You are correct to be concerned. You are not making a mountain out of a molehill. Most golf carts do not slow down on curves or at the tunnels. They will come up fast on you if you are slowly climbing up out of a tunnel. They will pass you on the upgrade and put you in danger if they encounter a cart coming down the hill as they will pull back into the lane whether they have cleared you or not. I have experienced this on multiple occasions. I ride an upright road bike but I run into the same hill climbing problem. When I stop at the exit at the tunnel I need to unclip my shoe from my pedal and then start up the steep hill and clip back in, which is not easy. I have been passed by a golf cart going up the hill. It turned out to be my neighbor! So my solution is to avoid difficult tunnels now and ride my bike through the rotaries. Believe me it is safer. I then rejoin the multi modal path without having to go through dangerous tunnels. Just recently a golf cart driver ran down a woman who was walking in the golf cart lane on a street and killed her. Fortunately the death rate for walkers and bicyclists is much lower than that for golf cart riders. Over 20 golf carters have been killed in the last ten years.
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