[justjim]

I see golf carts often making a left turn directly from the cart lane. Sometimes they have a left turn signal on and sitting in the cart lane waiting for traffic to pass before they proceed.

I think it's likely that the cart driver does not know to signal and move into the car lane when appropriate and make the left turn from the car lane into a street/mailboxes pool or wherever. It's a problem and I can understand why some are reluctant to get in front of some drivers they have observed for fear they will rear end them. If I have a choice, I always take the trails but many times there is no choice. There is no good answer to that problem.

OP, good advise to drivers "always be aware of your surroundings". When driving my 4,500 pound vehicle, I sure don't want to come in contact with a golf cart. I assume all of us feel that way and treat a driver in a golf cart the way we want to be treated when in our golf cart.