[Aloha1]

Originally Posted by tomwed

I agree. Have you seen a car on a MMP yet?

I'll amend my statement that I've seen it all . Haven't seen that one yet and hope never to.

[Chatbrat]

wait--it will happen

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by tomwed

I agree. Have you seen a car on a MMP yet?

I have.

A 'not-so-Smart' car trying to head to the MMP tunnel under Buena Vista...near the Lake Miona Recreation Center parking lot.

Apparently, after turning into the parking lot...it took a quick right.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by raynan

How about more speed traps on Bailey Trail. High fines for the carts that have the speed jacked up. We've been seeing several taking turns on 2 wheels! The fines accumulated would pay for someone to man the trap.

But, but, but...that's no fair.

First of all, there really isn't a state law enforceable 'speed limit' on the MMP's...given that it's private property

Secondly, it could lead to people losing their jobs...selling and changing tires.

Since the edges of my tires wear out fairly quickly when taking turns at 43 mph...I am at least doing my part for the local economy.

[salgent]

I live in The Village of Dunedin, nearly killed 2 years ago by "Neighbor Jim" across the street driving me as a passenger in his cart and not waiting for me to belt up before he took off on a left hand turn like a race car driver and I was ejected. Laid in blood and never called ENT's. Just had spinal fusion surgery and a 2 year nightmare. Please be careful out there especially on Golf Carts people think their toys....

[EPutnam1863]

Gee, we are coming down in a few weeks to visit some friends. Now after reading these and other messages about traffic in TV, I am not sure if it would be a good idea to come down.

[tomwed]

What frightens you? Look where you lived, MI, LA, IN, IL, MI (2), MA, NC, CA (2)A, FL, VA, RI, OR (2), FL (2), WI (2), MN. You don't appear to be house bound.

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by tomwed

What frightens you? Look where you lived, MI, LA, IN, IL, MI (2), MA, NC, CA (2)A, FL, VA, RI, OR (2), FL (2), WI (2), MN. You don't appear to be house bound.

[VillageIdiots]

It's always tempting to pay less attention and take in all of the views while carting around TV. But due to a few, you have to practice defensive driving. I get pulling around someone, when it's safe, if they aren't keeping up a reasonable speed (somewhere near the 20mph limit). But I can't count how many times I've been fed dust by someone even while I was at full pedal (which may be slightly over the limit ). Happened to me just yesterday. But just as dangerous, and also happened to me yesterday, was a cart completely stopped after an almost blind turn on one of the MM's where the lanes are split with landscaping in between. They were sitting there trying to take a picture of a gator that had ventured out. If I were not paying full attention, I could have slammed right into the back of them. Then, on the way home, where the cart path is the lane beside the road, another cart stopped to look at some wildlife on one of the golf courses, and a car coming up from behind both of us. If I had just swerved out to pass around, it could have been bad. As with many things, it comes down to using common sense. Something that seems to be severely lacking in some these days.

[tomwed]

No one would do that in a car. They know better.

[spring_chicken]

It's an old thread that for some reason got dusted off and resurrected.

[EPutnam1863]

Originally Posted by tomwed

What frightens you? Look where you lived, MI, LA, IN, IL, MI (2), MA, NC, CA (2)A, FL, VA, RI, OR (2), FL (2), WI (2), MN. You don't appear to be house bound.

Now at my age (77), I am housebound more and more and even have my groceries delivered to the house. The drivers here may be younger but they drive recklessly too because of the commuter traffic into the city and out of the city. Young working mothers are worst because they try to pick up their kids at child care centers before 6-6:30 so not to be charged double time.

Actually if I survived driving in Los Angeles, maybe I will do OK in TV? Here where we live there are plenty of roundabouts to practice on.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by EPutnam1863

Now at my age (77), I am housebound more and more and even have my groceries delivered to the house. The drivers here may be younger but they drive recklessly too because of the commuter traffic into the city and out of the city. Young working mothers are worst because they try to pick up their kids at child care centers before 6-6:30 so not to be charged double time.

Actually if I survived driving in Los Angeles, maybe I will do OK in TV? Here where we live there are plenty of roundabouts to practice on.

Driving here is a piece of cake. And that might be the problem. You can get bored and loose your defensive edge.

[manaboutown]

Driving in TV is a piece of cake, at least compared to this. Vietnam Motorbike traffic - YouTube

[John_W]

When I bought my Yamaha from TV seven years ago, the larger side-view mirrors were mounted rather high. Something like this.



Within the first week I was on the MMP eastbound on Bailey Trail and had just crossed Buena Vista and was continuing east on Odell. There is a hairpin curve and when I went around the curve a cart going in the opposite direction is totally hidden behind the mirror. In the middle of my turn the other cart just popped up when I was passing in the opposite direction. It startled me like I had never encountered anything like that in driving before. I went directly to The Villages LSL store and told them about the problems created by mounting the mirrors so high, and asked for them to lower the mirrors. They did it within an hour while I waited, placing plugs in the old holes. I have been in TV stores a couple of times since then and it looks like they've stopped mounting the mirrors so high. It's a head-on collision waiting to happen. Here's how my cart looks now. You can see the top of the mirror stops at the fold in the windshield, so your line of sight is always above the mirror. Go O's, Go Ravens, Go Caps!!