[karostay]

Wish the Villages were treated as a school zone.

[hoganth]

I myself have seen children present in that school zone area, also have seen occasional speeders who either ignore the flashing lights or just not paying attention.

[nitehawk]

Whats the hurry we are retired --- do 20 mph - no matter where you are --- do 5 mph on golf course. or walk very very slow

[keithwand]

Could be worse. In Winter Park, FL the school zone is 15.
My wife got a ticket for doing 20 and it was 5P!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I'm always amazed by all these people that see the police all over the place with radar. I drive quite a bit around here and I can't remember the last time I saw a law enforcement officer with a radar gun.
I'm sure that they are out there occasionally, but I haven't seen them. Usually communities have police go to spots with radar guns because there have been several accidents or they have received complaints from residents of the area that people are speeding. They don't pick these sites randomly.

[DonH57]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

I'm always amazed by all these people that see the police all over the place with radar. I drive quite a bit around here and I can't remember the last time I saw a law enforcement officer with a radar gun.
I'm sure that they are out there occasionally, but I haven't seen them. Usually communities have police go to spots with radar guns because there have been several accidents or they have received complaints from residents of the area that people are speeding. They don't pick these sites randomly.

I agree. I've never see all these radar guns out either. More than likely they have areas they deem neccessary to hit and I believe strongly school zones should be of high priority. I can think of a couple areas they should hit in TV. I really don't understand what the hurry is.

[golf2140]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

Almost every time I travel thru the 20 MPH school zone area on route 466, I see a county deputy using radar. I know that in certain areas, slow school zones protect the children, but at this particular school zone, I have never seen a child crossing or even near the 466 highway in all the years since the schools were built. Children load and unload quite a distance from the highway. Is this 20 MPH school zone really ncessary or is it just a cash cow for the county as they write a lot of tickets in that location.

Warren, how about a happy post some day??????

[Happydaz]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

What is a "lot of tickets"?

"A lot of tickets" is when you get one.

[Warren Kiefer]

Originally Posted by twinklesweep

From your posting, I can't tell how much time you spend monitoring the pedestrian traffic (including schoolchildren) across CR-466 near the high school and the library; if it's about the same amount of time as the rest of us, then it's certainly possible that YOU "have never seen a child crossing or even near the 466 highway in all the years since the schools were built," but this doesn't mean that it doesn't happen�and happen a lot!

Meantime, as far as a "cash cow" is concerned, there is no cash cow for whatever governmental agency is responsible for enforcing the speed limit restrictions, so long as we obey the speed limit! Kind of a simple solution, wouldn't you say? I remember years ago reading one person's posting on the subject in which she swore that she was specifically targeted as a snowbird (that is, based on the out-of-state tags on her vehicle). Never once did she consider the possibility that SHE was in any way responsible for that ticket by virtue of her choosing to speed through that school zone....

I accept your answer about the children, but the majority of those times when I pass thru the school zones is when school is beginning and the children are being dropped off at the school entrance. I do have to stand by my words, I personally have never seen a child in the vicinity of the highway.

[Warren Kiefer]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

What is a "lot of tickets"?

Your question is similiar to "how high is the sky" A "lot" to me means that every time I pass the school zones, it seems someone is being pulled over. Perhaps in the afternoon when school dismisses there would be children present near the highway, but at the beginning of school. I would challenge you to observe any children at all near the highway, but nevertheless the county deputies are out there with their radar.

[Warren Kiefer]

Originally Posted by billethkid

there are always kids walking along the area of the schools....a school ZONE is a school ZONE.......slow down and enjoy the scenery.

btk

Your statement is not valid, If you diagree, I hope you will go to the school zones in the morning as school begins and report back how many children you saw within 100 feet of the highway. Kid, I will wait on your response.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

Your question is similiar to "how high is the sky" A "lot" to me means that every time I pass the school zones, it seems someone is being pulled over. Perhaps in the afternoon when school dismisses there would be children present near the highway, but at the beginning of school. I would challenge you to observe any children at all near the highway, but nevertheless the county deputies are out there with their radar.

No need to challenge me...............you just said "a lot" and I wanted to know what that meant to you.

[Warren Kiefer]

Originally Posted by twinklesweep

From your posting, I can't tell how much time you spend monitoring the pedestrian traffic (including schoolchildren) across CR-466 near the high school and the library; if it's about the same amount of time as the rest of us, then it's certainly possible that YOU "have never seen a child crossing or even near the 466 highway in all the years since the schools were built," but this doesn't mean that it doesn't happen�and happen a lot!

Meantime, as far as a "cash cow" is concerned, there is no cash cow for whatever governmental agency is responsible for enforcing the speed limit restrictions, so long as we obey the speed limit! Kind of a simple solution, wouldn't you say? I remember years ago reading one person's posting on the subject in which she swore that she was specifically targeted as a snowbird (that is, based on the out-of-state tags on her vehicle). Never once did she consider the possibility that SHE was in any way responsible for that ticket by virtue of her choosing to speed through that school zone....

Your post is well written but contains one minor mistake. Some counties do create "cash cows" in the form of speed traps. In North Central Florida a small town named WALDO created a cash cow speed trap that wat so outragous that the State of Florida erected warning signs that specifically warned of "speed trap'.. The tickets even being written today are the town's main source of revenue. Anyway, it just doesn't seem right that after it appears that school has began, the deputies are on the site stillo using radar.

[DougB]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

Your question is similiar to "how high is the sky" ........

the point of this question is that it depends on what you define as "sky"

if it's wherever there's air, then there are mines like the East Rand mine that are roughly 10,000 ft deep. So the answer would be -10,000 ft. maybe less.

if sky = atmosphere, then it's maximum height is the upper limit of the upper atmosphere (the exosphere), then the answer would be "between 10,000 feet below sea level and less than 6215 miles above sea level".

if it's what you can see when you look up, it's less than the distance from the earth to the edge of the universe = 46.5 billion light years.

can you touch the sky? yes .
Can you kiss the sky? Only Jimi can do that.


Your turn. What is "a lot"?

[Warren Kiefer]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Simple solution -- go down Wedgewood and skip 466 during school zone hours if it's that much of an issue to you.

You seem to have missed the point once again. The question has little to do with me personally. It has to do with school zones when children are not present.