In this particular situation, does the automobile have the right of way? Both are traveling the same direction in their prescribed lanes. suddenly, the car turns across the path of the cart.
What is the cart driver to do, stop at every through street? That's not practical, in fact it's dangerous. There is no way to know what to do. Golf cart lanes that don't have a stop sign signal to the cart driver that he has free passage through the intersection. Should there be stop signs in the golf cart lane at every intersection?
If the assertion that "cars" always have the right of way holds true, then a car stopped at a side street stop sign can proceed even though there is a cart crossing the intersection.
As time passes, there will have to be more clearly defined rules for these unusual situations. As usual, tragedies call attentions to unique circumstances.
JLK
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