So what? It makes a difference in the scheme of things?

Why do you think you can only learn many things from mid 60s to 80s? Did you wait to change eating habits, exercise differently during those 20 years?
I have been pretty satisfied with all I learned At 60, not sure there is anything That could improve on in the next 20 years. As far as health issues such as cancer or cardiac, many have had those learned lessons in their 30s and 40s.

God bless you Mrs. Graciegirl and I thank you for taking a proactive stance in making an informed for yourself by deciding not to drive due to your own personal circumstances. My point is that there are many "older" & "younger" Villagers who should not be driving and this group of drivers scares me more than anyone who drives a few miles over the speed limit. And the remark about me turning 81 years old in 18 years, may that statement make it straight to gods ears.

It's not a 'speed trap'. It's called 'law enforcement'.

That reply is apropos to most topics on this site...

It seems that the appropriate way to respond to any reasonable post here it is find some way to misinterpret it so one can come up with a argument.

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Roundabouts are perfectly safe, and well engineered.
It's the drivers that are not so safe or well engineered!

I heard a new study found a correlation between speeders in TV and flamingo statues in their front yards.

Also heard there are little old ladies in golf carts with clipboards, who have radar guns. They report to police the areas of increased speeding.

:boom:HAHAHA

You keep on saying, 'poor guy.' He was driving a car a priviledge in all 50 states. He CHOSE to disobey the speed limit by 10-15 mph as you say. At what pont should an officer write the ticket over the posted speed limit? Other threads have called for more enforcement for speeding. Police are damned if they do and damned if they don't!

Actually, if you receive a citation, you have been "arrested." You were just released at the scene on your signature, promising to satisfy the citation or appear in court. "Arrested" and "taken into custody" are not always the same thing. One can be taken into custody for any violation, but of course that is generally not practical or necessary. Don't believe me? Next time an officer asks for your signature on a citation, try telling him/her, "to heck with you...I ain't signing that." See what happens.

Sorry...it's not feasible you weren't speeding but received a ticket. I have been involved with LE officers in the military for many years...and not a single person ticketed wasn't speeding when ticketed. This is not the 70s..the radar technology is extremely exact in speed and vehicle targeting. You might "believe" you weren't...but, you were speeding.
Just slow down and it won't be an issue in the future.

Agree. Except for those that drive way too slow, which is at least as big a safety hazard.

Cruise control at 70 on I-75? I applaud your civic-mindedness and adherence to the letter of the law. However, I do hope you are not one of those "left lane Louie's", in which case you are likely to be the CAUSE of an accident, even if you never get into one yourself.

Well, an attitude like that is what causes high speed accidents on interstates---slower drivers hanging out in the far left lane. They feel "entitled" to be there, so everyone else has to change lanes to get around them which is the number one cause of accidents on interstates.

BTW, based on the statement, "I don't need to cater to every racetrack driver out there.", you must be unaware that the law REQUIRES you to move over for anyone in that left lane who is traveling faster than you, even if you yourself are going 80 or 85. It IS NOT up to you to set the pace on any roadway, YOU are not a police officer.

The other day I saw a cop car with lights flashing sitting behind a golf cart. No telling if it was a ticket, a warning or a rescue.

I wished to express that every year that we get older is a year we have amassed more information. The people who I know well who are my age continue to grow and learn and read and listen and absorb and think.

Yesterday out of a life long interest in Decor and keeping current and knowing what is going on and what is the latest "thing" I spent several hours looking at magazines on line and seeing rooms that are using the new colors and a completely new look. I didn't "like" the mustard yellow being used with a light pink and some other new things but now I am beginning to "get" the trends. Not because they are "right or wrong" just because I enjoy seeing what the style mavens are doing in homes.

Another thing about living and getting older, it gets harder to maintain one's health and surprising and annoying things happen to ones body. Also as we age, we are faced with new heart break as loved partners die and friends die and our universe is altered and we must face and do face some very hard and sad things. AND that too shapes us and usually makes us more compassionate to others. We do keep learning and we do change and I do think the overall wisdom of a healthy 80 year old is 20 years more complete than a sixty year old.

Those who are younger can wait and see if they agree with me.

Are you taking into consideration the cognitive decline we ALL experience as we age? You need to weigh this against "amassed more information". Possibly overall, one loses information, despite efforts to increase information. But it seems we can certainly delay decline with conscious effort (unless of course significant dementia sets in).

I think when the experts indicate cognitive decline, this happens despite our efforts, and ongoing evaluative procedures would support this contention in most cases.

Silly me---I though this thread was about speeding :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Apparently, now it's about home decorating...

The mind does wander at times... :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Speed
 

If the speed limit is 35 and you are going 15 over thats 50 mph. Way too fast!

There was a vehicular accident there recently and someone was killed.

Sumter County has been setting up on Pinellas.Didn't help the idiot who t-boned the tree on the SW corner of Hendry with his red Vette.

In your opinion. It's clearly speeding and should get ticketed, but is it "way too fast"? Depends on the road. Linden Blvd. in Brooklyn is a divided highway 3 lanes in each direction with a median. The posted limit is 30---is 45 "way too fast"? Apparently not, since most are driving it at 55-60. Wrong--yes, Illegal---yes. But perhaps it was a ridiculous speed limit to start with. Food for thought since the only reason I can see for 35 on BV is to allow those idiotic "street legal" carts on that road.

There is no round about at Meggison and Warm Springs.

You might be thinking of the round about at Warm Springs and Fenney Way. There were two accidents there. Both involved alcohol as well as excessive speed.

That round about is a bit different than most other round abouts in The Villages. The speed limit on Warm Springs is 45 mph and it suddenly changes to 20 mph. There's not a lot of time to slow down. If you're not familiar with the area it would be fairly easy to be speeding when you get to that round about. But you'd also have to be impaired to not realize that you can't go around that round about at 45 mph.

X-copper
 

Speeding “a little” is the same as
Kinda robbing a bank. Either your speeding or not. If you drive responsibly you never need to fear the policeman with a ticket book. Alerting everyone is a disservice.

Do the crime, pay the fine.

Speeding is speeding
 

What do people not understand about it? I told my kids, "If you get a ticket
for speeding, own up to it and don't try to get your friends to "fix" it for you. Take the punishment. Told this to my grandkids, too. My oldest grandson called me one day and said, "Grandmom, it worked . I was speeding and the cop pulled me over. I told him, Yes, I know was speeding, I apologize and I will slow down". The cop was so surprised that he let my grandson off with a warning.

Sorry to disagree, but you are 100% wrong. In the State of Florida as in most states, a civil traffic citation for any NON-CRIMINAL offense, such as in most speeding tickets is a civil infraction and is not an arrestable offense and YOUR signature on a majority of citations is not required.

Driving is probably the most dangerous activity each one of us participates in everyday.

From Google, "For all of 2020, 38,680 people died on U.S. roads - up 7.2% or nearly 2,600 more than in 2019, even though Americans drove 13% fewer miles, preliminary data showed. The fatality rate hit 1.37 deaths per 100 million miles, the highest figure since 2006.Jun 3, 2021"

Speeding
 

Speeding is traveling faster than a roads posted limit.
It Is like being pregnant, you either are or you are not.
Do I speed , more often than I should.
Tks for the friendly reminder to slow down, where do I think I am going, every day is like Sunday.

In Florida, you must be doing in excess of 5 mph over the limit before a LEO can issue a speeding ticket. So if you get pulled over, then IMHO, you have no complaint. Speeding isn't so much of a problem as is vehicles not coming to a complete stop at stop signs. Also vehicles (Spanish Springs Town Square) making left turns at a right turn only sign and vice versa.

I've been stopped twice for speeding. The 1st time I was and deserved my ticket. The officer sarcasticly said "haste makes waste" as he handed me my ticket. THAT made me further angrier. I was speeding due to being late (not my fault by the way) and needed to pick someone up. THIS was many years ago---in the early 70's. The the 2nd time---stopped again and told I was going more than the posted limit. I was dumb-founded and might have said as much. When he went back to his vehicle he was there awhile then came back and his only words were---"I should have made this a warning so I'll give you that but next time adhere to the law". My thinking without truly knowing is he made the mistake. The road has a 4-way and the opposite road is more in the country so might have been posted differently. I hadn't see him when I passed through it. He had it in his mind my speed was the other one (confusing, yes?) I know better to watch it because getting tickets aren't worth the hassle to deal with.

On another note---I had a "light bulb" moment this weekend. I had to be on a muscle relaxant for a condition I have. I decided to half it and take 2mg instead of 4mg. Good thing too. BOTH times I took it my thought processes were slow and muddled (hard to explain). I had to stay home and good thing! Anyway, I'd venture to say that people here might be on a plethora of meds that do similar. Hence some of the behaviors, driving issues and more.

As for the fast-speeds! I hate the intersections like 44/B.V. and Morse. Always wait to see if someone will blow through at the last minute (red light) and ram our vehicle. THIS is what some of those accidents are. At the lights of 466 and Morse as well as B.V. too.

Why don't people realize that it is a much nicer world when everyone plays by the same rules! But some folks don't respect rules!

May be 10 0r 15
 

LEO usually won't bother a driver that is 5 to 8 over unless in a school zone. Allow enough time to reach your destination and take a relaxed drive. Our community appear to have 2 speeds wide open or a crawl. Many seniors drive slower as their reflexes are generally slower, others are in a huge hurry. The majority of the time the driver flying weaving in and out of traffic is waiting at the next light. Where we hail from in GA 10 over is a steep fine & 15 over gets you a day in court.

Ridiculous analogy, comparing a graduated offense to a yes/no scenario. It's like saying you performed just as well with a D- as an A+ on a test because it was pass/fail grading. And going 31 in a 30 zone is like "robbing a bank"???? And driving 31 in a 30 zone is "irresponsible"????

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Yeah, I am very cautious at those intersections. I drive a car with a manual transmission, so I have the car in neutral when I am waiting for the light to turn green.

When it turns green, I slowly press the clutch and put the car in first gear, and look to see if someone is running the red light. Then I move out into the line of fire (i.e. the main road).

The roundabout just north of Meggison on Warm Springs is the perfect example. Two lanes going north merge to 1 exiting the roundabout combined with one lane coming from the west. Yet just a couple hundred feet further, Warm Springs is 2 lanes again. What the heck were they thinking?? Should have stayed two lanes all the way through with a separate merge lane for the west lane traffic from Southern Oaks.

When we approach that roundabout from the south, we always make sure we are in the left lane.

There are other roundabouts in The Villages that have the same problem.