The Villages.

I wonder if it would do both. My initial reaction to someone yelling at me would be anger. But I would spend the rest of the day going over the incident in my head, and maybe some enlightenment would occur. Or maybe I wouldn't do that child-in-cart thing anymore just because I know what people are probably thinking.

If chatbrat said something, it might change the way they do things. If he didn't say anything, it definitely won't.

When I first read the OP original post.. I thought - how rude.. BYOB.. but then after reading all five pages of the following replys, I re-read the OP post and thought... yes, they were right to say something.. maybe it would make the cart driver and passengers think about how the children could get hurt.. but now I am hungry for a fried hamburger !!!!

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I think I wrote too soon.

Tal As "New Yorker born and transplanted Twin cities guy I can tell you my response to your aforementioned students would be "do you think I just fell out of a tree."

lololol Me too!! I am going to practice in front of a mirror yelling at people. I used to be good at it when the kids were little. I am also hungry, but for a meatball sandwich.


You see, people's minds can be changed. Pretty soon we will be all sounding like we are from...








you get it.

Confrontation with people in golf cart or cars in my view is neither the right or the prudent thing to do. However the one exception for me is to see an adult mishandle a child in a store, etc. I disagree with this behavior and I have approached the offender. Additionally some guy was verbally abusing my wife at SAM's and I yelled from the crowd and pursued him but he turned into the road runner

The yell was to make sure the 3 adults in the cart heard, the warning- we were not close enough for polite advice

The worst action, is in action

You haven't run up against someone bigger and badder than you. You hail from my neck of the wood's. Back in Jersey I don't believe you would voice your opinion successfully the way you did in a beautiful retirement community. It seems to me that this is what gives people from other parts of our country the impression that we open our mouth to change feet when we are from tri state area. How do you know that the people that were bellowed at could even hear you? If those people were 3 times 7 then they have decisions to make and consequences to live with. People who think they are temporarily deputized are weak. I wonder if what you were driving in was equal to or greater than the golf cart those poor children were being transported in? A superior vehicle perhaps? I was going to pass on posting here but you are correct....the worst action is no action....take it easy on others....maybe their car was broken down and they had an emergency....the best move would have been to help them.

I ran into real bad guys &I survived received 2 commendations from the NYPD for personally apprehending street criminals--this was , when I was younger &really nuts.

In Florida, if the situation warranted, we shoot .

You win! I surrender again! I am not a Caped Crusader!

Not a caped crusader just ex military (retired thru the reserves) with a ccw.

thank goodness this isn't new York!

We didn't have to look too far, this was on the noon news today.

Man run over in road-rage incident sent to hospital | WFTV

LEESBURG, Fla. - An argument about driving Monday resulted in one man being sent to the hospital after he was run over by another driver, investigators said.

Officials said 911 calls poured in after Christopher Detwieler was hit by a driver around 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of 441 and County Road 473 in Leesburg.

Deputies learned the hit-and-run was the result of a road rage incident. Deputies said the two drivers were arguing with each other while driving down 473.

"One vehicle tried to pass the other vehicle. The vehicle sped up and cut him off,” Fred Jones of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.

Jones said Detwieler got out of his car to confront the other driver, and accused him of putting his fiance and baby, who were in the car, in danger.

Deputies said Detwieler stepped in front of the other driver’s car and threatened to call police, but the driver ran him over and kept going.

Witnesses said the hit-and-run driver was a white male driving a black passenger car, possibly a Mazda, with a red passenger door.

Detwieler was airlifted to Orlando Health with serious injuries.

Deputies said drivers should never confront anyone during a road-rage incident.

Well, this got me thinking.

Good thinking, do away with all laws, we wouldn't want to be regulated.

At least we know now that everyone can find a soul mate.

Chatbrat and Walter123, there are some real dumbs**ts out there - my post from last week with 4 people in a 2 person cart, the Jeep from New York that cut me off yesterday while I was merging into traffic, in my cart, at the St. James gate and then proceeded to try and turn on the MMP toward Sandhill, today the car travelling the same direction as I that turned right in front of me at Buttonwood and I still don't know how I missed it - probably everyone on TOTV has stories of witnessing idiotic acts, even the "head in the sand" naysayers.

What is wrong with this statement? No one wins during a road rage incident; if you're your dumb enough to step out of your car, don't ever step in front of the car driven by the person you're confronting - a big no no; trying to play "macho man" in front of fiancé and baby and ends up in the hospital. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

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The guy who got out of his car was the aggressor as far as I'm concerned. The whole incident would probably be over when the light turned green. I don't know who was the cause of the dispute but as soon as you get out of your car to confront the other driver you become the aggressor. The guy in the hospital will now have some time to think about how he put his own family in danger. I'm glad he survived. He was given a second chance. The other driver was wrong for what he did too. Remember the incident a few months back at one of our gates? The guy in the front car got out to confront the guy behind him. Also dumb, dumb, dumb.

After reading all of this we did not read in the online news OR the Daily Sun that anyone described in this incident had an accident.


So hats off to you, guardian angels everywhere, good old bunny feet and cussed good luck.


Another day, another adventure.

In todays society it can be extremely dangerous to confront someone on or off the road. You don't know if the other person has a gun. In a split moment your life and the lives of those who love you can take a drastic turn. Don't be foolish and let your anger get the best of you, think about what your doing and weather you are willing risk what you have for someone else that you don't even know.

We've all been in situations where someone cut you off, tail gates, slams on the brakes, etc. And we have all seen red and want revenge. I know when that happens to me my better half knows I'm boiling over and takes steps to calm me down. "It's not worth it, are you willing to give your life and possibly mine just to get even with that jerk." "Worse, you can disable both of us for the rest of our lives, is this what you want after we worked so hard for so many years to get where we're at." "Are you going to let them take that all away from us?" "Let's stop and get a nice cup of coffee and a donut and talk about what we have planned."

Many years ago I saw two guys getting into it at a stop light, both emerged from their car with a gun, one guy had a young child in the car. The situation was defused by a off duty deputy. Think of what could have happened and how many lives would have been destroyed.

And, let's not forget the person in this thread that yelled at someone he doesn't know carries a weapon. This situation could have easily been tragically different. The other cart driver could have taken offense to a man and woman yelling at his/her family. A confrontation could have endued, and someone could have been hurt or killed.
As the OP stated in another thread, a guy was shot in Tampa because he threw popcorn on someone, like that was justified. I have two thoughts on this matter. If you see someone who you believe is endangering a child, call the police. And, if you are carrying a concealed weapon, keep a low profile and don't risk a confrontation with anyone.

I completely agree with this. Those that choose to carry, surely hold a responsibility to us all to avoid confrontation. And, especially, never start one. So we have a situation where someone carrying chose to take matters into his own hands when he saw a situation that he did not like. Where have we heard of this before? Oh yea. Right here in Florida a couple of years ago.

This happened last September in The Villages, I've deleted the man's name and deleted some identifying information. This story comes from the online newspaper.

A 66-year-old Villages softball player is facing felony charges of assault and battery after he allegedly threatened a fellow Villager with a baseball bat when tempers flared on a golf cart path.

***** is accused of threatening a man over the age of 65 and striking his golf cart with the bat, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff‘s Office.

At the time of the incident on Sept. 11, ****** was wearing a logo that deputies were later able to connect to a Villages softball team.

A week after the incident, ****** opted to turn himself in at the Sumter County Sheriff‘s Annex.

On the day of the incident, ****** was coming out of a tunnel at Mariposa Way and Morse Boulevard. ****** was turning out of the tunnel when the victim blew his horn and informed ******* that he had just run a stop sign, the arrest report indicates.

******* then slammed on his brakes, got out of his cart, grabbed the victim by the arm and tried to pull him out of his golf cart. ****** returned to his cart, retrieved a baseball bat and, after taking a batting stance, threatened to hit the other Villager in the head. ****** then allegedly hit the man’s golf cart with the bat. The victim then drove to the Sheriff’s Annex to report the incident.

Tracing the logo to a local softball team, a deputy initially made contact with ******* by phone. He said he would like to personally apologize to the other man and make restitution for any damage done to the golf cart.

On Friday, Sept. 18, ****** was arrested on charges of assault on a person over the age of 65, battery on a person over the age of 65, and criminal mischief with damage to property.

He was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center on $8,000 bond.

My Centiments
 

There's NOTHING that can get me "steaming" (to put it lightly) more than someone YELLING at me for something that does not concern "them". Glad to see there are more than one of me... :beer3:

And so we have the voice of reason. Thank You Snowbird22154. To The OP....It's better if you live your life, sounds like that should keep you busy, and leave others alone so they can live theirs. And I think, I'm not sure, if you do carry don't tell us all that "we shoot" as that could be taken as a veiled threat. I don't have to own a gun because I mind my own business and those around me who carry would protect me since I don't mind theirs. The real Caped Crusader is the one who can control their mouth. :super:

I doubt if there are many golf cart drivers in the Villages packing heat who are ready and willing to use these weapons over some rude words.

A middle finger would be a much more common response to this kind of motherly advice coming from another golf cart driver. Or maybe a #$%$ *&^!

I completely agree. My concern is when you add the element of a hero-wanna-be and things can get ugly very quickly. Only a tiny fraction of us fit that, but it only takes one.

Thanks for letting us know that you have a short fuse. Therapy may help you.

As for me, I will continue to let people know when they are putting the lives or safety of others at risk. Where that heck would society be if everyone took the MYOB path. I am however selective, based upon the situation. Always have an out.
Remember the "Good Samaritan" law on a Seinfeld episode.

Unfortunately children seldom have a voice when their irresponsible parents allow or take them into dangerous situations.

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I was a volunteer fireman when I lived in NJ, I carry my own AED in my vehicle-to those who insist on people to MYOB-if I see you collapse I just might do that.

Apples and Oranges. There's a big difference between rendering first aid, and being a busybody.

Apples and Apples, Maybe if you're a "busybody" you can prevent somebody from NEEDING first aid or a coffin.

You speak the truth Mr. or Mrs. photo1902. Can you imagine working your whole life to get to TV as your payoff and then getting a director as your neighbor. Odd's seem to be in the favor of great neighbors but don't forget the famous TOTV statement made by another..."Common Sense Is Not A Flower That Grows In Everyones Garden". :pray:

There's a saying "The truth will set you ( them ) free...but first it will phish you ( them) off.

Glad to see alittle humor injected into this thread. Now that's the TOTV that I love.

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You are wise. I would prefer to laugh & smile because its good for me and those around me. It was posted about someone riding their motorcycle without a helmet and catching heat from someone who had a problem with that. I gave back my CDL A license and my motorcycle endorsement because of my respect for myself and others. If the Florida law says no helmets than that's it. I don't agree at all but I have no rite to voice it in the wrong forum or wrong way. I say a quick prayer for every bike that passes me I really do. I always think about Gary Busey but I don't transfer my thoughts and beliefs onto others...it serves no purpose other than glorifying oneself for a moment. :1rotfl::1rotfl: