golf carts, bicycles, and pedestrians all could do with a little bit more courtesy. I cannot tell you how many time I have been walking on the MMP (facing oncoming traffic and to the left of the path) when a golf cart has passed me with inches to spare. This has even happened when there was no oncoming traffic that the cart was facing.
There is a resident in our neighborhood who walks his dog by driving down the wrong side of the street in her cart with a long leash so the dog runs on the opposite side of the street.
Bikes never seem to stop at stop signs. On the MMP's the bikes I have seen are pretty courteous and are pulled over to the right side of the road so they can be passed by carts. But, when I am in a cart, I try to observe a three foot rule so at to accommodate a biker who may hit a rock or a bump in the road and lose control. I'd rather be safe than try to pick up a broken body due to passing too close.
We all should just be a bit more courteous...pedestrians, bikers, golf carters. There is no right to say we must get there quicker. It is traffic and we need to be kind to each other.
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