Originally Posted by vintageogauge (Post 1767845)

south of 44, miles and miles of hike & bike trails and they are heavily used by walkers and bike riders as well where allowed

Originally Posted by Villagesgal (Post 1767644)

Walking is allowed and legal and is good exercise. Carts must move over for pedestrians and cyclists, it's the law. If you are in a cart and want to follow the law, you will move over for walkers and cyclists. If you don't want to follow the law then you have no right to complain about anyone else who doesn't follow the rules, you are just as bad as they are.

Originally Posted by Windguy (Post 1767683)

Good point. I seem to remember the story about three women who were walking side by side. The sidewalk was too narrow, so one was walking in the cart path WITH the traffic, so she couldn’t see what was coming. An (apparently) inattentive cart driver came along and killed her.

As for walking against traffic, I’ve seen evidence on Hillsborough where a car swerved off the right side of the road, up onto the sidewalk, into people’s yards, back into the street, and then up onto the curb on the left side of the road before it stopped. Had someone been walking with traffic on that sidewalk, they could have been killed.

I find it really annoying that sidewalks are only on one side of the road. When I walk on Hillsborough, I walk against traffic, which means I have to walk in the cart path or even in the road if I’m going east. When a cart approaches, I move to the grass until they pass.

Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 1767776)

Here's a good idea: Carry a baseball bat when you walk. If it looks like the cart isn't going to move, then assume the batter's position.

There are a lot of rude and crabby people here in the villages, but I think they are that way because they are unhappy or have severe aches and pains that make them that way.

Originally Posted by eremite06 (Post 1767932)

Where are these located? Re: Bradford and St. Catherine?

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI (Post 1767942)

South of 44 in the wasteland of no golf, no shopping, no restaurants, no golf cart bridges to the promised land and where even the sunlight is piped in. Horrid, horrid place!

Originally Posted by eremite06 (Post 1767946)

Could you narrow it down just a bit more?

Originally Posted by Bjeanj (Post 1767333)

As far as I know, you are allowed to walk that way on streets with no sidewalks. I, too, have walked along Enrique facing traffic. I will move toward the curb if a cart comes along, but resist the idea of jumping into the grass if they insist on being horse’s rear ends. If they want to play chicken, I might jump out of the way, yell at them, and possibly wave my finger at them. I, personally, don’t want to meet Dan, and doubt whether I would survive to make that call.

Originally Posted by DDVeteran (Post 1767379)

We've been looking at developments in the Sarasota area. All of them have sidewalks on every street, both sides. It is absolutely horrid that Morse and company have not, considering our age, we need sidewalks.

Originally Posted by Oregon47 (Post 1767635)

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