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Old 02-23-2016, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by VApeople View Post
That is good to hear.

We were looking at a house on Reading Road from where on occasion we would have to turn left onto Anna Maria Ave, which is 4-lane. If you say it is easy to turn left onto Charlotte Court, then it probably is easy to turn left onto Anna Maria.
I live in that general area and take Anna Maria nearly every day. Along with Charlotte Ct., it is the N-S connector between Pinellas Pl. and Hillsborough Tr. Despite that, there is rarely any significant traffic. Today, at 1:30, during the whole drive on Anna Maria from Pinellas to Hillsborough, there was 1 car and 1 cart going my way, and 2 cars and 3 carts in the opposite direction, and traffic today was heavier due to Strawberry Fest at Brownwood. I wouldn't give it a second thought, it's not like turning left onto 301 from a side street north of TV where traffic is coming at 65+ in both directions, all 4 lanes
As an aside, when making a left I never turn into the car lane if there is a cart travelling in the far cart lane. I have no problem from a technical point of view, but when I'm the cart driver, I have no idea if the car is going to swing wide into my lane, so why make the cart driver nervous?