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A Steelers fan, that explains it!

You are so correct. SLOW DOWN and enjoy life.

Seems like if that’s a hotspot law-enforcement should set up observance stations and get out of the parking lots. If law enforcement were to issue more tickets to the cart drivers it would stop that behavior. A friend of mine failed to stop at a stop sign While driving his cart and received a $300 ticket.

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Originally Posted by Skunky1 (Post 1759633)

Yeah. Once again, lets call the cops. How about the ignorant people just act like adults and follow the law. Cops got better things to do than chase after old people on bikes and in carts

defensive driving is becoming more and more important....

the nuts are out there

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Originally Posted by jacksonbrown (Post 1759393)

This morning, I witnessed the most egregious, rude, careless AND dangerous behavior of a golf cart driver in my many years of bicycle riding in The Villages.

Traveling south from the intersection of Morse and 446, with little traffic, I crossed the Lake Sumter bridge. Actually, it is safer for me to ride the road (helmeted, lights and colorful clothing), at speed (nearly 20 mph), than negotiate the narrow two lane MMP.

The carts on the MMP, also going south, were traveling parallel to me (near 20 mph). Just as I reached the start of the 10 MPH zone, an older gent, in a cart, passed two recreational "townie" cyclists, a man and a woman, so close, that the pair had to pull off the MMP, onto the grass.

I have witnessed, and been subjected to the same behavior, the cart drivers don't want to be "stuck" behind any other vehicles, runners, or walkers on this dangerous MMP.

Then, he raced through the 10 MPH zone, followed by three or four other carts, all going faster than 19-20 MPH, which was showing on my speedometer.

So, be on the lookout for an older gentleman, goatee, with a 12" Pittsburg Steelers decal, driving a fast cart.

I sure will!

I typically bike 25-50 miles per day. I see a bad example of cart driving at least every other day. The latest was meeting a cart head-on while coming around a blind corner on a multi-modal path. It was an ambassador and he was 100% in my lane. The paths are always the most dangerous where a multi-modal path is shared with an executive golf course. So many golfers come whipping onto the path without even looking.

He probably had to hurry to pee.

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Originally Posted by toeser (Post 1759663)

The rest of us see examples of bad bicycle driving ten times a day. I hope you are the exception.

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Originally Posted by perrjojo (Post 1759474)

Yes!

Don't tar EVERYBODY with the same brush!!

What we need here is some proactive law-enforcement.

Having cycled on the road for the better part of 50 years, I am used to non--cyclists complaing that we "blast through" stop signs.

This article, with forty-two (42) citations, discusses why some cycle friendly states have legislated an answer.

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Originally Posted by jacksonbrown (Post 1759684)

So in 50 years you haven't learned the meaning of a STOP sign yet??????? I guess you're lucky you never encountered a car WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY who didn't see or anticipate you VIOLATING THE LAW.

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Originally Posted by DAN48 (Post 1759575)

It doesn't cause any inconvenience to have respect for each other! Aren't we all retired-so what's the hurry.

You 'we are all retired so slow down' people are a joke. First, not everyone here is retired. Second, those of us who are did not come here to slow down. We came for the activities and life style. That said, I do think that many of the cart drivers here are rude and break the law often. Until the powers that be start enforcing the laws, nothing will happen. It is the same with the bad parking.

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1759691)

So in 50 years you haven't learned the meaning of a STOP sign yet??????? I guess you're lucky you never encountered a car WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY who didn't see or anticipate you VIOLATING THE LAW.

Did you read this article?

Idaho stop - Wikipedia

BTW, shouting doesn't make your assertion more credible. :icon_wink:

Speed limits are there for a reason. Sometimes, it appears that they are a bit lower than they need to be.

But people are impatient sometimes, and I understand why.
WE ARE OLD, and most of our lives are behind us. Time is of the essence, and one minute wasted going too slow, is like an hour in dog years.
BTW......we know that the Villages is supposed to be the friendliest hometown, but it is also home to the worst drivers, worst parkers, and the most jaywalkers in the world.