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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
First of all, I agree 110%
But to be clear, some people think cars ALWAYS have the right of way over a cart. SIMPLY NOT TRUE. The cart is a motor vehicle and governed by the same laws as automobiles. The reason a car has the right of way at a gate is that the crossing cart traffic has A STOP SIGN, the car does not. No different than an intersection with a 2 way stop. Who stops and waves cars with a stop sign through in that situation? Hopefully no one. Imagine someone stopping on 466 to let someone from a side street go through a stop sign.
Merging is quite different---the vehicle in the lane has the right of way over the vehicle that wants to enter that lane, but.....it is not a race---the vehicle in the lane has no right to accelerate above the speed limit to block out the merging vehicle, which in this case is always a cart (or bicycle). No different than entering the interstate----the merging vehicle can only proceed when it is clearly safe, but you always run into bozos that speed up to prevent your merge.
Lastly, at a 4 way stop, the vehicle arriving first has the right of way, regardless if it is a cart or car. If 2 or 3 vehicles arrive at the same time, the one furthest left has the right of way
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I completely disagree with your logic.
If a golf cart at a gate crossing the road has NO right of way as a 4 way stop sign Period check the law.
Also for golf cart merging; carts top speed is 20 mpg and a car is 30 to 40 mpg depending on where you are. Now a car is covering twice as much ground as a golf cart is and the merging golf cart interprets that the car is speeding up when in fact the car has to hit the brakes to allow the slow golf cart to merge in the lane.
I have frequently had a idiot golfer merge in when a car has the right of way and is 20 feet behind them and they have no business merging, they just don't want to stop, complete arrogance!.
Unless the golf cart is a LSV (low speed vehicle) your theory doesn't apply.