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Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 569937)

The mentality of many viilagers is one of "I paid good money to live here and no one is going to.......IMHO the fault for all of this is that the Developer intentionaslly or unintentionally did a poor job of design and should have recognized these conflicts and made appropriate deign measures to ensure the safety and ease of the different modes of traffic but did not do so. I opine and you decide as to what caused this mistake?

Personal Best Regards:

Personally, I suspect it all comes down to manners, but where I agree with the comment regarding some villager mentality, I consider it a bit unfair to point a finger at the developer for erring. We all know "Murphy's law", but ...
Murphy's Second Corollary
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
In addition:
"If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop. "

It's always easy to monday morning quarterback the "oopsies" but for my money (which I hope to be spending in the very near future to be a frog), I give a whole lot of credit to the developer(s) for what is an extremely complex undertaking.
That being said, going back to the original topic, if it did come to pass, I'd go to court to argue the logic with the judge.

We are all inconsiderate folks at some point. No one is perfect. Can't we all have a little patience for others. If this bickering continues throughout TV then this is not the friendliest hometown.

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Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer (Post 569793)

Yes !!!!
The deputy said it is against the traffic laws to cross the yellow lines under any circumstances and you could be given a ticket for doing so. I agree that if there is no oncoming traffic it only makes sense to pass. Afterall those double yuellow lines are not a concrete wall.

Well, you slow down and follow them.

I don't ride a bike but that is what I would hope you would do since you do not wish to break the law and go around them.

Seems like grown ups would see that if nothing was coming they would go around them and hope the sheriff if he spotted you doing that would be equally grown up.

(2) Where signs or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in subsection (1), no driver shall at any time drive on the left side of the roadway with such no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its length.
(3)This section does not apply when an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway, nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road or driveway.

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Originally Posted by BentBoy (Post 615998)

Don't assume that everyone in TV reads TOTV postings.

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Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer (Post 569793)

There is the letter of the law, and the spirit of the law. No Deputy worth his salt will ticket you, unless you cause or are involved in an accident, unless you get mouthy, then all bets are off.

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Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 616202)

There is the letter of the law, and the spirit of the law. No Deputy worth his salt will ticket you, unless you cause or are involved in an accident, unless you get mouthy, then all bets are off.

... or in the process of passing the persons on the bikes, you speed while a police car is present (not a smart thing to do). Remember that except where streets are specifically marked different, the speed limit in The Villages is 20 mph.

The Police Officer says you cannot ever cross a double yellow line? What about making a left hand turn?