Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I hate to see money being spent on striping and I'm sure it will detract from my enjoyment of driving the cart paths. That said, there are people in TV who are driving carts and do have diminished eyesight. Side striping will help them. I doubt center striping will do much beyond what side striping alone would do. We need to be considerate of our elder residents whenever we can afford a viable "fix"
To me, it would be much more urgent to widen the on-road cart paths in Lake County. Have you driven Rio Grande or Delmar after dark?
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Bravo - well done for $1 per year. Last time we will get a sale like this!
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I am appalled District 8 is even considering stripping their cart paths. Over $8000 dollars was spent on an engineering study and that recommended we don't strip. The most upsetting thing to me is the lack of concern for the architectural integrity of The Villages. There should be consistency throughout the Districts. We moved to The Villages because of the consistency between Villages and the beautiful environment we have here. Having some cart paths stripped on the sides, District 8, stripped down the middle, District 4 makes us look like a bunch of fools. Grow up people and keep The Villages a place we all want to live and play and be proud of. Listen to the experts, you paid them.
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Would anyone for this expenditure please enumerate the positives of this decision. Will it keep speeders in line? Will it keep drunks from driving? Will it keep autos off the multi modals? Please tell us the postives!!
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After a night out, 2 Plane needs to know he has landed at the right airport. Ya all have a good one. By the way who are the 3 some of us aren't voting for?
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I am also in district 8 and I am not in favor of striping.
It seems that there are many who are of the opinion that there is no downside to striping, so why not give it a try. It has been identified that side striping will increase risk to pedestrians and bike riders. Pedestrian vs golf car = pedestrian injury. This to me trumps any concern of a golf car driving off the path into the grass. Inconsistent paths would not be good. Some with center marking. Some with side striping. Some with none. A confused system of our own doing. For these two reasons, I believe that a liability would be created that we don't want. |
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Drive your cart at night or in the rain and then decide if side stripes help you stay on the cart path. Sunshine cart driver? Walk on the wrong side of the cart path in the dark? Tee time 7:28 in the winter in the dark? Lots of factors to consider. Is a few bucks really going to break you?
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It is interesting how many were in favor of stripping until they realized the cost.
I believe if you are not still in bed or in your house at dark you would understand the need for some type of path direction detail. But for many here the side walks roll up after 7:00 PM |
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A true waste of money with side striping.
1. If you can not see the side of the path you should not be driving a golf cart 2. If you can not see the side of the path DO NOT DRINK SO MUCH!!!! you eyesite will be clearer 3. Put your headlights on at night. 4. Slow down to the recommended speed. Please do not waste money of other districts. Most of us can see the difference between pavement and grass/shrubs. |
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The participation numbers would go down with each scenario...
how many are out after dark? how many are out after dark and riding in an unlit area? How many are out after dark while it is raining? So is all the need for the striping limited to the maybe 1% that may or may not be out after the sun goes down. I prefer to look at the hundreds of thousands of golf cart trips made over the past 20 years and the 98% who made it out and back home again, many after dark and s few more in the rain. Hundreds of thousands of trips executed safely. Remember the real safety threat has all to do with the condition of the driver and what they were doing at the time of their accident.....and almost nothing to do with where is the edge of the road. The striping will not change the driver caused problems....not one bit! |
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If you are driving a cart on the MMP at night/fog/rain, just keep the speed down so you have 30-40 feet of visibility ahead. Even at 20 mph it should be adequate, and if your vision is not so good, drive slower and more attentively. That being said, the district is a representative democracy, so if the people want it, spend the $$$$. Alternatively, we could adopt a point system like the movie "Death Race 2000"---50 points for a cart, 100 for a bicyclist, 200 for a pedestrian.........
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What is anti establishment?
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let's get real 19 mph and you need strip's next will be stop lights.
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Couldn't agree more about the driver-caused problems. And what about any visibility-caused problems? They are apples and oranges after all.
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