[redwitch]

Rosie, I'm afraid that the law is definitely not on your side -- not for bikes, not for unlicensed golf cart drivers. Sadly, some people are absolutely clueless about how to merge. Doubt they know how to merge in a car, either. As to staying in the golf cart lane, that is not always possible. There are frequently obstacles that must be avoided, left turns that must be made. There are very specific laws for bicycles, but suffice it to say they should obey all traffic laws, which, if course they do not. Ditto golf carts sharing the road with cars. But, then, there is also the fact that some car drivers can't seem to understand that the car is supposed to stay between the solid, yellow double lines on the left and the solid, white line on the right. I can't tell you how often I have had to slam on my brakes because a car can't stay in its lane (and they don't believe in signals, full stops or sharing the road, either).