Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I got as far as Ocala before coming to a complete stop. Everyone was doing 85 with one car length between cars. One little bump and it was a 9 car wreck. Naturally every accident then causes a 5 mile back up in both directions. The weather was perfect- bone dry roads ,,but due density (and I mean density) of traffic and drivers it was one of the most brutal drives I have ever experienced. The trip to South Carolina took 7 hours rather than the estimated 5 hours. I took 301 for the first time coming back. Yes there were slow downs in communities but as least the traffic was moving. |
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I'm always concerned that I missed a speed limit sign on the smaller roads. I don't want a ticket or even be stopped. When I do stop at a stop sign I wait a full 3 seconds before proceeding. I wish there was an app I could count on that told me when the speed limit changes.
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Feedback, on my trip down I took the I75 route. Can't know for sure, but I suspect it was about the same time wise, but Was on it in the middle of the night, so I made good time. Without traffic, to me, it is much better than taking 301.
On my next trip, I will try the route through the National Forest. |
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After heading south on 301 we take a turn off on right just past Waldo (SR 24 - I think) and then over to I-75 about 13 miles and then south on I-75. You will pick up I-75 at about exit 382 and then south to the Villages. I exit at #329 (SR 44)
Takes some of the hassle out of the up/down constant speed changes. (Some day we might try the 95/40/19/42 drive) |
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Goggle Maps: 10 minutes faster, 8 miles longer. (Without traffic) .
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My gps in both cars tells me speed limits and has been extremely accurate even when coming into speed zones.
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Somebody should sell an interlock mechanism so that car only goes the speed limit when it is engaged.
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Da Chicago So Side; The Village of Park Forest, IL; 3/7 Cav, 3rd Inf Div, Schweinfurt, Ger 65-66; MACV J12 Saigon 66-67; San Leandro, Hayward & Union City, CA (San Francisco East Bay Area) GO DUBS ! (aka W's) |
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Us, too
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BTW, some of those "speed trap" towns no longer have a presence on 301. Now patrolled by County. |
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Just took that exact route home to NY. Easy with little traffic or stops. at I95 in less than an one and a half hours.
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so true!!!
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