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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2187874)

All that dangerous negative life-endangering road status stuff is balanced out and overcome by our "free state" and ZERO income tax.

be very careful what you wish for, income tax equals greed in politicians. when thery're done, you won't know what hit you. i hear you & understand your point, just be VERY careful your bank acct isnt emptied

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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2187546)

Not excusing the driving, but the much of the fault lies with the Florida DOT or whoever is doing the construction on that job. It's the slowest, most disorganized and dangerous road construction project I've ever seen. It should have been done months ago and it appears it will be years before it's finished.

Yes, it certainly is, I agree. Lack of workers ? Lack of supply chain ? Who knows, but..... not worth dying for. Unfortunately, as someone mentioned, the people who NEED to read this, the ones who just refuse to chance their driving to fit the conditions, will never read this, or not even realize it is THEM !

German convertible

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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox (Post 2187514)

German convertible?

Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Opel, Porsche, Volkswagen

Wow, I found it interesting that Opel was included . I bought a Buick Regal Tour X Essence which is rare model Buick (only made for 3 years). Turns out, it’s made in Germany by Opel. In addition, my friends Buick Cascada convertible was made in Poland.

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Originally Posted by Veiragirl (Post 2187833)

What's that supposed to mean?

It is well known, apparently, that in certain geographic locations, that BMW’s do not come installed with directional indicators either. 😎

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Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2187553)

I realize where the poster was talking about ... I had to make that "crossing" myself today. I did it the right way & the long way.

I think the road construction exacerbates the situation. There's just no easy way to get around the congestion and construction legitimately.

That's a non-sequitur. If there was an easy way to get around the congestion, then everyone would do it - and cause congestion in that other place instead. Consider someone going slowly on the highway - everyone moves to the other lane. And then THAT lane gets congested, and eventually the lane you just left ends up being the faster lane.

The reason that spot always has the reflector poles broken is because people choose not to pay attention. Or, they are incapable of paying attention.

I park my golf cart at Petco and walk down to Brooklyn Bagels, or Kohl's, or Ulta, at least once a month. I've never witnessed anyone drive over the curb in the middle of the road but I do see people zooming toward and away from the light on 441 there.

I've also had a few near-misses when parking on the side of Petco, because people come barreling down the driveway from Rolling Acres without even considering that someone MIGHT be entering or exiting before they turned the corner.

Thankfully I have ADD. I can't ignore anything, and see everything. I'm hyper-attentive. It can be incredibly distracting but it's kept me alive for 62 years.

Absolutely crazy people..

Photo time with plates lady lake police need to monitor this fool before he kills someone..

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Originally Posted by Pairadocs (Post 2187507)

Yes, I too saw them working a few days ago. Wonder if the prison sentence for killing an innocent road worker is more than killing a villager ? Now it has me thinking, could this be the very same German convertible sports car that pulled into 466 Publix a couple months ago around 6 p.m., at a VERY HIGH rate of speed, several of us coming out of Publix JUMPED as it squealed by, the guy "literally flew" into the disabled spot in front of the liquor store, did not bother to open the door, but actually JUMPED out of the driver's seat over the side of the CAR ! Looked at least 55, so must be in good shape, and RAN into the liquor store maybe "Fritz" needs his alcohol as much as his caffeine ????

WHY HASN'T someone gotten the license plate and reported it to the police?

Buy a 911(Porsche) and forget the call....I bought mine in 1967 and drove it right out of the factory in Stuttgart...
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