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RICH1 12-01-2023 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by GoRedSox! (Post 2278593)
Maybe you are right. I don't know but we will see what the OP says if he chooses to respond. He did capitalize the L in liberal....the context was going "soft" and also alluded to the age of the newcomers....but I have been wrong many times before and will continue to be, I'm sure.
This next wave of retirees into the Villages seem to bend the rules, obviously going to test enforcement or the lack of enforcement... and not reporting the known violations, is going " soft". Trying to make it easier to understand for some

Dotneko 12-01-2023 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 2278504)
I am pretty much passed by every golf cart when out. I have an operating governor that keeps me just below 20 MPH.

And it has been that way since we got that golf cart. This was probably around 2015.
We end up passing 2 or 3 in a 45 minute run and our cart only does 20. Maybe 20.5 going downhill with a tailwind. There are plenty of drivers doing 15 or less. Maybe age doesnt easily let them press the pedal to the floor.

jimdecastro 12-01-2023 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2278586)
Bonus living south of 44 is Wildwood PD. It’s definitely a take charge department on speeding. Very happy to see that after living in LSL area.

Even traveling at wee hours, you will see a cruiser out and about. Great site to see police presence, @ BV crossing 44m at 3am. I wave every time.
Is there anyone in the cruiser?

Norge 12-01-2023 05:54 AM
Braking the rules
 
Instead of posting on this talk show do something about then!
Maybe you can be the spokesmen for the ARC committee…

thelegges 12-01-2023 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by jimdecastro (Post 2278654)
Is there anyone in the cruiser?
Always, manned, not a useless empty cruiser like sheriffs dept leaves. I agree Wildwood PD definitely has a comforting presence. I am sure the speedy cars aren’t happy on Meggison, but we are.

Vermilion Villager 12-01-2023 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 2278504)
I am pretty much passed by every golf cart when out. I have an operating governor that keeps me just below 20 MPH.

And it has been that way since we got that golf cart. This was probably around 2015.
The Villages Golf Cart set battery powered carts at 24mph right out of the box. Gas powered are still set at 19mph. I see a lot of gas powered carts now operating at speeds way over 25mph. It's easy to do at home. I guess time will tell what operating at 20-25% over designed speeds does to them.

Mulliganguy 12-01-2023 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by JGibson (Post 2278516)
Right, it's only the younger folks who break the rules.
Not true.

Windguy 12-01-2023 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Vermilion Villager (Post 2278664)
The Villages Golf Cart set battery powered carts at 24mph right out of the box.
The 2015 Yamaha electric I bought from them does 19.5 mph. It cannot be adjusted. Electrics do not have governors like gas carts. You need to replace the controller to change max speed and that costs hundreds of dollars.

CandJ 12-01-2023 08:33 AM
:bigbow::bigbow::bigbow:
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Originally Posted by dhdallas (Post 2278640)
Its always the "other guys" isn't it. Those darn snowbirds, or the new people, or the visitors, or the outsiders, or the renters but its never, ever, the long-time year-round residents. They never speed, never drive drunk, never have loud parties, never violate deed restrictions, always carry their ID proudly displayed on a lanyard, obey all traffic laws, love their neighbor, and go through every day with a song in their heart and a dance in their steps. Bless their hearts!

airstreamingypsy 12-01-2023 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by shut the front door (Post 2278590)
You didn't finish the sentence. The OP said "more Liberal views on our established rules".
A liberal view of rules means they aren't taken seriously or obeyed. It has nothing to do with politics.
Except it was capitalized...... "Liberal"

Bill14564 12-01-2023 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Windguy (Post 2278699)
The 2015 Yamaha electric I bought from them does 19.5 mph. It cannot be adjusted. Electrics do not have governors like gas carts. You need to replace the controller to change max speed and that costs hundreds of dollars.
I don't know about 2015 models but with newer electric carts the speed can be reprogrammed. The programming device I found was prohibitively expensive but it exists.

jimjamuser 12-01-2023 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by RICH1 (Post 2278435)
It seems like the Next Generation of Retirees are moving in with more Liberal views on our established rules. Golf cart governor over-rides, pool IDs, AirBnbs, parking trailers in driveways, going around the ARC process, it goes on and on, and neighbors are afraid to report, and confront their neighbors about these infractions. I guess being "soft" is going to be make The Villages just another " all about me" neighborhood.. It's getting old fast.
I am glad that someone mentioned the golf cart governor overrides (need for speed). Having golf carts driving around with DIFFERENT top speeds just asks for problems such as unnecessary passing. Why are retired people in such a hurry - you would think that they would have learned "impulse control" by now. Another problem is golf carts making high speed turns - they have a high center of gravity and can go out of control very easily - plus after happy hour the drivers get extra aggressive. Also, golf carts with altered governors are extra LOUD.

Wondering 12-01-2023 08:52 AM
I have been here since 2005. Everything you mentioned - have concerns about, has existed since 2005. What's liberal? Anything that is different than you or your thinking!

Gizemo33 12-01-2023 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by RICH1 (Post 2278435)
It seems like the Next Generation of Retirees are moving in with more Liberal views on our established rules. Golf cart governor over-rides, pool IDs, AirBnbs, parking trailers in driveways, going around the ARC process, it goes on and on, and neighbors are afraid to report, and confront their neighbors about these infractions. I guess being "soft" is going to be make The Villages just another " all about me" neighborhood.. It's getting old fast.
Rich1, the items that you are making reference to have been blown completely out of proportion, and in actuality the issues are not of any importance.

I have yet to see a car up on blocks in someone’s driveway. I have yet to see little ants and pink flamingos reducing the property value of our homes.

What I have seen is a reduction in the friendliness of some of the residence caused by the current political divide of the entire country.

It will get worse before it gets better.

jimjamuser 12-01-2023 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by RICH1 (Post 2278435)
It seems like the Next Generation of Retirees are moving in with more Liberal views on our established rules. Golf cart governor over-rides, pool IDs, AirBnbs, parking trailers in driveways, going around the ARC process, it goes on and on, and neighbors are afraid to report, and confront their neighbors about these infractions. I guess being "soft" is going to be make The Villages just another " all about me" neighborhood.. It's getting old fast.
Is it NOT the JOB of NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH to report such problems? Maybe we need more of them or THEY need more TRAINING.


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