Twice, at the same intersection (Calumet and Legacy), exactly the same thing happened to me. The difference was that neither time did I get any warning that they were going to turn. (no waving, no turn signal) Both times, I had to make those absolute "smash the brake pedal to the floor" emergency stops. Since there are brakes only on the back tires, both times the cart did some funky sliding sideways.
If I had had one of those souped up carts going 35 miles per hour, I wouldn't be writing this today.
I honestly don't know who has the right of way. I would have been nice, though, to have gotten at least a warning.
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