[jebartle]

I swear I see my dead grandmother every time I drive on that VERY narrow golf cart path....I've witnessed golf carts touching the curbing and coming close to jumping curb and into on-coming traffic....Is it just me? Can anything be done? speed bumps, making paths wider, making walking paths narrower?

[teachnmo]

We were discussing this same issue tonight. The other couple thought it should be suggested that they make a boardwalk bridge for the golf carts. Apparently California has several of these in use.

[784caroline]

Its all about driving toooo fast..If everone would slow down there would not be a problem...although i also have scrapped my rims on the side. That will certainly wake you up.

[Army Guy]

I agree with 784, when we first started driving it we just kept the same speed. And yes, we had several close calls. But then I decided to finally slow down and have not had a problem at all.
Army Guy

[missyomama]

I agree, we need to travel this bridge at a much slower speed. Now if I just can convince the guy that is coming directly at me full tilt!! Yikes...

[Lou Card]

10 MPH speed limit on the bridge

[ajbrown]

First time I went across I said to my wife "what were they thinking" with this design? The bridge does not seem to get a whole lot of pedestrian traffic so it seems the walkway could have been smaller, or left at the same level as the cart path, but there may be codes they had to follow on that.

I agree you should go across slowly and it is not that I am worried that I am going to hit the curb. To me the real danger is I have no where to bail if an oncoming cart makes a mistake. I breath a sigh of relief with every cart that passes by.....

[skip0358]

Wish everyone would watch the speed over that bridge. Guess the speed limit sign is a waste of time., it says 10 MPH. Very few even try to move over a liitle never mind slowing down.

[Tweety Bird]

Originally Posted by missyomama

I agree, we need to travel this bridge at a much slower speed. Now if I just can convince the guy that is coming directly at me full tilt!! Yikes...

Just don't wave while you're driving. Keep focused.

[njbchbum]

a quick fix might be to throw down some speed bumps with the appropriate warning signage also posted at lane entry.

[Talk Host]

I think it's dangerous at any speed. Even if you obey the speed limit, chances are that the other cart isn't.

[pooh]

You're right, most of the time they're not. What the heck is the big rush???!!!

[cybermuda]

Originally Posted by Talk Host

I think it's dangerous at any speed. Even if you obey the speed limit, chances are that the other cart isn't.

They could replace the vertical curb with a gently sloping one painted yellow

That way carts could use the extra width unless there was a pedestrian using the sidewalk (which I have never seen)

Keeping below 10 mph certainly helps, but it is still not a safe piece of road

Is there a local law requiring a raised sidewalk along a bridge?

[Mikeod]

I would guess the width of the sidewalk is to allow wheelchairs to use the path if desired. The law that prescribes equal access to public areas specifies a minimum width for ramps, paths, etc.

[zcaveman]

Being from the Marion county area, I usually try to go the Buena Vista route to get to LSL but when I do have to cross the bridge I do it very slowly when there is someone coming in the opposite direction.

I always wonder if two LSVs traveling in different directions have enough room to pass or two carts with the hard side doors and the extended mirrors have a problem.

Since it is on the south side of 466, maybe when you get an AAC type committee, you can try to get the path made wider like we are getting the cart paths widened on the north side.

Z