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Agreed - "if you can't do the time (bear the fine?), don't do the crime" |
I am happy to hear this. There are so many people in too much of a hurry. Why? 5 miles over the limit is normally overlooked but 10 or more is a safety hazard to our community, especially on the roadways with walkers, cyclists and golf carts sharing the road. No need to drive that fast.
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I wish there were a few more speed enforcement areas. Many people drive very fast on Marsh Bend Trail it is dangerous and nerve wracking. Slow down folks, please.
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They are setting up right before the circle where the motorcycle rider went through it and died this past summer. In this case, they are responding to that accident and several others from 301 to 501 on Warm Springs.
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To the OP, a police presence in known speeding areas is not a speed trap, it's good police work. Shame on you for giving speeders a heads up.
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Good, the more the better. People drive way too fast in TV. The speed limit is 35 on most roads, not 50.
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[QUOTE=Penglobal;2009025]In no way am I encouraging dangerous or unlawful driving habits...]
Ha. Yes you are. Poor guy doing 10 -15 over, perhaps 10 - 40 over. It does encouraging unlawful AND dangerous driving. Let those who do the crime... pay their dime. |
10 -15 over, poor guy, really. Is it still 15 over and you can be arrested for reckless driving?
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And on the other side of the coin people who see this happening will buy here because they fell this makes it a safer community. :bigbow::bigbow: |
I wish LEO's would start making appearances on Enrique, Carzaraz, and Chapperell. No way most of these people are doing less than 45.
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If this community really cared about the issues that arise, all would be at the count/state door to improve the roads conditions.All roundabouts are not safe. This needs to be re-engineered. Go to the state or county to discuss removing all round-abouts.
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Too many people speed, there needs to be some kind of safeguards in place, if speed traps as they are called then so be it. Yesterday we traveled to SW Florida on i-75 I set my cruise at 70 MPH. Other drivers passed me as if I were standing still it’s nuts.
On other note this thread reminds me of Rt301 in Waldo Florida. Years back the local police force nailed people all the time because the limit would drop down to 25MPH in the town. As I recall they funded their entire department on the revenue from speeding tickets. Waldo, Lawtey no longer speed traps, AAA says - News - Gainesville Sun - Gainesville, FL Florida town infamous for speed traps disbanding police force - CBS News |
10-15 over the speed limit? Seriously, and you have no issue with this? Did you know, by law, if you are caught going 20 miles over you can be arrested on the spot?
Add the age of the driver, other influances, and Yes, 10-15 is an issue. Follow the laws! |
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In my life I got two citations for speeding. I was. |
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Last week I was walking on the golf cart path that parallels El Camino Real. I always walk on the left side (I want to see what is coming toward me). I heard a cart behind me. All of a sudden there were TWO carts behind me. one passing the other. The moron doing the passing came so close to me that I could have reached out and touched his cart. He must have been going well over the 20 mph limit because it didn't take him long to disappear. I gave him the one-finger salute in case he was looking in his rear-view mirror. |
"I saw some poor guy get pulled over for maybe going 10 - 15 mph over the posted speed limit. I understand he was speeding a little, but really."
What in your mind is required for a speeding ticket? Doing 100 in a 70 zone? The people going 10-15 over the limit always expect you to clear the left lane for them even if it means you have to do a risky merge into slower right lane traffic. My attitude is "up yours." If I am in the left lane, I am going the speed limit or faster. I don't need to cater to every racetrack driver out there. |
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What does this have to do with speeding?? |
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BTW, ain’t gonna happen. |
10 to 15 MPH over the speed limit and that’s supposed to be acceptable? No wonder the police are spending valuable resources to keep our streets safe and enforce laws .
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I have NO ISSUES with law enforcement doing traffic stops for what is considered "speeding" However....I have lived in Florida for 37 years now with 9 in the villages and the issue I have a problem with is the way the traffic engineers set the speed limits on some of the roads. Not just in the Villages but in general across our fair state. Some of the speed limits are way to conservative and low. They impede traffic and actually set up unsafe conditions by encouraging speeding. Bless the police for enforcement for our safety but lets question how some of these "limits" are placed on roadways. What is the algorithm used to determine speed limits? Lets' explore the root cause of the issue. |
Can’t do the time… Don’t do the crime.
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Once again, I am not condoning unsafe driving, but driving a few miles over the speed limit by a competent healthy driver is much safer than an old lady with pre-dementia, bad vision, slow reflexes and who drives a 1990 beat-up Chevy without tread on their tires.
There are many bad drivers throughout The Villages who drive both regular vehicles and golf carts that should not be on our shared roadways. If we all are so concerned about driving safely, then actual mandated driving test should be state mandated to those of us over a certain age limit or those of us deemed unfit to drive by their physician or close family member. Unfortunately as we all get older, our driving skills begin to deteriorate and there are many older Villagers who should not be driving and I'd rather be driving next to a competent speeding driver than next to someone who can barely breath and see! |
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Neither is safe (safer is not the same as safe) and both need to be discouraged. |
Observe the speed limits, protect lives
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Speed traps! Not
As others have stated, it’s not unusual to have car’s going 50+ mph on TV streets, especially Morris. While on the District radio, I hear about several accidents where drivers have damaged or destroyed round about’s. Generally speed enforcement are set up where accidents have occurred due to excess speeding!
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HOW ABOUT SOME HELP SLOWING DOWN SPEEDING ON PINELLAS BETWEEN BUENA VISTA AND 466A ?…. Residents can’t get out safely!
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My husband is still an excellent driver at 80. Our car is not a beat up Chevy with bald tires. It is kept in excellent repair. My husband trims ALL of the bushes and trees around our lot and replaces sprinkler heads. I am so grateful for his good health. I want you to tell me how you feel about driving in twelve years. |
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I just hope he doesn't take an innocent life along the way. |
Trap.
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Dead is dead
Exactly what is the difference between dead at 20 miles per hour and dead at 40 miles per hour? Perhaps just luck but all of my encounters with police officers have been good. No excuses though. If I have committed an offense, knowingly or unknowingly, then I say thank you and pay the price. These folks are out there doing their jobs enforcing the law not making it. If someone disagrees with the law, then they need to take action to change the law rather tan bitch about.
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What I was trying to convey is this. Not too many Villagers drive beat up old chevys with bald tires around here and there are a good many folks in their seventies driving safely. AND MOST of us Villagers truly worry and are very concerned about driving safely and when to stop. We are extremely careful about all other things including our health and that is why such a high percentage of us is vaccinated. We also pay our bills on time, witness the highest overall credit ratings in the country live here. We are good people, most of us. And also. You too are in your early sixties. You too will learn many things in the coming twenty years, just as you have in the last twenty. |
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"One day you WILL be an 81 year old woman, like me. (Who does not drive because she had a heart episode that scared the misplaced eyebrows off her) No one said I couldn't. My husband is still an excellent driver at 80. Our car is not a beat up Chevy with bald tires. It is kept in excellent repair. My husband trims ALL of the bushes and trees around our lot and replaces sprinkler heads. I am so grateful for his good health." I can see no other way to read this, despite your comments below... Quote:
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