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Originally Posted by VApeople
We do not own a golf cart, but the roads we drive occasionally cross a MMP where golf carts are travelling. In every case, the golf carts have a STOP sign.
We do not look out for golf carts at those intersections, any more than we look out for cars that have a stop sign at roads that intersect the main road that we are driving on.
I almost hit a golf cart yesterday. We were parked in the parking lot at Turtle Mound golf course. When we left, we had to cross the very busy MMP. Since we had the right-of-war, we were not looking out for any golf carts. As I approached the MMP, a driver ran through the stop sign and crossed right in front of me, so I gave that old guy a very loud and very long honk, and then kept on going.
He barely got by before I crossed the intersection, but at least the guy right behind him had the sense to stop at the STOP sign, so i didn't hit him.
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I would put down your driving skills as unsafe. A driver is a hazard to others on the road if he does not look all around his car at an intersection even if he has the right of way. When I start to pull out into an intersection after a light turns green I do a head check to make sure no one is running the light. One reason I do this is because that was what I was taught in drivers education, but another key reason is that one time when the light had turned green and I was about to enter the intersection an 18 wheeler that was exceeding the speed limit blew by me. Wow! I sure was glad I looked around that time! We should all try to look out for other cars and trucks as well as walkers, bicyclists, and yes, golf carts when we are out driving. I see people everyday that don’t do this as they have “tunnel vision” and when they have the right of way, watch out, they are oblivious to others and that makes them extremely dangerous. Who hasn’t made a mistake and forgotten a stop sign, or forgot to yield? Aren’t you glad the other drivers watched out for you? I know I am. Be careful out there.