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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
If you are driving your car or cart, you've probably noticed that the gates are down at all entryways. But you may not have noticed that almost none of them have the usual STOP SIGN in place. Driving from TDS to Lake Deaton in my cart today it was particularly fun dodging 2 lanes of cars that were blowing through the gate area at 30+ mph. So, please, pretty please be extremely careful at all gate crossings. And to the CDDs, community watch, or whoever is responsible----get some stop signs out there!!!!!!
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Scary for sure! The gates have been removed in prep for the hurricane/storms brewing. Signs are a hazard for the next couple of days.
The overall problem of safety will not blow away and the end of the weather threats. Last wk a friend of mine had the police called on him for seeking an apology from a person that cut him off when he was driving his golf cart. The car turned right into a Postal center down near Fenny. This person and his obnoxious wife argued and told my friend that they had the right to make a quick right hand turn in front of him as he was in a cart. Their actions causing him to slam on his golf cart brakes to avoid t-boning their car. They told him that golf carts had to yield to cars!!! Completely false in this instance and a sign of complete entitlement.
The wife called 911 stating that this person was a threat to them and harassing them! Funny thing is the situation ended up with my friend being told he could leave and the police speaking to the people that pulled in front of him in their car.
In this case car drivers have to yield to golf carts. Common sense would just tell you that the law of gross tonnage applies and that you want to be careful when around any vehicle that is larger than you; however in the villages when the speed limit is at its highest 35 miles an hour on main roads, anyone in a car should know to yield to a golf cart or use caution out of the simple act of humanity!
Golf cart drivers should always assume that the person in the car can do them harm which is a sad state of affairs but is also common sense.