PARKING & ROAD SAFETY REMINDERS SAFETY Staff and Supervisors have been working with the Lake Wales Police Department on ways to improve the safety of the roads within Lake Ashton. Residents are reminded that the speed limit throughout all of Lake Ashton is 20 mph and all golf carts, vehicles, and bicycles should make a complete stop just before the white stop bar whether before or after the posted stop sign. It only takes a moment to follow the traffic controls that are in place that could potentially prevent a serious accident. The Lake Wales Police Department is increasing their patrols in Lake Ashton and have already pulled over some residents for not stopping at stop signs. Please take a little extra time to ensure you maneuver throughout the community as safely as possible to avoid a ticket and more importantly, an accident. The following excerpt was taken from Florida State Statute 316.1945 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places. For the full statue, please visit www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm? App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0300-0399/0316/Sections/0316.1945.html. No person shall stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers: 1.In front of a public or private driveway. 2.Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant. 3.Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection. 4.Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway. Keep in mind the streets in Lake Ashton are very narrow and there are many forms of traffic which heightens the danger during busy times. The information listed above will be passed along to vendors to ensure they are following the established state statutes. The following items will also help to alleviate dangerous situations on the road. •Do not park a vehicle directly parallel to another vehicle. •Do not park on a curve. •Park as close to the curb as possible. City of Lake Wales also has an ordinance (§ 20-14 - Parking in residential districts) that makes it unlawful to park overnight or leave unattended during the day any commercial motor vehicle, golf cart, moped, motorized scooter, motor vehicle, motorcycle, trailer, truck, or vehicle on a public street or road in a residential district of this city that obstructs the free, convenient, and normal use of the public street or road by impeding, hindering, stifling, or endangering the safe movements of traffic or pedestrians. For the full ordinance, please visit lakewales.elaws.us/code/ ordinances_ch20_artii 16
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