Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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My transition lenses stay dark and lighting would help. BTW my driving is too slow for most and am passed by all the time. What’s the hurry? We are retired.
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#32
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How dare you suggest anyone should slow down.
Ye Gods! You will be wanting us to stop at Stop signs next! |
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I believe all the efforts to light and paint the tunnels is unwarranted. To me golf cart speeding when going into and out of the tunnels is the biggest problem. Cutting corners to turn into the tunnels is dangerous and done frequently. When we first moved to The Villages riding in a golf cart was a leisurely means of travel. In recent years the maximum allowable speed is ignored...I travel Belvedere frequently in a golf cart and am passed as though I am standing still almost every trip. Golf carts are spending everywhere.
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I believe the problem is entirely on drivers. They don’t stop for stop signs. God forbid they should use directional signals (even more so in automobiles!). They defeat the vehicle’s governor and travel faster than is safe. They tailgate. Why is everyone in such a damned hurry??
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Please not another bunch of speed bumps. Why does everyone have to endure more to slow down a few unthinking dummies? One problem I’ve seen is almost running into walkers in the dark because of darkness and the pathetic lights on golf carts in the tunnels. They usually plaster themselves to the wall to avoid being hit.
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I'd also be interested in statistics breaking out accidents IN the tunnels vs at the entrances/exits. And I find the proposed solution odd: First, we'll do this cheap thing. If people still get hurt/killed we'll do this slightly more expensive thing. If people are still biting it we'll spend some more money. How about 1) Studying the problem well enough to know whether lighting IN the tunnels is the problem, and 2) Doing the thing that will improve safety the most. My uninformed and uneducated guess is that the problem will be shown to be excessive speed when entering & exiting the tunnels, causing people to crash at either end. And the speed may be contributed to by poor visibility so people can't tell they need to slow down to negotiate with other carts coming the other way.
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#39
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Tunnels are too Dark !
They need to do something about the Dark Tunnels, but some of these Golf Carts speeds are set too fast. I was sitting in The Village Golf Cart store & I heard the sales person tell a couple that Club Cars are set to do 25 miles ! That"s Too Fast
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Your ideas should be passed along to the people mentioned in the OP. Will be more effective than posting here.
Ann Forrester (District 2) Chair ann.forrester@districtgov.org 352-259-3339 John Wilcox (District 3) Vice Chair john.wilcox@districtgov.org 352-259-1716 IV Chandler (VCCDD) iv.chandler@districtgov.org 352-753-6790 Carl Bell (District 1) carl.bell@districtgov.org 352-750-1251 Don Deakin (District 4) don.deakin@districtgov.org 352-750-5395 Lowell Barker (Lady Lake/Lake County) lowell.barker@districtgov.org 352-205-8140 Tom Griffith tom.griffith@districtgov.org
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Yes, that is not all that unusual. I believe a majority of the contemporary golf carts will do in excess of 20 mph.
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#42
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And the people doing in excess of 20 mph in them probably have cars that will do in excess of 100 mph.
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#43
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Wait. Are there actually a lot accidents inside the tunnels? I got a feeling they are just outside in the intersections and on the sharp curves at the entrances. Lights aren't going to do a thing except waste our money.
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The AAC has a lot of money from the lawsuit......and they love to spend.
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We have a Club Car and it can get up to 28 miles per hour........we NEVER drive at that speed. We keep it between 18 to 20 mph, we also drive defensively i.e. “watch out for the other guy.” We may be overly cautious and don’t usually drive in the dark. A bonus we don’t drink and drive even a golf cart.
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