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Originally Posted by Laker14
North of 466, a cart does NOT need to be street legal to be on Morse. There is a specific cart lane on the right border of each lane (northbound and south bound).
One travels in the cart lane, and when one wishes to make a left turn, checks behind for a break in traffic. Signals left to change lanes from the cart lane to the main lane, and then proceeds as if in a car. Keep the left turn signal on, use the left arm to signal as well to increase visibility, and when oncoming traffic, and the traffic light allow, makes the left turn.
It probably would be a good idea for you and your friend to drive a car, or walk up to the light at Rio Grande or San Marino and observe the traffic to see how it's done.
Generally, automobile traffic is very observant and mindful of carts in that area.
Trickier is the route to cross 466 to get south on the Morse Blvd. cart trail. I won't try to explain that here. If you know someone who knows how to that, have them lead you and your friend on a trip down. Or, if you like, I will try to explain it on a separate post.
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"One travels in the cart lane, and when one wishes to make a left turn, checks behind for a break in traffic. Signals left to change lanes from the cart lane to the main lane, and then proceeds as if in a car. Keep the left turn signal on, use the left arm to signal as well to increase visibility, and when oncoming traffic, and the traffic light allow, makes the left turn."
True. Another word is "common sense".
But, for some, that is oxymoronic. Twice now, at the same intersection (turning into the road that goes to the El Diablo/El Santiago golf courses, I've seen carts signal for a left turn while in the golf cart lane, then turn FROM the lane across traffic into the golf course road. The first time the cart driver (woman) stopped in the golf cart lane to let oncoming traffic pass on by, then immediately turned. We were behind her in our car by maybe 30 yards or so and had slowed down because it didn't look right. However if a car was going at normal speed through there it could have been a serious accident: she'd have been hit on the driver's side.
Same thing happened a couple of weeks later. However no car was coming behind the cart making the left turn and oncoming traffic was quite a ways away, so no danger.