effect, depressing our property values. It already has on some busy streets. Doesn ’ t speeding save a lot of time? If you live at the far end of ORPS, speeding home (20mph) will save you about 90 seconds. A whole minute and a half! But along the way, you might piss off a lot of people. People tend to remember the cars of the repeat offenders, and that look they are giving you is not a warm hello. Cars traveling 20 mph seem really fast and dangerous when you are out walking the dog or biking around the Resort. Is a crackdown on speeders coming? My guess is yes, and maybe very soon. With our nearly full security staffing, ORPS can now get serious about traffic safety compliance. You remember the insurance increases that happened last year, raising our dues significantly. Most companies declined to even bid on our coverage, based on our loss history. All it takes is one accident, running someone down, killing or injuring, to cost the resort millions, especially where we are shown to be lax in enforcing the rules. Yes, driving at speeds below 15 mph can seem agonizingly slow. It's hard to keep some vehicles that slow. And after all, you are WASTING a minute and a half of your life. BUT, if you can, try not to be that 15% group of bad neighbors. The best advice I ever heard was to relax and pretend like you're in the Homecoming parade. Wave and smile at everybody. Your neighbors will smile and wave back, and the Resort will be that much nicer of a place to live.
ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT SPEED BUMPS One of the biggest complaints the Resort receives is speeding.
Your speeding questions, are answered below, in this FAQ:
How big a problem is speeding, really? Well, taking the eastern segment of Golf Course Drive, about 700 cars per day are moving at or below 10 mph. And over 1102 cars per day are speeding – but not too bad, keeping it below 15 mph. The rest, 308 per day, are dashing by, at between 16 and 28 mph. Where's the fire? That's around 30 cars per hour disrupting the calm. These are the problem kids. They are only 15% but are creating livability problems for the rest of us. How much traffic is there, anyway? The numbers are amazing. Looking at the eastern leg of Golf Course Drive, 2054 cars went by on a random Wednesday last February. 2054 cars in one day! That's a lot of cars. (Golf cars and bikes are included.) Is speeding really that dangerous, though? Well, your stopping distance is doubled, and that's if you have great reaction time. Longer, if you've got a few more miles on your personal odometer. And, after dark, visibility can be a problem in our very dark Resort. An injury accident at 20 mph vs 10 mph is way more lethal, statistically.
Dan Hannah Safety & Security Chair
But mostly, isn't speeding through the Resort a quality - of - life issue? Yes. It affects our neighborly chats, backing out of our lots, and in general our quality of life and relaxation here. On the busier roads, traffic can have a significant
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