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Originally Posted by ureout
Redwitch: I disagree with you....I believe LSV's should be allowed on the roads, the problem as you say of "impeding traffic" are not the LSV's... which BTW are not that many, it's the slow moving vehicles that refuse to leave the left lane. As for the original question of left hand turns I've driven an LSV for almost 4 years now and have never had a problem with changing lanes to make a left turn....I have never gone into the left lane more than 40/50 yards before the turn. Even if busy I turn my directional signal on and stick out my left arm to indicate my turn and then start edging over. I have on quite a few occasions seen LSV's change into the left lane 100/200 yds before a turn which I think is wayyyy to soon, but then again I have also seen slowwwww moving cars do the same miles before they turn.
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Redwitch may not like LSVs operating on the streets (nor do I) BUT it is entirely legal. The Florida Legislature wrote the rules.
One possible solution to the dilemma of the OP is to shorten the distance when he moves into the left lane before the turn, as suggested by ureout.
Those who become impatient with an LSV in the left lane, and who refuse to move into the right lane to pass may have moved here from a jurisdiction where "passing on the right" is a traffic violation.
I would not exchange derogatory gestures with other drivers. Road Rage is alive and well; even here in The Villages. And, as we know from other posters, a lot of people carry guns, even in here.
You will always encounter the impatient and the idiotic on the roads. Resign yourself to it.
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