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Old 12-15-2013, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by CFrance View Post
There is at least one poster on this forum who thinks this is the only proper way for a car to make a right-hand turn: merge into the diamond lane at the side, then make your right turn. I don't agree that cars should ever travel in that lane and don't know where the poster got this rule, or theory.

His reasoning is you won't run down a golf cart that's going straight if you're in the diamond lane when you make your turn. My feeling is a car should never be in the diamond lane, and you should be stopped and looking to make sure no golf cart is coming before turning.

But I could be wrong.
Well, you must be talking me.... I believe it's much safer for a car to merge into the cart/bicycle lane to make a right turn. No different than a cart merging into the traffic lane to make a left turn. At least, this way, the cart knows your intentions. It also helps to use the turn signal once in a while.