[Altavia]

Originally Posted by Maker

The law is very clear on this, and OP is confused about who has the right of way. Pulling a golf cart in front of a vehicle is illegal, and can get you killed. The vehicle has the right of way in all circumstances when a cart is trying to enter a roadway.

The stop sign on the ground is not a legal traffic control device. It's just a suggestion. Even if it was a legal stop, the golf cart still cannot pull in front of the vehicle.
Vehicles have the right of way 100% of the time over a golf cart. Golf cart must stop and wait until the path is totally clear. Even if that takes a hour. That applies at gate areas, as well as when the cart lane ends, actually everywhere.
Gate arms do not permit a cart to enter a roadway under the impression that vehicles stopping there must do everything to avoid hitting the cart. Assuming the vehicle must yield is incorrect.
If an accident happens when a golf cart moves into the path of a vehicle, the golf cart is 100% at fault, 100% of the time.
Golf cart pulling in front of a vehicle has broken the law if it causes the vehicle to have to do anything (swerve, brake, stop, slow down, change lanes) to avoid a collision or to maintain safe operation of the vehicle. Cart driver can be given a ticket.

Who must yield?
The car has established legal use of the roadway because they are already traveling on that roadway. They do not yield to carts that have NOT established legal use of the roadway.
Golf cart at a gate crossing has NOT established legal use of the roadway. Must yield to vehicles for as long as it takes to either cross or enter the roadway without impeding vehicles.
Golf cart reaching the end of a cart lane has NOT established legal use of the roadway. Must yield to vehicles for as long as it takes to enter the roadway without impeding vehicles. The "roadway" here means the lane where vehicles travel.

Examples:

A cart (on an off road path) is patiently waiting for a vehicle to stop at a gate. Cart crosses the road. Vehicle pulls past the gate and hits the cart. Who is at fault? The cart. Cart failed to yield the right of way and had no right to be in the roadway. Cart driver is responsible for all damages and injuries.

Cart is on a village road with a narrow cart lane on the right that is ending in 50ft. Cart is 100ft ahead of a vehicle approaching from behind. As they reach the end of the cart lane, the cart moves into the vehicle lane, perhaps 40ft ahead of the vehicle. Vehicle, traveling 10mph faster, has to apply the brakes to avoid hitting the cart. Police officer observes this happen. Who gets a ticket? The cart driver gets the ticket because they took an action that could have led to an accident with the vehicle. It will be a failure to yield ticket because the cart shall not pull in front of a vehicle. The cart has not established legal use of the roadway and is 100% at fault.

Cart is traveling on a roadway, either in the cart lane if there is one, or in the lane if no cart lane. At a side street, or parking lot driveway, a vehicle pulls out into the path of the cart. An accident, or near accident happens. Police officer observes this happen. Who gets a ticket? The vehicle driver because the cart has established legal use of the roadway and has no obligation to yield to a vehicle.

Interesting, what's the source? (Are you an attorney, LEO or ?)