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Originally Posted by Fuzz323
Sorry - I dont get it! From what I have seen myself there are walkers all the time in the golf cart lanes on the main streets in the villages. Why is this? There are sidewalks right next to them that cost (us) a lot of money. If I was a walker I would be ON THE SIDEWALK. Why put yourself in a situation where you may be run into/over by a bike or a golf cart. The most dangerous thing in the villages is a golfer on his way to an early round in the dark. They are not thinking of much but the game or are still asleep. (Three close calls with them on a residential street while walking my dog while waving a very bright LED flashlight at them.)
There is another thought here - you now have electric bikes that are doing 20 or more mph in the golf cart lane. Will a walker survive an impact like that - maybe or maybe not. You can not or will not hear these coming like you might hear a golf cart. When a sidewalk is available USE IT!
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Not only the safety factor, but it is
ILLEGAL. Florida statute 316.130 sec. 3 states "
(3) Where sidewalks are provided, no pedestrian shall, unless required by other circumstances, walk along and upon the portion of a roadway paved for vehicular traffic." I have no idea what the attraction is to walking in a lane designated for carts going 20 mph . (and I'm not talking about the few feet people jump into the cart lane to maintain "social distancing", I'm talking about those that just take their whole walk in the cart lane)