[jbrown132]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Some drivers just continue to amaze me, even after I thought I've seen it all.

Saturday evening, headed north on BV just past Palmer, the car ahead of me and I took the Rainey bypass. The car ahead got to the merge point, STOPPED. and then made a LEFT TURN into the oncoming northbound lanes that were leaving the RB!!!
I honked my horn and flashed my lights, but there really wasn't anything else to do.

So, to the "driver" of the gray Honda that was there a 6:35 PM Saturday:

1) I hope you and any passengers are OK
2) The DMV has flexible hours so you can go and TURN YOUR LICENSE IN, before you get killed or kill someone else

When you have a demographic of over a hundred thousand people mainly in there 60’s, 70’s and 80’s what do you expect. It’s dangerous out there.

[noslices1]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

A while ago I was making a left off 44 onto northbound Morse.

Person in front of me proceeded to make the left right into the southbound lane of Morse...and kept going.

Another visitor from England.

[kendi]

It’s really nobody’s business and you’re intentional cyber shaming is very sad indeed

[kendi]

It’s nobody’s business. You just enjoy getting off on cyber shaming others. How’s that make you look?

[midiwiz]

my guess is smart, but I'm sure that is the wrong answer because it's not super politically correct and not far too overly nice enough.....??

[Flgagg]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Some drivers just continue to amaze me, even after I thought I've seen it all.

Saturday evening, headed north on BV just past Palmer, the car ahead of me and I took the Rainey bypass. The car ahead got to the merge point, STOPPED. and then made a LEFT TURN into the oncoming northbound lanes that were leaving the RB!!!
I honked my horn and flashed my lights, but there really wasn't anything else to do.

So, to the "driver" of the gray Honda that was there a 6:35 PM Saturday:

1) I hope you and any passengers are OK
2) The DMV has flexible hours so you can go and TURN YOUR LICENSE IN, before you get killed or kill someone else

What about following speed limits? I live on Oak Forest Drive which is a long straight road. Many people use it as a race track - go as fast as possible…….. and Oak Forest Drive doesn’t have a cart lane so all vehicles, bikers, walkers, runners, etc. use the same lane. Just because we don’t have children living in The Villages, we do have elderly people with memory problems, balance issues, etc. we should remember they can easily step out into and or further into the road just as a small child might do. What’s the rush? Take your time.

[jswirs]

Originally Posted by GOLFER54

If I wrote about how many times I’ve seen drivers do stupid and illegal behaviors on the road, I’d run out of ink. These are some of the behaviors I have seen over the years; people not stopping at stop signs, traveling the opposite way in the roundabouts, putting on signals and turning the opposite way, tailgating, speeding, weaving in and out of traffic, aggressive driving, drunk driving, texting while driving, putting on makeup while driving, running red lights, driving their cars onto golf paths, having dogs on their laps, coming to a complete stop before they turn into a street, not keeping up the proper speed when going on a ramp to enter a highway, when there is a merge written on the road cut you off on your blind side, not changing lanes when a police officer has pulled someone over, passing a bus full of children when the bus driver has stopped with lights flashing and stop sign visible to see, not pulling out of the way when EMT drivers are flashing their lights and sirens. I’m sure there are many other examples I haven’t mentioned, but I am sure if you have been driving for years you have seen some or all that I have mentioned. In the meantime, don’t get distracted and drive safe.

Wow! It seems from your post that you never make a mistake while driving. Good for you, I make mistakes occasionally, while driving, and I think most folks do the same. Minor mistakes, that is, nothing like the scenario of the OP . No one drives perfectly...even Tesla!

[J1ceasar]

Maybe it's brain freeze or maybe it really is stupidity but about 40 years ago back in New Jersey we had someone at a lighted intersection turn left into the wrong ways, the wrong way and hit the car in front of us. Luckily we were far back from the guy waiting at the stoplight and we did not get hit ourselves. It was a four-lane road. I have seen many people make left turns into the wrong Lanes going the wrong way over the years that is why there are so many signs but not enough with arrows showing to go around the meeting. In fruitland Park there are a few intersections where they really need to paint the yellow lines in the center that go around the median strips and not leave them blank in the road

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by noslices1

Another visitor from England.

One thing about us, we know how to use roundabouts, and if we are driving on the wrong side of the road, we do it very politely!

[graciegirl]

It is VERY important to drive defensively here in The Villages. There are many inept drivers. Don't add yourself to the dangerous ones by allowing yourself to be impatient or off guard. It may be time to consider stopping driving a car and don't relax if you are driving a golf cart. In the past twenty years over two dozen people were killed in The Villages due to golf cart accidents and dozens more badly injured. The only factor that any of us can control and protect is our own self.

[ccrider]

I was always taught in driving courses to Drive Defensively, because there are some very Offensive drivers out there!!!

[DaveGodin]

I was walking the dog at the Spanish Springs square Monday. I heard a truck horn beeping and saw a car at the Paige place/main st intersection standing immobile although the light was green. The beeping came from the tractor/trailer behind. After several beeps, the car driver moved on towards us and the square, then turned LEFT. The one way street around the square is to the right. A golf cart driver came upon the car and gestured that the car was going the wrong way. The car driver waved back and KEPT GOING, then turned left again (against traffic), finally parking. The driver must have been lost, something that happens often enough in the villages.

[karostay]

Originally Posted by DaleDivine

This stuff happens everyday in TV.

NO It happens every moment on any highway
Its scary driving on any roadway
haven't you noticed the enforcement declining over the years
Free for all

[MrFlorida]

Sooner or later you will hear about somebody driving a golf cart on the Florida turnpike, don't laugh, its coming....

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Some drivers just continue to amaze me, even after I thought I've seen it all.

Saturday evening, headed north on BV just past Palmer, the car ahead of me and I took the Rainey bypass. The car ahead got to the merge point, STOPPED. and then made a LEFT TURN into the oncoming northbound lanes that were leaving the RB!!!
I honked my horn and flashed my lights, but there really wasn't anything else to do.

So, to the "driver" of the gray Honda that was there a 6:35 PM Saturday:

1) I hope you and any passengers are OK
2) The DMV has flexible hours so you can go and TURN YOUR LICENSE IN, before you get killed or kill someone else

I had my motorcycle shipped here from Minnesota this past February. After about ten or so rides I decided that it was no longer worth the risk to life and limb riding here in The Villages, and sold it. Wife is much happier.

I've always been of the opinion that, after a certain age (65?) there should be mandated road tests every other year for a person to retain their driver's license. We'd all be much safer.