I guess I will weigh in on this.
I agree with those that say that many golf cart drivers seem to have forgotten the rules of the road. You never have the right of way when changing lanes. So many carts just seem to swing over to the car lane when they reach the merge point without considering that a car that is traveling faster is not obligated to slow down and let you in. Recognizing the right of way of the vehicle that already occupies the lane includes recognizing the speed of the vehicle and whether or not you must wait for it to pass before moving over. I recently read in a thread here that if the cart is ahead of the car, the cart has the right of way. Please don't think that.
Now, to say that cars always have the right of way is not accurate. But they do most of the time simply because they are in the right of way position much more often than a cart. For example, where MMP's cross streets - carts have a stop sign, cars do not.
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