Originally Posted by GaryW (Post 1203545)

Preaching to the Choir,, Was born at night,, but not LAST NIGHT :cus:

Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 1203555)

This thread is a predictable repeat just as round-a-bouts, slow pace of play golfers, idiot car drivers . And with a few word substitutes your going to read the same comments.

The reality is that The Villages vast expansion and the increase in the number of golf carts equate to growing pangs . Sensible adaptations must be achieved.

Bureaucrats like rules for the sake of rules. Rules should consider unintended consequences. Golf cart drivers are traveling greater distances now . Safety is always the first consideration . Passing a slow moving cart is no different than passing a slowing moving car. It is an essential option to prevent bottlenecks The operative word in passing is "safe passing".

Speed limit is a goldilock term too slow and bottlenecks and agitated drivers materialize. Too fast and safety is breached. So we seek just right. The Villages brags about the miles and miles of multi-modal paths. People talk about top speeds but never seem to consider the average speed attained on multi-modal paths. They seem more aware of the pace of play than average speeds on multi-modal paths?

A black Yamaha going 40 mph on Buena Vista sheds no light on the reality of what is occurring on multi-modal pathways.

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 1203519)

I'm digressing from the original speeding content of the OP but two things happened today that made me wonder how some people make it through the day; 1st - my wife and I were on the mmp in between Old Mill Run and Ternberry Forest Dr. heading to Palmer. We stopped at TFD to let a car enter the gate. Car #1 swiped his card, the gate comes up and he sits there. He decides to go as the gate starts down but stops before crashing through the gate. Meanwhile, car #2 pulls up and swipes her card; car #1 goes on through the gate and car #2 starts forward and here comes the gate down. She stops without crashing through and - you guessed it, here comes car #3. Finally, car #3 has enough sense to swipe his card to let car # 2 through and then swipe it again for him to go through; it was like watching the movie Groundhog Day.

2nd - on the same mmp coming from the tunnel under Stillwater Trail, two women were STANDING in the oncoming lane in the 1st curve by Mallory carrying on a conversation and a bicyclist swerves to avoid them and I have to lock it up to avoid hitting him. My wife screams at the two idiots to get off the path and all they could go was throw their hands up while oncoming carts were having to stop to keep from hitting them.

How do some people make it through the day?

Originally Posted by photo1902 (Post 1203543)

...Or, you can do what most of us do on Morse, BV, 466, etc. You use the left lane to do the speed limit. If you see someone come up behind you (who is speeding, incidentally) you move over and let them by. Perfectly legal, except of course the person who is exceeding the speed limit..

Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1203658)

Personally I think that is a very reasonable way to drive Morse and BV. Except if you followed the link and read it, it IS technically illegal.

But to me the question that your description begs is...if your not about to pass a vehicle, and your not about to turn left...either of which would make your left-lane driving legal...why do you stay in the left lane??

Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 1203555)

This thread is a predictable repeat just as round-a-bouts, slow pace of play golfers, idiot car drivers...

Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1203661)

To continue on the main road through the next RAB.

Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1203687)

You mean just like you can do in the right lane?

Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1203687)

You mean just like you can do in the right lane?

Originally Posted by photo1902 (Post 1203751)

...Let me guess, you would rather have every single car and truck use the right lane all the time?...

Originally Posted by photo1902 (Post 1203751)

...Simply makes sense to use both available lanes.

Originally Posted by Polar Bear (Post 1203772)

Your guess is totally wrong. Every single car and truck using the right lane is absurd...and you're the only one talking about it. Nobody is talking about not using both lanes...except you.

To use them, yes. To simply cruise at all times in the left lane...not so much.

Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1203754)

Yes. Except, in the right lane, you are crossing into the left lane that is also going right in the RAB. In the event of an accident, you will most likely be ticketed for not yielding to the car in the left lane.

Originally Posted by photo1902 (Post 1203779)

We will agree to disagree on this point. I didn't realize I had to be in one specific lane if I was going to "cruise" :)