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Originally Posted by EdFNJ
This may look or sound like a troll post but it really isn't meant to be. More like a rant and a safety warning. Having turn signals on golf carts is, in reality is both useless and dangerous.
At this point when I see a golf cart with a turn signal on when (for example) I am pulling out of my street or any street either in my cart or my car and the cart coming towards me has his right signal on the chances of him ACTUALLY taking a right turn is probably 80% which means if I pull out there is a 20% chance he (or she) is going to t-bone me.
I see this time after time. One has to assume the turn signals on the cart are on by mistake and assume the cart is going straight regardless of his signal. This obviously doesn't apply to everyone but even assuming 5% of them are on by mistake it makes it dangerous to assume ANY are actually turning when they are signalling.
What bought this on was today while walkng from Amelia to LSL (down O'Dell then on the Morse MMP to LSL) my wife and I counted FIVE CARTS on the O'Dell and Morse MMP passing by us with forever on turn signals out of probably 15 or 20.
So what good is having a turn signal if you can't trust it? Better that NO CART has one. I mean the number of signals left on for literally miles is amazing. YES, CARS DO IT AS WELL but very rarely do I see a car driving with endless turn signals (although sometimes they turn them on about 1/2 mile before the turn! 
At least if NO ONE used them you would HAVE to wait until the cart either turned or passed. Yea, I know it is impossible to retroactively remove them all but everyone may as well not use them as they are totally worthless if they can't be "trusted" 98% of the time.
Hand signals (if you know them) are fine but stop using those useless "blinkers." |
REALITY, you are in control of what you do. Others there is what they are supposed to do a totally different thing. Turn signals? An endless debate. I doubt many people in cars or golf carts could/would pass a driver's test. Turn signals people who use them are rare. People who use them properly are like an endangered species.
People who know the law and follow it are also an endangered species. As far as a golf cart. A golf cart is the bottom of the totem pole. A car a, pedestrian and even a bicycle have the right of way. A signal, light or hand signal does not change the situation.
The golf cart yields to the car. That does not mean that when a car driver sees that a golf cart is announcing his DESIRE to cut in the car should slow down and give the golf cart room to do it safely.
Any vehicle with a turn signal, I let them start the turn before assuming they have truly decided they are turning and will not as we've all seen start a turn to the left and then change their mind and go right or go straight or??????????.