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CA NEWS
Let’s Communicate!
Jim Romine, Executive Director
Traffic safety in Sun City Texas
Traffic safety is an ongoing concern of residents have even suggested that COPs the Georgetown Police Department will
the Board of Directors, Citizens on volunteers issue traffic tickets to violators. continue to do all it can to maintain safe
Patrol (COPS) and your staff at Sun In reality, neither CA employees or COPs streets. However, these efforts are effective
City Texas. As our community continues to volunteers have any authority to enforce only to a point, and in the end, the safety of
grow, this concern will only magnify. We traffic laws. The Georgetown Police De- our streets depends on all individual driv-
urge all Sun City Texas residents to comply partment is responsible for monitoring ers. I encourage all residents, contractors
with traffic laws and to drive safely. and enforcing traffic laws in Sun City. and staff members to obey traffic laws and
Georgetown police officers actively patrol drive carefully, especially when driving golf
Driving in Sun City Texas is a relatively Sun City streets, enforce traffic laws and carts. No one wants to be in an accident,
safe endeavor, as traffic volume and speed issue tickets, including those for vehicles especially one that causes injury.
limits are typically lower than those you illegally parked in handicap spaces in our
might find on roads of similar size outside parking lots. Please obey traffic laws and drive
of Sun City. In addition, a vast majority of safely.
drivers in Sun City obey traffic laws and I would be remiss if I did not add the need
drive safely. Unfortunately, the few that to be mindful and courteous of pedestrians
don’t obey traffic laws create the potential in crosswalks. We have been working with
for accidents. You don’t need to be a traffic the Georgetown Police Department and
engineer to understand the importance of have asked that they monitor our cross-
driving safely in a community where golf walks to cite those who do not yield to the
carts drive alongside full-size vehicles. In pedestrians who are already in a crosswalk.
addition to golf carts, many residents ride
bicycles in Sun City and I encourage all In closing, the CA will do all it can to pro-
residents to exercise extra caution when mote traffic safety in Sun City Texas and
operating a vehicle around our cyclists.
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
Given that Sun City Texas is a golf cart
community, golf carts are allowed to op- Saturday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., LHPP
erate on public streets under certain cir-
cumstances, which include 1) golf carts Submitted by Chick Gladwin
must have an orange slow-moving vehicle
triangle on the back; 2) golf cart operators Start cleaning out your medicine cabi- medicines, unknown tablets and cap-
must possess a valid driver’s license; 3) golf net in preparation for National Pre- sules and controlled medications such
cart operators must obey traffic laws. Golf
carts should be seen and treated as a regu- scription Drug Take-Back Day, when as narcotics or stimulants. Examples of
lar vehicle. Actually, drivers of golf carts you can dispose of unwanted and ex- medications include items that manage
should be especially mindful and compliant
with traffic laws since golf carts provide pired medications at the Legacy Hills diabetes or blood pressure and choles-
much less protection than cars. Addition-
ally, persons without a valid driver’s license Park Pavilion. There is no need to get terol medications.
(especially children) should not drive golf out of your vehicle. Just hand your items
carts. Page 24 of the 2017-2018 Resource to a Lifesteps volunteer in the park- The following items WILL NOT be ac-
Guide and Directory provides good informa- ing lot. It is not necessary to keep your cepted: Sharps/needles, thermometers,
tion on the Texas Golf Cart laws. medications in their original containers. IV bags, personal care products and
A plastic zip bag for pills is acceptable medical equipment.
Residents often ask why the Community and appreciated.
Association (CA) does not take a more ac- This is your opportunity to dispose of
tive role in enforcing traffic laws. Some The following items WILL be accepted prescription drugs in a safe manner
(for you, a family member or pet): ex- that does not harm the local water sup-
ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG pired or unwanted prescription medi- ply or environment in any way. For more
cations, unneeded over-the-counter information call 1-800-882-9539 or visit
www.dea.gov.
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