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Old 08-25-2022, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by juddfl View Post
Walk facing traffic. I learned that at golf cart safety glasses held in in The Villages many years ago. I know 2 friends that were walking on the bath in the same direction as bikes and golf carts. An electric golf cart went to pass them and at that exact moment the one lady stretched her arm out and the golf cart hit it. Electric carts are very quiet and she never heard it coming up behind her.
Thank goodness it was not broken but it was badly bruised. Again, walk facing traffic so you can see what is coming toward you.
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Please explain to me how walking facing traffic would have kept this from happening.
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if she had been facing traffic she could have seen it coming and stepped to the left, out of the way of the electric bike that hit her. Since she was walking with traffic, she could not see behind her, and had to rely on sound. She couldn't hear the electric bike, so she didn't have the warning she needed to take evasive action.
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I’m done.
Am I missing something here? Perhaps you can stick around long enough to explain how walking with one's back to the nearly silent electric bike doesn't make one more vulnerable?