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Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus
The purple elephant in the living room...the real rule breaker that nobody likes to talk about because of the large number of golf carts here... is how many TV golf cart drivers don't know (or ignore) the rule that they must yield to cars when they merge with ongoing traffic. But that's another story. When I'm driving, I yield to golf carts just to keep the peace, though, and avoid an accident.
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That's not a hard and fast rule of any kind. The rules of merging apply--- the vehicle merging (in this case the cart) has to yield the right of way to the non-merging vehicle (in this case the car). BUT......the relative positions of both vehicles figure in. A cart does not need to "yield" to a car that is a quarter of a mile away from the merge point, nor 500 feet, nor 200 feet. If the cart has a reasonable lead position, it may merge. This is especially true since most merge points have a yellow speed limit sign that slows cars down to 20 in the merge zone. Therefore, if you are ahead of a car going 20 in a cart, that car should NEVER be closing the distance between you. However, as we all know, many cars will try to race a cart to the merge point to be "first".