Rhondito
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Post by Rhondito on May 2, 2023 19:49:30 GMT
People driving golf carts in neighborhoods is very common here. A couple of years ago the Sheriff tried to stop it but the order was either lifted or ignored. There are so many who turn their kids loose on them and they ignore stop signs and don't watch out for cars.
I read about this bride yesterday and felt so sad for her family.
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Rhondito
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Post by Rhondito on May 2, 2023 19:52:57 GMT
"When asked where she felt on a scale of one to 10- completely sober to the most impaired- she said eight."
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ModChick
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Post by ModChick on May 2, 2023 20:00:49 GMT
F’in drunk drivers 🤬 Very tragic story.
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Post by birukitty on May 2, 2023 21:41:29 GMT
"When asked where she felt on a scale of one to 10- completely sober to the most impaired- she said eight." And she could barely stand when she got out of the car! She had to lean against the officer! She refused a breathalyzer test twice but luckily they were able to withdraw two vials of blood from her to test. I'm so glad about that. I hope they nail this drunk driver to the wall! There is absolutely no excuse for someone to drive drunk in my mind especially these days. With uber and other driving services a click away there is no excuse! My heart aches for this family.
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Post by krys on May 2, 2023 23:37:15 GMT
This is my sons friend and his family. I have not been able to stop thinking about them since Saturday when I first heard about it. I am just heartbroken for them! So tragic! I hope they can find peace.
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peabay
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Post by peabay on May 2, 2023 23:44:23 GMT
The article I read said that it was legal for them to be driving the golf cart where they were driving it- the speed limit was only 25. So, let's blame the drunk driver going 40mph over the speed limit or the law that allows golf carts on roads, not the victims. Thank you - I know people weren't intentionally victim blaming, but yikes - this story is horrible. I feel so badly for the bride and groom's families.
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Post by Lurkingpea on May 2, 2023 23:58:34 GMT
F’in drunk drivers 🤬 Very tragic story. Exactly. I wish it was considered murder. Sentences are way too light for this.
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Post by Lurkingpea on May 3, 2023 0:01:59 GMT
This is my sons friend and his family. I have not been able to stop thinking about them since Saturday when I first heard about it. I am just heartbroken for them! So tragic! I hope they can find peace. I cannot even imagine. This would be a tragedy any time, but on the day of their wedding. What should be one of the happiest days of their life. The day their new life together should begin. It would be tragic enough if it were a freak accident (like national disaster) but knowing it was 100% the fault of a drunk driver? Heartbreaking. I can't imagine ever making peace with that.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 3, 2023 0:11:44 GMT
F’in drunk drivers 🤬 Very tragic story. Exactly. I wish it was considered murder. Sentences are way too light for this. If you try to run down a cop, you get charged with assault with a deadly weapon. I think a 2000# car IS a deadly weapon when deliberately driven to hit someone!!!!
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schizo319
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Post by schizo319 on May 3, 2023 0:50:38 GMT
Our golf course is part of a "complex" with a water park, walking trail, rec center, soccer field, etc. There's a large "regular" road that runs from trailhead to trailhead between the trail and the golf course. It's common to see cars, work trucks, and golf carts traveling on that street.
I cannot imagine the pain those families are going through because some drunk couldn't call a freaking Uber.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on May 3, 2023 0:59:41 GMT
This is my sons friend and his family. I have not been able to stop thinking about them since Saturday when I first heard about it. I am just heartbroken for them! So tragic! I hope they can find peace. [br It is an unimaginable horror for their family and friends.
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Post by epeanymous on May 3, 2023 1:04:36 GMT
In that weird Kevin Bacon degrees of separation way here in South Carolina, a friend of mine was at that wedding. Absolutely tragic. Golf carts are common here and often as a means of transportation with nothing to do with golf. My current neighborhood is not anywhere close to a golf course, but two neighbors have golf carts just to ride around and visit in. If you’re near a lake or a beach, they’re everywhere. Yup. Lived in SC for a while, and my inlaws are in FL; it is not that unusual in coastal SE areas to have communities where golf carts are on the roads. Such an awful story.
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Post by Basket1lady on May 3, 2023 1:49:41 GMT
What a horrible tragedy. My parents and brother have places up in northern Minnesota and everyone drives golf carts around. It's an easy way to get equipment down to the boat and to go resort hopping or off to see a friend. I've always considered it a good thing as the cart is electric and it slows traffic down since there are few cars on the roads, especially where there are so many kids and dogs running around.
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Post by scrappinmom3 on May 3, 2023 2:16:20 GMT
I saw that online. So stinking sad.
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YooHoot
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Post by YooHoot on May 3, 2023 2:30:19 GMT
Folly Beach has many many golf carts. I was just there 2 weeks ago and my dd lives there. It’s the easiest way to get around the side streets and avoid the main road. Totally legal. I can’t even figure out how she was going 65 mph and not injuring/killing more than she did. So incredibly sad.
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Post by dewryce on May 3, 2023 6:45:12 GMT
Something like this happened on LI I think it was the early 90s. The reception was in Lido Beach and as the newly married couple's limo was turning in, a car crashed into them. I only know this story because they are both buried in the same cemetery as my brother and their headstones are side by side hearts💔💔 I remember the Meadowbrook Parkway story too where a 7-year old flower girl in a wedding was decapitated in a limo when a drunk driver drove the wrong way down the road. The mother's testimony was gut-wrenching. Gut-wrenching is the perfect word to describe what that family went through. And listening to the mom is the reason I am so meticulous about using my seatbelt as designed, as well as enforcing it in my car. DH and I used to lean our seats back pretty far to rest while the other was driving and this out a stop to that immediately.
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Post by bethany102399 on May 3, 2023 14:40:34 GMT
And she could barely stand when she got out of the car! She had to lean against the officer! She refused a breathalyzer test twice but luckily they were able to withdraw two vials of blood from her to test. I'm so glad about that. I hope they nail this drunk driver to the wall! I can't stop pondering this. Was the driver out partying with friends? Why didn't someone who was with her stop her from getting into the car? Of course she's fully responsible for her own actions, but there's also a moral obligation on people in the larger group to say hey you've had enough to drink grab an uber/let me take you home. I'm about to turn 50 and the idea of a designated driver when out with a group has always been a part of the conversation. This is so senseless and could have been prevented if someone had spoken up.
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Post by peace on May 3, 2023 15:36:48 GMT
I live near Anna Maria Island and there are so many accidents involving golf carts. Last year (I think- or year before) a woman was hit by a driver that was delivering for one of the medical marijuana dispensaries and he was clearly impaired and she died. He was charged - but it really happens pretty often. Vacationers sometimes don't exercise the best caution but more often than not, it's a driver that's either impatient or impaired. You can't go unscathed in a golf cart if a car hits you.
This story is so tragic.
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Post by huskergal on May 3, 2023 15:43:08 GMT
I hate drunk drivers. I have zero cares about why they were drunk. If you get drunk, don't drive. There are options. We had a drunk driver who was driving his truck over 100 miles an hour, run a stop sign and hit a car with 2 women. Both were killed. One was 8 months pregnant. They each had 3 children at home. It makes me sick!
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MDscrapaholic
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Jun 25, 2014 20:49:07 GMT
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Post by MDscrapaholic on May 3, 2023 17:35:18 GMT
My cousin was killed by a drunk driver, going the wrong way on a divided highway at night. She was 8 months pregnant at the time with a little girl. The drunk driver was killed also.
It's something you don't forget. This happened 35 years ago on May 8th. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was 7 months pregnant, also with a girl, and we were looking forward to raising them together.
I really feel for the groom and the bride's family. The driver should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The fact that she refused a breathalyzer test tells me she knew she would fail it.
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Post by Lurkingpea on May 3, 2023 17:51:40 GMT
My cousin was killed by a drunk driver, going the wrong way on a divided highway at night. She was 8 months pregnant at the time with a little girl. The drunk driver was killed also. It's something you don't forget. This happened 35 years ago on May 8th. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was 7 months pregnant, also with a girl, and we were looking forward to raising them together. I really feel for the groom and the bride's family. The driver should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The fact that she refused a breathalyzer test tells me she knew she would fail it. I am so sorry.
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Post by papersilly on May 3, 2023 18:09:15 GMT
this was the most tragic story.
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Post by Zee on May 3, 2023 18:33:18 GMT
Is this normal in some areas? In some areas it is. I know there is a town in the Metro Atlanta area and so many people get around in golf carts, more than cars.
Also, when I travel (at least to south eastern US) beaches, it seems very common to use golf carts to get around.
Yes I was going to say this.
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Just T
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Post by Just T on May 3, 2023 18:41:51 GMT
This story just makes me want to . I cannot even imagine. I think some of you may remember when my niece got married this past August, and 4 days later, her husband was killed in an accident. I still can't wrap my brain around that. My daughter is getting married in July, and maybe that is why this story is hitting so hard in my heart. I wish the drunk woman who hit them would spend the rest of her life in prison, but we all know she won't. I live near a community where people drive golf carts all over the place, on sidewalks next to a busy 4 lane road, and more. I hate it. Oftentimes, I see kids driving them crazy, and I know darn good and well, those kids are not of legal driving age. Even in my little neighborhood, which isn't a golf community or near anything you could ride a golf cart to, I see people zooming down my street on them. Just a few days ago, I saw a gal going down our street faster than I thought a golf cart could go with three little kids (looked to be around 5 or 6) sitting on the seat on the back, and I just cringed. I live in a typical suburban subdivision, but I live on the main street through the neighborhood, and cars go way too fast, lots of kids, etc. I honestly think you should not be able to drive carts anywhere except a golf course.
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Post by melodyesch on May 4, 2023 3:23:16 GMT
I live in St. Louis in South City and there are several in my neighborhood. I don’t mind them if they are driving safely, but it irritates my DH to no end because they are not legal, so no restraints. They are just like the ones on the golf course. Mostly I’ve seem people using them to pick up their kids from school. I’ve never seen one on anything but the side neighborhood streets.
So sad for the couple. And I think it should be murder.
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