Who has the right of way?
Today I was driving a golf cart on St Charles Place - the cart path is between the curb and the vehicle lane.
A pickup pulling a trailer overtook me from the rear - I was going about 20 mph and the pickup was going about 30 mph. This was obviously a lawn care crew - mowers, string trimmers, leaf blowers, etc. were in the back of the pickup and on the trailer. The pickup had a "crew cab" - four full-size doors. There was a driver and passenger in the front seat and a passenger in the right rear seat. All the windows were rolled down.
I'm describing all this because of what happened next.
A few seconds after the back of the trailer cleared me, the driver turned on his right directional signal to indicate that he was turning right onto the next side street which was only 50 feet or so ahead of us. AND the passenger in the rear seat started waving his arms - I think to indicate that he wanted me to slow down and yield to the truck/trailer.
That's what I did. I came to nearly a complete stop for a few seconds so as to not broadside the trailer. No carts were behind me. I think I did the right thing because size matters. I would have "lost" in a cart vs. pickup/trailer encounter.
I'm new to driving a cart in TV and have been thinking about this since it happened.
Who should yield in a situation like this? Who has the right of way when a vehicle in front of a cart makes a right turn onto a side street and crosses a cart path to do so?
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