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Originally Posted by J1ceasar
non cars always have the right of way... I hope they give you the same courtesy I give to anyone when turning- I always let some go whether cars or bikes or carts and usually some one stops for MY turn to turn. If not just wait - you're retired arent you ?
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Really? NON cars have the right of way? That is not what I instructed to do when I first moved to The Villages. Hmmmm.
My stand off, when I'm in my golf cart is at the gate crossings. Car drivers have a tendency to wave me on so I can cross in front of them. From what I have been told, cars have the right of way at the gate crossings. As a golf cart driver, I will turn my head to the right so I do not make eye contact with the driver of car who is waving me on. I refuse to proceed because it is the car driver who has the right of way to proceed through the gate. This is the only way I know to "teach" the car driver that cars have the right of way at the gate crossings. Golf carts must wait until it is clear to proceed at the gate crossings.
Just a couple of days ago, I was driving my golf car with my sister in the passenger seat. I stopped at the gate crossing and a car driver waved me on to proceed. I then turned my head to the right and my sister said to me, "he is waving you on. He wants you to go". I said, NOPE, I'm not going. I do this all the time to let the car drivers know CARS have the right of way at the gate crossings. It took that driver about 5 seconds to "get it" but finally he did proceed through the gate. There was no other car behind him so I proceeded after he went through the gate. Happens all the time but I stand firm.