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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 2387828)

Thoughtless hubris that nothing bad can happen to you.

Totally agree, much the same a many teens, talking, texting, driving, eating, listening to music, just as much distraction from DRIVING as possible. "TECH" will one day be the leading cause of death. JUST saw a man walk right into a stone wall around a fountain, bad fall that could have been tragic, but too busy watching his phone SCREEN, maybe posting pix of the villages on his Facebook ? Hard to know.

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Originally Posted by LoisR (Post 2387822)

While driving yesterday morning over the Sumpter Landing bridge, I passed a lady driving a golf cart who was holding a tablet on the steering wheel as she was typing on it. Needless to say she was swerving from one cart lane to another as she drove.
Stupidity or indifference? Your thoughts please.

It's a little of both. Mostly, people seem to be self absorbed and entitled. I was almost hit by a golf cart who ran a stop sign as I was turning into his street. When I confronted him, he just said "Are you done now?" They just don't care.

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 2387828)

Thoughtless hubris that nothing bad can happen to you.

Sumter as in Fort Sumter. Not Sumpter as in sump pump.

Messing with her GPS possibly? Not that that's any less dangerous....

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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2388004)

Stupidity or Indifference…Neither

Its age, some no longer have all facilities of thinking clearly to drive cars, or carts, or manage in their own home.

An older lady at Fresh Market, Tuesday not only had difficulty navigating people, Paying for her purchase, thankfully an employee took groceries to car.

Backing out she ran into the curb with bushes 7 times, before finally driving completely over and getting the frame of her car stuck. Still holding her coffee in her hand got out to see why her car wasn’t moving anymore.

So just a human who no longer should be out and about by themselves, with no one to point out the issues at hand. Then again I wasn’t drive a car, or cart trying to watch if someone was texting, drinking, smoking. I observed walking out to my cart, hoping she wouldn’t run someone over.
Sheriff arrived, hopefully had car towed, and got her home safely.

It's not just age...

I see see people reading almost every day on my way to work... People of all ages...

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Originally Posted by Angelhug52 (Post 2388054)

The " I am a Villager" can do what I want mentality.

If you don't think that happens across the country, you're sadly mistaken...

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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2387876)

Both?

I walk a lot on the MMPs and occasionally encounter an older gentleman on a bicycle, with his cell phone on some kind of holder on the handle bars. He gives the phone most of his attention, glancing up and around at rare intervals. I've had to warn him with a loud "heads up!" shout one time as he swerved directly at me. It got his attention; he avoided hitting me.

Haven't seen him in 3-4 months.

When I ride a bike I want my senses laser focused on what is around me. The point of riding a bike or walking or jogging is to be aware of your surroundings. You do not have that intimate feeling when driving in an automobile.