Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 1370330)

What does any of that have to do with traffic? My understanding of the definition of traffic in this context is the number of cars on the road relative to the ability of the road to handle that many cars.
I just don't see waiting for five or six cars at a stop light as being heavy traffic.
At rush hour it can take an hour or more to go ten miles to get into a city. When I lived in Manila it once took me over an hour to go two miles.
Try going from Braintree, MA to downtown Boston at 7:00 am. It's about 12 miles and I would guess it would take 45 minutes to an hour.
Once you get into a major city there are thousands of cars and it's stop and go everywhere.
The round abouts in The Villages alleviate the traffic conditions. They allow traffic to flow more easily than stop signs. Think about what it would be if there were four way stops at every one of those intersections. People here don't understand the right of way laws as it is. We'd have people not going when they should and waving on people that don't have the right of way.
Give me round abouts and this light to moderate traffic and I'm fine.

Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson (Post 1370510)

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 1367136)

Heavy traffic? Huge backup? Have you people ever driven in any of our cities, or worse yet, cities in foreign countries? We are spoiled here in The Villages. Traffic goes from almost non existent to moderately light.

Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson (Post 1370510)

Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson (Post 1370510)

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="4"]...The circles in TV do not alleviate traffic conditions; most people do not know how to navigate them, which is the real problem...

Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 1370605)

Thank God for the round abouts or there would be bottle necks glore here

Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 1370722)

I completely agree with you. I don't find the roundabouts a problem at all.

Originally Posted by bbbbbb (Post 1370808)

Well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, when Fenney gets occupied a lot those folks will come here to shop and to do the Doctors and the looking around,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, guess what you will see then?

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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 1370605)

Thank God for the round abouts or there would be bottle necks glore here

Originally Posted by dillywho (Post 1370522)

You sound like my kids in Jacksonville. They laugh at me when I say something about our traffic. Of course, my son forgets about the non-traffic problems where he grew up...I haven't.

It's ok, we're retired so I don't care. I just leave a little earlier and if something holds me up and I'm late, so be it. The only complaint I really have is those people from the "big cities" that drive like they are still in the "big cities". SLOW DOWN!!

I remember the nail-biting ride this lil' ole country gal had in NYC. Being from a small town in comparison, Lubbock, TX, I had never experienced anything close to it! Interstates had not even come into full use (system created 1956) in 1960. The cab I was in went from the Idlewild Airport to the International Hotel. The guy put his hand on the horn and his foot in the carburetor and didn't let go of either one, weaving his way through traffic, until we slid to a stop at the hotel! :eek::pray:

Originally Posted by Opmoochler (Post 1370947)

I grew up in Manhattan and dodged taxis as a pedestrian until I went away to college. When I first drove a car to the city, the only thing that kept me sane was that I at least knew where I was going, as I prayed I wouldn't be killed by a taxi. My driving goal was to become as assertive and adept as a NYC cabbie. One day, my mom gave me the unsolicited accolade, "You drive just like a NYC taxi driver!" So, the crazy people in the roundabouts don't scare me at all; I just assume they're out to get me!

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1370967)

OMIGOSH. Is that YOU?????

Originally Posted by Opmoochler (Post 1370947)

I grew up in Manhattan and dodged taxis as a pedestrian until I went away to college. When I first drove a car to the city, the only thing that kept me sane was that I at least knew where I was going, as I prayed I wouldn't be killed by a taxi. My driving goal was to become as assertive and adept as a NYC cabbie. One day, my mom gave me the unsolicited accolade, "You drive just like a NYC taxi driver!" So, the crazy people in the roundabouts don't scare me at all; I just assume they're out to get me!

Originally Posted by EPutnam1863 (Post 1375342)

Traffic is one reason why we gave up living in Florida and moved back to the north where we live on three acres with no neighbors and only one traffic light between our property and town.

Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1370413)

---but it didn't stop some people from getting on the 15 item express line with 65 items, then whipping out a fistful of coupons, half of which were expired or not for items purchased, followed by an argument with the cashier. Then they whip out their food stamps, and pay the remaining $2.17 with a check for $102.17 to get cash back, followed by an argument over showing proper ID, then a manager call, then another argument, and sometimes and accusation of discrimination on whatever basis. Was once behind a woman who had only 12 items and paid with cash----a bag of change that she slowly counted out $42.37 in quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.

Originally Posted by Chatbrat (Post 1375326)

316.2045--is the statute

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 1367136)

Heavy traffic? Huge backup? Have you people ever driven in any of our cities, We are spoiled here in The Villages. Traffic goes from almost non existent to moderately light.

Originally Posted by Brucieboy (Post 1375208)

What is the number of the statute or traffic code making waving carts through against the law?