Walkers
 

I stay on the side streets. Oncoming traffic is no problem to avoid.

Looking back, everywhere I lived that was not out in the countryside had sidewalks except here. Some months back, there was a thread on here of people complaining about the sidewalks being built along 441/27. I guess one main difference is there were children in those areas.

The Villages is not "walker friendly"? Give me a break! This is the most walker-friendly place I have seen on Planet Earth! The only streets without sidewalks are neighborhoods -- where the speed limit is 10mph!

Those "diamond lanes" ARE the sidewalk! Walkers have a right to use them as such. You -- the one steering a 2-ton vehicle -- have the responsibility to stay out of them. I walk my dog daily -- him on the curb, me on the gutter -- and I couldn't tell you how many times I've been forced to leap to safety when I came around a corner to find some idiot straddling the line, yakking on their phone -- which wouldn't surprise me if that was the cause of this thread in the first place.

As with every other whine I read on TOV, it could all be solved with an ounce of common sense and a teaspoon of courtesy. For instance -- I always yield the lane to golf carts, so they don't have to merge with car traffic to avoid me. I don't have to do that, but it's much easier for me and much less dangerous for everyone if I simply step off the lane for a moment. The only walkers I've seen who don't attempt to yield the lane, simply aren't that agile anymore. Seriously, the only place in the Villages I haven't found to be full of friendly, courteous people who would do that is TOV.

Nobody has a "responsibility" to walk single-file on a sidewalk that you're not suppose to be driving in. If two people enjoying the morning, walking side-by-side in the diamond lane bothers you, the sun rising every day must really get your goat!

You're retired! Slow down, and relax! Wave at your neighbors instead of flaming them on TOV!

“The multi-modal paths are designated for use by non-automotive, non-vehicular traffic such as bicycles, golf cars and pedestrians.”
< https://www.districtgov.org/PdfUploa...pdf?v=20230706 >
MMPs include the “diamond lanes” on Villages streets.
Perhaps the rules of navigation on the sea or in the air might well be applied on the MMPs. Yield right of way to the least maneuverable mode of transport. Autos yield to pedestrians and bicycles. Bicyclists yield to pedestrians.
Be nice.

So you encourage disregard Florida regulations walking side by side putting safety in danger cause after all walkers are entitled and can walk out in front of speeding train and claim it train fault.

A few years ago, The Village of Sunset Pointe tragically had a pedestrian death under those circumstances. The cart driver was cited as the cause because of inattentiveness, which can never bring solace to a grieving family. Also, please tell your visiting young relatives to jog on the left side of the paths and roads. They seem clueless to the danger older cart/car drivers present.

Wrong link.

MMPs do not include the "diamond lanes" on Villages streets. MMPs are private, multi-modal paths. The diamond lanes on Villages streets are sections of public highways.

You have your maneuverability backwards. Pedestrians are more maneuverable than bicycles which are more maneuverable than autos.

Your "Florida regulation" refers to streets without a sidewalk -- i.e that diamond lane, designated for pedestrians and golf carts.

Florida regulations require you to keep your car off that sidewalk. But how the pedestrians on that sidewalk choose to walk on the lane designated for that purpose is neither any of your business or any concern to the "Florida regulation" you keep referring to. If they choose to walk single-file, it's a courtesy to the golf carts who are authorized to use that lane, not you.

Instead of harassing your neighbors on TOV, you will be happier here if leave your big city attitudes at whichever big city you retired from and try just getting along with your fellow retirees, many of whom enjoy a morning walk with their neighbors on the multitude of designated sidewalks in our retirement community.

Instead of grumbling at them, try waving!

The diamond lanes ARE NOT sidewalks. The diamond lanes are lanes of the roadway designated for a particular purpose - in this case golf carts. It is only reasonable that pedestrians and bicyclists would also use this lane as they are normally required to stay near the edge of the roadway but that does not make the lane a sidewalk.

No it’s pretty plain it’s road. If walking abreast you hogging the path not sharing it.

Not harassing anyone just stating Florida regulations. But I see you have you own special interpretation.

it’s road. how hard is that to understand?

Totally agree, that’s why as walker including me have to ready to get out of road. Vehicle have several blind spots if you can’t see the head of driver they can’t see you.

That's funny! I guess The Villages is "walker friendly" if you are able to "leap to safety" on occasion.

I can see that the OP has trouble figuring out roundabouts, also.

So you’re one strolling down the diamond lane walking on white line looking for getto lottery.:coolsmiley: