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Originally Posted by l2ridehd

Everyone would agree that common sense should win. This accident was not about that as I understand it. The cart driver was going along the street in the golf cart lane. A landscape truck pulled to a stop sign and stopped.

Would you continue on and pass in front of the truck or stop in the cart lane and let the truck proceed? I would hope everyone would continue on so as not to stop all cart traffic on a main street. That would be really dangerous for many more people.

When the cart was passing in front of the truck, the truck took off and hit the card directly on it's side knocking it over onto the driver and he died.

So what common sense did the golf cart driver not exercise? How could he have prevented this? I was not there or did I see this accident. Only what I have read it appears this was how it happened. If it was something different then perhaps he could have avoided it by better defensive driving. If it did happen as I suspect, I think he had no chance to avoid being hit. Maybe the truck only did a partial stop, maybe he ran the stop sign, lots of what if's I am sure.

Is it reasonable to assume that a vehicle approaching a main street from a side street that has a stop sign, that they will stop? I would suggest that it is.

L2,

I totally agree.

And for those who want a mandatory class - how would you propose funding, administering and enforcing it?