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Originally Posted by rsmurano
Most of the issues caused by golf cart anccidents are because of SLOW golf cart drivers. This also is the reason for a lot of car accidents. When you get a golf cart driver going 15 mph on the straight or single digits around the curves, normal people are going to want to pass.
If you have somebody right behind you that wants to go the speed limit or faster than you, pull over and let them pass, it only takes a few seconds. Same goes for driving a car, you get slow people in the left lane that go just as slow or slower than people in the right lane and you wonder why people are on your tail/flashing brights/honking at you, move over because the people behind you are going to take chances to pass you.
I also don’t want to hear people say slow down, we are retired, no need to rush, blah blah blah. A lot of us are busy, have appointments for drs/dentists/PB/tennis/golf/whatever and need to be somewhere at a specific time and most of us don’t want to leave an hour in advance to go somewhere that should only take you 20 mins to get there.
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So you're blaming a slow driver for an accident because someone who is in a hurry tries to perform a maneuver, like passing on a blind corner, and it's the slow drivers fault? I would bet that 9 times out of 10 if there is an accident involving a slow driver the person trying to go around the slow driver is responsible for it. I've had numerous incidents of people passing me on blind corners when riding my bike on the paths. In fact, it happens to me almost every time I go out.
You have to remember that there are a lot of pedestrians, like bikers and walkers, on the multi modal paths. They're more like a glorified sidewalk than they are a road. If you don't wanna leave an hour early or if you are in a hurry, take your car.