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:

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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.