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BBBnWitty 01-04-2025 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Marathon Man (Post 2398602)
No. It's because they don't like lifting their foot off the accelerator.
Or putting their phone down.

HORNET 01-04-2025 12:28 PM
Slow down, !

HORNET 01-04-2025 12:31 PM
Some people have never driven cars or carts, before moving here

ByebyeMichigan 01-04-2025 12:39 PM
Yes it’s open all the way ……

ByebyeMichigan 01-04-2025 12:45 PM
Oh stop it already …..there’s nothing wrong with that new path. Don’t speed , pay attention and drive defensively and you won’t have any problems ……

sowilts 01-04-2025 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2398384)
Is that a reflection of poor design or poor driving skills? There are plenty of "blind 90 degree" turns on other MMPs, and plenty of drivers who don't bother to slow down or pay attention.

But question: Is the Marsh Bend MMP open all the way down to Central Parkway now?
Yes, the landscaping is Beautiful. It is good that they slow carts down.

ltcdfancher 01-04-2025 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Villager24 (Post 2398726)
Almost every turn into a tunnel is 90 degrees but I guess you’re prepared for those.
True! I was driving along Bexley Trail south of the bridge coming from the Eastport area. There are two tunnels quite close at that “intersection”. Two carts were moving quite rapidly coming out of the tunnel east-bound under Bexley and were in my “lane.”
I had not driven this section of the MMP so I was being overly cautious perhaps. As many have already pointed out…slow down. Expect someone to come around the next blind corner at a higher than prudent speed.
I have driven my car along Marsh Bend and there are curves…sharp ones…but they are far from being blind corners like the one I describe at the south end of the Bexley Bridge. Be safe!

Jalane 01-05-2025 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 2398572)
We have lived here for over 8 years. We do not own a golf cart and have no plans to buy one.

I have noticed that some golf cart drivers do not like to make sharp turns and they often swing wide into the lane in which I am driving. Maybe it is because the golf cart seats do not give enough lateral support or something like that.
They may be swinging wide because they haven't slowed down enough to make a sharp turn.

CoachKandSportsguy 01-05-2025 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by sowilts (Post 2398753)
Yes, the landscaping is Beautiful. It is good that they slow carts down.
:ohdear: :ohdear:

:bigbow:


:popcorn:

Bilyclub 01-05-2025 08:10 AM
Keep the tires properly inflated and curves shouldn’t be a problem.

ByebyeMichigan 01-05-2025 08:39 AM
of course you did …….

hosegooseman 01-05-2025 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2398384)
Is that a reflection of poor design or poor driving skills? There are plenty of "blind 90 degree" turns on other MMPs, and plenty of drivers who don't bother to slow down or pay attention.

But question: Is the Marsh Bend MMP open all the way down to Central Parkway now?
Marsh Bend MMP is fully open, already used a few times.

As for dangerous, I don’t think is worst than other MMP around here. Could it use some improvements? Probable yes. But what I see and encounter frequently are bad and dangerous drivers. Golf carts don’t flip or crash on any degree turns by themselves.

JMintzer 01-05-2025 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2398649)
Ain't that the truth. I haven't been on this particular stretch, and probably won't ever since it's a long way from home. Going southbound on the MMP as it runs between the homes along the executive course (Turtle Mound?) the MMP takes a turn left to run parallel to 466A. Traffic in the opposite direction has a long straightaway from the tunnel and often hits that corner too fast to stay in the proper lane. This is not a unique design. But it's a dangerous one. I travel it fairly often and have learned to slow down and be defensive.

These MMPs are designed for speeds closer to 15mph, but everyone juices their carts up to closer to 25mph and then drifts off into Lala Land, making what was a sufficiently careful design dangerous.

You can't make the other dude slow down, but you can control your own speed, and be defensive.
Can you please tell me where you found this information? I never heard anything of the sort...

If that were true, why do TV Golf Car Stores sell Golf Cars that go 20 mph?

JMintzer 01-05-2025 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 2398673)
Inside our village of Osceola Hills there are many places where the cars and golf carts share the same roads.
Every single neighborhood has streets where golf carts share the roads with cars. How else could they get home?

Are you saying they swing wide into oncoming traffic?

Or swing wide as you're trying to pass them going in the same direction?

If it's the 2nd option, that's your fault...

Maker 01-06-2025 07:35 AM
It's very sad when brand new paths have safety issues. They should be designed to be safer, for everyone, no matter what their driving skills are.
Sure we can say "slow down" or "drive more carefully". But those are just band aids, only necessary for not considering safety as a priority in the initial design and construction.
I wonder when a lawyer will sue the developer because they chose to build something they should have known was dangerous.


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