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Originally Posted by EdFNJ
On O'Dell walkers VERY OFTEN just step out into the diamond lane (often while talking on their cell phone) ignoring golf cart traffic so they don't have to pass too close to another person walking in the opposite direction on the sidewalk. That started with the pandemic. Never experienced it before that. That's why I now keep my cell phone on a mount on my GC windshield most of the time running video when driving between my home and Mallory CC (about 1.5miles) because one idiot stepped out right in front of me and I had to swerve into the road to avoid killing him. Fortunately there wasn't a car on the roadway. I thought I was going to flip over I swerved so hard. That's why there are sidewalks for the walkers there. Most areas don't have sidewalks.
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Those idiots do that everywhere a sidewalk is adjacent to a cart/bike lane. In their tiny little pea brains they must think it is safer to play chicken with a 600 pound cart going 20 mph than to pass 3-4 feet away from another person, OUTDOORS, FOR 1/2 SECOND! Half of them are also wearing their (useless in this scenario) paper masks (and no, they don't all have "allergies", which is another lame excuse except for a very few select individuals). Actually, I find it amazing how many people have come down with "allergies" requiring a mask when walking, cycling, or driving a car alone JUST SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. A great recipe----new virus=instant allergies and mask.
Now to quote Florida statute 316.130(3):
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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.
So next time anyone considers jumping off the sidewalk into a cart lane, realize that not only are you an idiot, you are breaking the law as well.