[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by John_W

Your reply tells me you don't understand and probably aren't doing a right turn properly. The next time you're southbound on St. Charles and want to make a right turn on Tamarind Grove Blvd, what are those golf carts southbound on your right going to do? They aren't going to exit the road just because you want to make a right turn. This pertains to when cars and carts share the same roadway. Happens anywhere there is a painted cart lane to the right.

So remember, just like a golf cart enters the car lane to make a left turn, you should move to your right and enter the golf cart lane before making your right turn. This way the golf cart driver and you the car driver will know each others sequence.

In some cases, primarily on the main roads such a Morse, the golf carts must exit the golf cart lane and merge with car traffic before approaching the intersection. The reason for that is probably what you're talking about.

One of the problems that I see pretty much every where, is that drivers don't know the right of way rules for intersections. I can't tell you how many times I've approached an intersection and a car that has either gotten their before me or is on my right sits there and waits for me to go. When I finally decide that they are going to go first, I begin to proceed and, of course, they begin to proceed at the same time. Then we play the little start stop game until one of us goes. It's very simple the car that gets to the intersection first has the right of way. If two cars get there at the same time the one on the right has the right of way. It's simple but I would bet that over half the people on the road don't understand it.