Bottom line: if everybody--automobile, golf cart, motorcycle, bicycle, e-bike, segway, scooter, walker, runner--would both KNOW and OBEY the rules of the road, we'd all be a whole lot safer. many of the above share the same roadways or MMPs, and ALL of them share the intersections.
That--and keep your head in the game. I witnessed a pretty nasty car-golf cart accident a few weeks back, where a golf cart stopped for a stop sign (four-way intersection but only a three-way stop) dutifully stopped at the stop sign, then accelerated into the intersection completely oblivious to the fact that the guy in the SUV coming from the right, who DIDN'T have a stop sign, didn't stop. The SUV rammed the golf cart on the passenger side probably less than a foot ahead of the passenger seat of the golf cart. Luckily there were no injuries, though the cart was totaled, but that was merely a matter of luck. Had the cart been two feet ahead of where it was hit, there would surely have been some serious injuries.
Someone in this thread made an observation to the effect that there are few real accidents. I wholeheartedly agree with that.
|