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Old 09-28-2013, 12:13 PM
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They call this Florida's Friendliest Hometown? I must respectively disagree with that. You have many people that want their fellow Villagers to get a ticket for speeding in a Golf cart. I say so what?---Get a life! Lets see. We are mad at people speeding in their cart. Passing with their cart. Following people too close through the gate. Playing golf too slow. Saving seats at the square. Hogging parking spaces at the square. I could go on forever. I suggest if things are really that bad here, I would get back on 95 Northbound and go back to your Utopia where you came from. If you decide to stay, chill out and enjoy the life. If the worst thing that happens to me today is someone exceeding the speed limit and passing me in my cart, I think I had a great day!
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I never speed, but just hope they don't check my Panera cup and find beer.
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I never speed, but just hope they don't check my Panera cup and find beer.
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Old 09-28-2013, 01:11 PM
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I thought that's what the Dunkin's cup was for! I don't speed either.
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They call this Florida's Friendliest Hometown? I must respectively disagree with that. You have many people that want their fellow Villagers to get a ticket for speeding in a Golf cart. I say so what?---Get a life! Lets see. We are mad at people speeding in their cart. Passing with their cart. Following people too close through the gate. Playing golf too slow. Saving seats at the square. Hogging parking spaces at the square. I could go on forever. I suggest if things are really that bad here, I would get back on 95 Northbound and go back to your Utopia where you came from. If you decide to stay, chill out and enjoy the life. If the worst thing that happens to me today is someone exceeding the speed limit and passing me in my cart, I think I had a great day!
I guess some of us feel there is a reason for speed limits and we like to see people to obey the rules of the road and/or multimodal paths.
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Old 09-28-2013, 01:19 PM
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the subject has nothing to do with chilling out or not being chilled or whatever the expression is meant to imply.

It is perfectly normal for those of us who obey the law want to see the abusers get nailed and pay a hefty fine or fines....and how much more relaxed can one be to be happy to tears if we are lucky enough to witness the ticketing

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So, you've never come out of Pannera Bread or Red Sauce and crossed the street to go to the square without first walking to the crosswalk at the corner? If you were ticketed for this law breaking, would you expect those around you to be happy to tears at this law enforcement activity?
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Old 09-28-2013, 01:24 PM
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I find it entertaining that a RETIRED person would be in such a hurry as to get a speeding ticket in a golf cart!
I don't understand people that pose questions like this. Just because we are retired does not mean that we don't have appointments to get to or are not involved in other activities. Many retired people work part time jobs and are involved in many various activities, especially here in The Villages.
Try showing up to the golf course ten minutes after your reserved tee time some time.
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I guess some of us feel there is a reason for speed limits and we like to see people to obey the rules of the road and/or multimodal paths.
Have you considered that the ticket that these golf carts are given is not for speeding but for driving a non-registered vehicle? Your concern seems to be about safety, but that has nothing to do with the ticket. If speed was a safety issue there would be a speed limit imposed on the cart paths.
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I don't understand people that pose questions like this. Just because we are retired does not mean that we don't have appointments to get to or are not involved in other activities. Many retired people work part time jobs and are involved in many various activities, especially here in The Villages.
Try showing up to the golf course ten minutes after your reserved tee time some time.
Quite frankly, I think it is the opposite. When I worked, if I showed up 5 - 10 minutes late, it was no big deal. Many jobs these days are flex time and nobody makes an issue about being at work at a specific time. However, as you point out, dinner reservations, tee times, doctor appointments, movie times, etc. are all inflexible.
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One way to "chill-out" is to disobey safe driving rules, get into an accident and end up in the morgue. Brrrr, it's cold in there with no clothes and only a thin sheet to cover yourself.

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One way to "chill-out" is to disobey safe driving rules, get into an accident and end up in the morgue. Brrrr, it's old in there with no clothes and only a thin sheet to cover you.
Off topic, but I loooooved your typo, "It's old in there"!
I hope I will be very old when I'm in there!
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Old 09-28-2013, 02:18 PM
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Have you considered that the ticket that these golf carts are given is not for speeding but for driving a non-registered vehicle? Your concern seems to be about safety, but that has nothing to do with the ticket. If speed was a safety issue there would be a speed limit imposed on the cart paths.
I've been reading a lot on the issue of speed limits on the cart paths, specifically the Multi-Modal paths that we use to move around The Villages.

The District Counsel has written a memo saying that there is no point in posting a speed limit on the MMPs for two reasons:

1. The District has no law enforcement authority for such a rule.
2. The Sheriff's Office has said they have no authority to enforce traffic control devices on the MMPs because their lawyer says the paths do not meet the state definition of streets, highways or roads.

And, of course, you are correct that offenders are not receiving speeding tickets, but tickets for driving an unregistered vehicle because when a golf cart exceeds 20 mph it looses its status as a golf cart and becomes a motor vehicle. I take it that the tickets are issued to carts operating in the diamond lanes of The Villages roadways, where the Sheriff's Office has jurisdiction.



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