 02:58 PM
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When the Villages secedes from the state of Florida whose statutes make it legal to ride bicycles on the road.
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Old 08-20-2026, 07:45 AM
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When are we going to wake up and ban bicycles from roads in The Villages?
are you kidding me why should bikes be banned, maybe ban the idiot drivers on the road is the answer, unbelievable
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Old 08-20-2026, 08:08 AM
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When are we going to wake up and ban bicycles from roads in The Villages?
When are people going to wake up and ban (those dangerous) cars from roads in the Villages?

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Old 08-20-2026, 10:42 AM
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Hopefully the driver was issued a citation and not just a warning.
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Old 08-20-2026, 11:36 AM
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are you kidding me why should bikes be banned, maybe ban the idiot drivers on the road is the answer, unbelievable
Maybe BOTH idiot drivers AND idiot cyclists should be banned
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Old 08-20-2026, 01:31 PM
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Maybe BOTH idiot drivers AND idiot cyclists should be banned
Let's add golf carts and pedestrians to that at well ughhh. I don't want to see anyone getting hurt but people walk
off sidewalks with there head in there phone without even looking if traffic is coming, I see this in the square all the time.
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