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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I don't think most people would interpret it that way. The only cross traffic is golf carts and other vehicles always have the right-of-way. Are you saying that when they have a stop sign on the ground at the gate, that the golf cart has the right-of-way when they got there first? Personally, I don't think they should ever install stop signs at the gates. Too confusing.
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I realize this is confusing, but golf carts don't
ALWAYS have to yield the right of way (just most of the time). When on a roadway where they are permitted, a golf cart is considered a vehicle under the law (so is a bicycle). So, let's just move this away from a gate crossing and into a residential neighborhood. A golf cart arrives at a 4 way stop sign intersection 2 seconds before a car----the golf cart has the right of way, NOT the car. Same is true of a bicycle. Another example----a golf cart is in the bike and cart lane approaching a merge point and has a 150 foot lead on a car----the cart may merge---he is NOT cutting off the car and is NOT required to yield. In fact, most signs in the merge zone require cars to slow to 20, which if obeyed would never allow a car to close the distance on a cart going 20. Of course we all know this is not what happens---most of the time the car driver speeds up to 40 to beat the cart to the merge (Usually the same driver that gives a single finger to a car driver that does the same thing to him when HE is the one in the cart
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Now, back to the gate crossing. WHEN there is a stop sign for cars, this is now a 4 way stop and the vehicle arriving first (or furthest right in the case of a tie) has the right of way (in theory)---Also something that we all know doesn't happen. Adding to the confusion is the fact that the stop sign for cars is only occasionally present. I suppose if they put up permanent stop signs at all gates it would be clear (maybe). The worst are those gate crossings where the visibility of oncoming cars is blocked by shrubbery or the gate house and the gate is removed. Inch forward carefully, since even if there is a stop sign and even if you have the right of way, you might end up being dead right.