How about a little side bet on the number of posts? BTW all posts will be similiar to the other 5 threads on roundabouts................no new information.

You may be right, but there are more and more people joining TOTV and moving/visiting here that don't even know we have roundabouts until they get here. Safety refreshers are never a bad idea, even in the form of another thread on an old subject. Some people don't know there are previous threads on a particular subject. Just my opinion.

Roundabout newbees
 

Roundabouts can be tricky to navigate, especially when speed is involved. Please keep in mind that newbees may be unfamiliar with the roads in TV and really unfamiliar with roundabouts, making it especially challenging for everyone. We ask for a "break" (no pun intended) when we are driving the roads you are all so familiar with. Yes, you will be impatient and perhaps mumble a few unkind words under your breath, but just remember you were there once too! And as for the golf cart paths? We'll need a break there too. I, for one, will be totally new to driving a golf cart around and will certainly be a slow poke for a bit, but better be safe than sorry. Just a heads up when we all arrive to be greeted by "the friendliest place around". :)

Can you give us advanced warning when you will be in the roundabouts and cart paths?:eek:

nah, even I didn't read THIS far in the thread!:evil6:

no problem, just do what everyone else does when they drive here...close your eyes! :22yikes:

You made me laugh! I'll put a sign on the back of the cart saying "give me a break, I'm new to The Villages"!!!

How About A Villager Learner's Sign on Carts/Cars?
 

The UK requires that new drivers mount a large red L on their vehicles to signify to other drivers that they are still learning. Perhaps, a parallel situation? Drivers new to The Villages would mount large roundabout circle on their vehicles until they pass a "roundabout" driving test. Impossible to make it happen, but it's a thought.

Don't worry if people pass you on the golf cart paths when you first move to TV. Several people passed me on the paths when I rented this year. I was in TV to enjoy myself; I was not in a race to get anywhere. And when I entered the roundabouts, I kept my eyes open and watched for the other cars and sudden lane changes by other drivers.

I close my eyes AND accelerate!

:laugh:

Soooo, YOU'RE the one

In the past I've seen lots of people (in the right hand lane) make that 3/4 left on me and I'm careful to look for it. But tonight someone made a 1/4 right on me from the inside lane. Took all my willpower not to intentionally drive him into oncoming traffic!!

From now on I enter alone!

ALWAYS be on the lookout, but just remember: 5/4 of people don't understand fractions.

I agree totally! The Villages is NOT the place for roundabouts. Too many of us have neck and shoulder problems that prevent us from turning our heads quickly to check for traffic. Eyesight can be diminished by now and some will even be experiencing much slower reaction times while driving. This is an elderly community, no matter how many of us do not feel old. Why was no thought given to how confusing a roundabout can be for seniors? Why is there a "left lane" in a roundabout when there is never a "left turn"? Perhaps roundabouts work in other parts of the world or in areas where there isn't an elderly population. Expecting a group of people, whose average age is over 66, to be able to navigate through these 2-lane circles is unrealistic. Add in the many, many visitors who come here every year who are not familiar with our streets, let alone roundabouts. Add in the "locals" AND residents whose mission it is to get from one area in The Villages to another in the shortest possible time. When I look at the big picture I see nothing but a recipe for disaster. If there HAD to be roundabouts here one lane would have been sufficient and would have prevented many, many of the accidents and near-misses we are experiencing every day. How easy it would be if all we had to do was yield to those in the roundabout and enter when it is safe to do so. All vehicles would be in the one and only "right lane" so there would be no cutting off as drivers try to exit from a left lane. The crux of the roundabout problem boils down to one main issue: Having a left lane when there are NO left turns, anywhere. I am no engineer but this makes absolutely no sense to me. All roundabouts need to be reworked to eliminate the left lane. We all would feel a whole lot safer and our visitors and guests would have a much easier time driving in this community. I realize from reading the many posts here that some residents feel that roundabouts are not a problem. They are a huge problem when you consider the age of our population and the fact that this is a retirement community. If you are lucky enough to have the reflexes, eyesight, and mental capacity that you had at 30 you are very fortunate and you are in a very tiny minority. The fact is that most of us are dealing with the problems of aging. Putting us in a roundabout, in a left lane that leads to no left turn is asking for accidents and injuries.