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Originally Posted by Garywt
Golf carts are low man on the totem pole so everyone else has the right of way. Golf cart needs to slow down or even stop until it is safe to get by walkers or biker. You have to give way to oncoming traffic before passing. It is really very easy to do the right thing.
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We can file that statement with the other often cited but completely wrong "cars
always have the right of way"
First of all, the law does not state who has the right of way, it specifies who must
yield the right of way.
Second, the reason a golf cart must slow or stop until it is safe to pass is the same reason a car must slow or stop before passing a slower vehicle. If an e-bike going 20 encounters a cart going 15, the e-bike will be the one to slow or stop until it is safe to pass. If a world class runner encounters a slow bicycle, the pedestrian will be the one to slow or stop until it is safe to pass. No entity
ALWAYS has the right of way, I wish people would stop posting that nonsense.