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Old 05-23-2012, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by champion6 View Post
And then this happened to me...

I'm southbound on St. Charles and have moved from the diamond lane into the car lane to turn left into Sterling Heights Rec Center. I'm fairly close to the center line. While I'm waiting for oncoming traffic to pass so a I can turn left, the car waiting behind me gets impatient and passes me on my right by using half the car lane and all the diamond lane.
At a POA meeting Lieutenant Bobby Caruthers, Sumter County Sherrif's Office replied to a question that it was perfectly legal for a vehicle to cross into the diamond lane in order to pass another vehicle making a left hand turn, as long as it was safe to do so. That would also appear to be the critical point for a golf cart passing another golf cart on the street, "as long as it's safe to do so."