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Originally Posted by WharfRat (Post 2146072)

Almost got hit again by a moving vehicle while on my morning walk today.

What did you learn from that experience?

Are you doing anything different to increase your safety on your morning walk?

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Originally Posted by WharfRat (Post 2146072)

Almost got hit again by a moving vehicle while on my morning walk today. Amazed by how few Villagers respect the walking public and ignore those who are approaching, waiting to cross or walking in a crosswalk.

Welcome to TOTV, though a friendly reminder that members are only supposed to have one account here, just sayin. If you think it's bad now, winter is coming.

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Originally Posted by Gunny2403 (Post 2146722)

Maybe it’s you!

Not a chance, I play by the rules, even online.

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Originally Posted by Bilyclub (Post 2146740)

Not a chance, I play by the rules, even online.

You are one in a million!😀👍

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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2146172)

Just spend sometime in any Publix, Lowes, or Home Depot parking lot...

People simply step off the curb, without looking for oncoming traffic...

Their head is usually buried in their phone...

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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2146206)

How true! Those white grid lines don't protect you from a car with an inattentive or reckless driver, as one often sees in any of the big store parking lots around here.

Some months back I remember reading an article about three drivers at (I believe) one of the Wal-Mart stores here, all within a few yards of one another, backing out of their parking spots. The rear ends of all three cars collided. When things like that happen it pays to be extra watchful when walking near the path of any car.

Thinking particularly of Southern Trace Publix but perhaps true for other stores, there are often structures in front of the stores that obscure persons walking out of the store directly into the roadway and not looking. This makes it pretty difficult for drivers even to anticipate that someone oblivious might be stepping out.

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Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 2146700)

What did you learn from that experience?

Are you doing anything different to increase your safety on your morning walk?

You are so nice to ask. I’m going on bike rides instead. :)

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Originally Posted by WharfRat (Post 2146236)

You bring up a good point re: average age. I agree vigilance is key, but did not expect to come across so many rude drivers in Florida’s Friendliest Hometown. :)

I'm not sure some of those "rude" drivers are actually rude. It may be more of a perception difficulty as people age. Hubby and I have found that so many times, people pull out onto a main road waaaaay too close to us as we are driving the speed limit or at most, 5 MPH over the speed limit. These people have no idea that the car they pulled out in front of is a MOVING vehicle and have no clue of the closure rate. We see this problem most often when driving among the elderly.

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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2146296)

Check the license plates of the rude drivers. Also many golf carts sport the license plate of the state the owner hailed from.

Quite a lot of those rude drivers in America's friendliest hometown aren't FROM America's friendliest hometown.

More so now as the snowbirds are flooding in.

Aren't the majority of us Villagers from somewhere else? In fact, I would say all of us Villagers are from somewhere else. I don't know of any young kids growing up in The Villages.

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Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2147719)

Aren't the majority of us Villagers from somewhere else? In fact, I would say all of us Villagers are from somewhere else. I don't know of any young kids growing up in The Villages.

I have met many people who lived here before the Villages was started. Some had had kids.

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 2147733)

I have met many people who lived here before the Villages was started. Some had had kids.

Lady Lake and the surrounding towns included? Gee, everyone I have met here have all come from other parts of the country. I had no idea there were "many people" who lived in our back yard before jumping the fence into The Villages.