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Panera cup
 

I never speed, but just hope they don't check my Panera cup and find beer.:ho:

Amazing how many different flavored coffees are out there now :MOJE_whot:

I thought that's what the Dunkin's cup was for! I don't speed either.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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. :ho:

fast carts,slow golf,saved seats,bad service, whine,whine,whine
Welcome to the Villages

Off topic, but I loooooved your typo, "It's old in there"!
I hope I will be very old when I'm in there!:clap2:

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.