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Originally Posted by rsmurano
Golfing eagles-I agree with you. The slow drivers in a golf cart are probably the same slow drivers you see driving in the left/fast lane. These same people get passed on the right but refuse to move to the slower lane for some unknown (mental) reason.
People don’t understand it’s not the speed that kills you it’s the stupid driving that people have to do to get around thes slugs.
In Germany, if you are in the fast lane on the autobahn going 150mph and you see a car approaching, you have to pull over, not the car going 200mph. If you don’t, you get a hefty fine or drivers license revoked. You can’t pass on the right in Germany, nor are you allowed to flash your brights to tell the person to move over. We should have these same laws here.
I think I’ve taken most turns on the golf cart paths here at 20mph (except a few 90 degree turns) with no issues of tipping over. I have also been on these same paths behind a golf cart driver doing the turns at 10mph. What’s really funny about the slow golf cart drivers and slow car drivers is that they don’t want you to pass them. Hey go so slow around the turns or straights that you can’t pass, but once you get a passing lane or a long straight, they sped up so you can’t pass.
We all have to be somewhere at a certain time and none of us any to leave an hour earlier because you might have to ride behind someone going really slow.
If you have people behind you either on the road or on a mpp, move over so they can pass, and if you are slow in a car, don’t drive in the left lane
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Actually, we do. Florida law states that on roads posted over 60 mph, a car in the left lane that is being overtaken from behind
MUST move over. Even if one is going 90, and the car behind wants to go 100, you
MUST move over. Why???? Because you don't have any idea why that guy is going that fast---he may be a jerk, but he might be in the middle of an emergency. The point is that you
DON'T KNOW, and it is not up to
YOU to dictate his speed to him, that's why we have LEOs. That's existing law. There is also a pending law that would make it illegal to just cruise in the left lane when not passing anyone, regardless of speed. Again, it baffles me why so many, even on this site, think of them as self-appointed guardians of the speed limit. When someone wants to pass, just let them. I get passed all the time, and sometimes pass others. It's no big deal.
PS: Florida law also states that when you are getting passed, it is illegal to speed up to prevent it. You
MUST maintain your same speed until the other vehicle has passed you. For all those self-appointed LEOs, I'd love to see enforcement of the laws I just stated above.