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billethkid
05-10-2018, 05:39 AM
We all know at roadway and MMP/golf cart intersections the automobile has the right of way....right?

There are many that do not know or understand the law on this subject. Almost every day, in my golf cart, at such intersections I am waived through by an auto driver.

I happen to be one who will not go and just wave back. Most auto drivers wave again like,,,,no you go. I shake my head and fold my arms....they usually display being upset in one way or another......and then there are the horn blowers behind me. I wave and wish them good morning/afternoon/etc. It seems like an authority contest....sometimes:o

Please remind your friends/relatives/visitors to not stop and wave golf carts through. One they are breaking the law. Second, other vehicular traffic may not be aware and third it sets up a danger on the vehicular roadway.

This was in the dot com news this morning and triggered this reminder.

There I have done my good deed for today...right?
:duck:

Madelaine Amee
05-10-2018, 05:45 AM
We all know at roadway and MMP/golf cart intersections the automobile has the right of way....right?

There are many that do not know or understand the law on this subject. Almost every day, in my golf cart, at such intersections I am waived through by an auto driver.

I happen to be one who will not go and just wave back. Most auto drivers wave again like,,,,no you go. I shake my head and fold my arms....they usually display being upset in one way or another......and then there are the horn blowers behind me. I wave and wish them good morning/afternoon/etc. It seems like an authority contest....sometimes:o

Please remind your friends/relatives/visitors to not stop and wave golf carts through. One they are breaking the law. Second, other vehicular traffic may not be aware and third it sets up a danger on the vehicular roadway.

This was in the dot com news this morning and triggered this reminder.

There I have done my good deed for today...right?
:duck:

Thank you for posting this - Unfortunately, this happens regularly at the Polo Ridge Gate when coming off BV. We have been behind someone who is holding up a line of traffic snaking back onto BV while they let golf carts cross the gate. Very dangerous.

Wing-nut2
05-10-2018, 05:59 AM
Well Said!

ColdNoMore
05-10-2018, 06:11 AM
Sadly...this scenario happens all too frequently. :oops:

While the auto driver 'thinks' they are being courteous, they are simply creating a hazard that should a collision occur...will result in the golf cart driver being at fault.

In almost all cases, if the 'courteous auto driver' would just continue through the gate/road as normal...the cart que will clear much quicker. :shrug:

NotGolfer
05-10-2018, 06:47 AM
It's againest the law..plain and simple! We see folks doing this fairly regularily! Also NOT stopping at the stop signs, NOT yielding at the yield signs as well as tinkering with their carts so they go faster than it is designed for. These folks, the latter ones at least, think that the law doesn't apply to them.

tomwed
05-10-2018, 06:47 AM
The MMP to hell is paved with good intentions and a few speed bumps..

Bogie Shooter
05-10-2018, 07:11 AM
///

ColdNoMore
05-10-2018, 07:17 AM
The MMP to hell is paved with good intentions.

And those in a hurry...to get there. :1rotfl:

Fraugoofy
05-10-2018, 07:28 AM
We all know at roadway and MMP/golf cart intersections the automobile has the right of way....right?

There are many that do not know or understand the law on this subject. Almost every day, in my golf cart, at such intersections I am waived through by an auto driver.

I happen to be one who will not go and just wave back. Most auto drivers wave again like,,,,no you go. I shake my head and fold my arms....they usually display being upset in one way or another......and then there are the horn blowers behind me. I wave and wish them good morning/afternoon/etc. It seems like an authority contest....sometimes:o

Please remind your friends/relatives/visitors to not stop and wave golf carts through. One they are breaking the law. Second, other vehicular traffic may not be aware and third it sets up a danger on the vehicular roadway.

This was in the dot com news this morning and triggered this reminder.

There I have done my good deed for today...right?
:duck:Yes! Spot on... I do exactly the same thing as you and have been cursed at! Oh my!

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eweissenbach
05-10-2018, 08:02 AM
The biggest problem in my opinion is the indecision it places in the minds of the cart drivers. Do I go or do I yield? If I am allowed the right of way three times in a row and on the fourth occasion I assume (wrongly) that the car will yield, I not only cause the accident, but am likely to be hurt or even killed.

dnobles
05-10-2018, 08:07 AM
I’ve had the passenger wave me on and not the driver. Ah No

Rapscallion St Croix
05-10-2018, 08:46 AM
I usually communicate my desire to wait it out with an exaggerated voicing of a two word phrase starting with a labiodental fricative. Even the most novice of lip readers can usually comprehend my declination. I would rather be thought to be a vulgarian than to be expire whilst benefiting from someone's misguided courtesy.

Chatbrat
05-10-2018, 08:47 AM
so simple-have signage "Do Not Wave on Carts"

Bogie Shooter
05-10-2018, 08:52 AM
Drivers don't read existing signs.......................

Rapscallion St Croix
05-10-2018, 08:55 AM
so simple-have signage "Do Not Wave on Carts"

That works for STOP signs. No reason it wouldn't work to resolve this issue either.

VApeople
05-10-2018, 09:31 AM
You are preaching to the choir, Billie. I drive a car and I never offer to let a cart go in front of me at an entry gate.

I never drive over the speed limit and am very careful to let the carts merge in front of me on roads like Hillsborough or Pinellas when the cart lane goes out.

I see a lot of weird behavior on our roads but so far I have not had an accident or a really close call. So far.

Chi33
05-10-2018, 10:26 AM
Okay, I will bite and disagree with the mob.

Just be safe. Your actions are all the matter. If it is safe, cross, if not, don't. Make your intentions known. You don't know the reason they are waving you on. Maybe there is no one behind them and they are adjusting their seatbelt. They slow down for the adjustment in a slow area, makes sure there are no hazards, and waves you on. All good in my book.

Also, I sometimes cross the double yellow lines to make sure a golf cart is safe. Oh well.

Matzy
05-10-2018, 10:37 AM
Billethkid, very well said. And we all know that there are not really "Rights" on any road but we do have laws of regulations.
And in my opinion, each persons safety is our highest law, and everybody should see that this way.

thetruth
05-10-2018, 10:53 AM
We all know at roadway and MMP/golf cart intersections the automobile has the right of way....right?

There are many that do not know or understand the law on this subject. Almost every day, in my golf cart, at such intersections I am waived through by an auto driver.

I happen to be one who will not go and just wave back. Most auto drivers wave again like,,,,no you go. I shake my head and fold my arms....they usually display being upset in one way or another......and then there are the horn blowers behind me. I wave and wish them good morning/afternoon/etc. It seems like an authority contest....sometimes:o

Please remind your friends/relatives/visitors to not stop and wave golf carts through. One they are breaking the law. Second, other vehicular traffic may not be aware and third it sets up a danger on the vehicular roadway.

This was in the dot com news this morning and triggered this reminder.

There I have done my good deed for today...right?
:duck:

There is a meeting once a month at the Savanna Center where you can directly ask these questions from the police. speed-right of way etc.

I ride a bike, drive a car and drive a golf cart. TRUTH we have some people driving around here that may never have learned how to properly drive or have long since forgotten.

As to golf cart right of way-THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY-SIMPLE. As to whether the person at the wheel of the golf cart knows the rules and will f9llow them. YOU HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW SO IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME THEY WILL DO THE STUPIDEST THING POSSIBLE.

Marathon Man
05-10-2018, 10:54 AM
Those that stop and wave carts through do so because it makes them feel good. This is why, unfortunately, they will continue to do it. I also believe that it creates a hazard where none should exist because of the confusion that it causes (or potentially causes). Confusion on the road is not a good thing.

Marathon Man
05-10-2018, 11:13 AM
Okay, I will bite and disagree with the mob.

Just be safe. Your actions are all the matter. If it is safe, cross, if not, don't. Make your intentions known. You don't know the reason they are waving you on. Maybe there is no one behind them and they are adjusting their seatbelt. They slow down for the adjustment in a slow area, makes sure there are no hazards, and waves you on. All good in my book.

Also, I sometimes cross the double yellow lines to make sure a golf cart is safe. Oh well.

Not so sure that I want to cross in front of a car where the driver is doing something other that watching the road in front of them.

Sgroemm
05-10-2018, 11:46 AM
Let me first say that I totally agree with you and I see the potential problem with inconsistently following of this law.

That being said, might I suggest that you shake your head "no thanks" when they wave you on? If you wave it is a commonly accepted gesture of thank you and the car is then expecting you to proceed in your cart. You don't proceed (for good reason) and then the car driver thinks you are being a jerk or playing a game....hence the cursing.

Second I think that they should give each renter/visitor/new resident a short mandatory course in golf cart rules and automobile roundabouts to help set the tone from the beginning. It could be on video and not cost a penny. We have videos at work that you must watch to completion and cannot fast forward, to ensure it is watched.

tomwed
05-10-2018, 11:59 AM
Let me first say that I totally agree with you and I see the potential problem with inconsistently following of this law.

That being said, might I suggest that you shake your head "no thanks" when they wave you on? If you wave it is a commonly accepted gesture of thank you and the car is then expecting you to proceed in your cart. You don't proceed (for good reason) and then the car driver thinks you are being a jerk or playing a game....hence the cursing.

Second I think that they should give each renter/visitor/new resident a short mandatory course in golf cart rules and automobile roundabouts to help set the tone from the beginning. It could be on video and not cost a penny. We have videos at work that you must watch to completion and cannot fast forward, to ensure it is watched.They could make it and keep it on the web site---and set up a tv in each
real estate building on a contentious loop.

Sgroemm
05-10-2018, 12:04 PM
:bigbow:They could make it and keep it on the web site---and set up a tv in each
real estate building on a contentious loop.

charmed59
05-10-2018, 12:28 PM
I see it most often at intersections where if the car goes they will be stopped in the golf cart crossing while waiting for the gate to raise for the car in front of them. Or, in those really busy intersections, they are in line waiting for cars to merge onto the Circle. They aren’t going anywhere anyway, might as well clear a few carts.

Buffalo Jim
05-10-2018, 12:43 PM
Sadly...this scenario happens all too frequently. :oops:

While the auto driver 'thinks' they are being courteous, they are simply creating a hazard that should a collision occur...will result in the golf cart driver being at fault.

In almost all cases, if the 'courteous auto driver' would just continue through the gate/road as normal...the cart que will clear much quicker. :shrug:

Yet on several occasions at the Hemingway Gate I have been the beneficiary of the now famous " Villages One Finger Salute " delivered firmly by
a baying man or woman with a distinctively North East accent for doing no more than following the law and proceeding thru the gated intersection .

Perhaps some small signs indicating to the cart drivers that vehicles have the right of way just might help keep blood pressures a bit lower .
And all of us a bit safer .

Miles42
05-10-2018, 01:24 PM
right or wrong golf cart loses

ColdNoMore
05-10-2018, 03:53 PM
They could make it and keep it on the web site---and set up a tv in each
real estate building on a contentious loop.

If that was intentional...brilliant! :1rotfl:


If unintentional...your parapraxis is showing. :D

billethkid
05-10-2018, 03:55 PM
Does anybody really believe signs work in TV?
:a20:

tomwed
05-10-2018, 03:56 PM
If that was intentional...brilliant! :1rotfl:


If unintentional...your parapraxis is showing. :DTruth be told I spellchecked continuous but up came contentious and I thought that's even better and wondered if anyone would pick that up. I had to look up parapraxis. wow that's a good word i won't remember.

New Englander
05-10-2018, 04:29 PM
Yet on several occasions at the Hemingway Gate I have been the beneficiary of the now famous " Villages One Finger Salute " delivered firmly by
a baying man or woman with a distinctively North East accent for doing no more than following the law and proceeding thru the gated intersection .


I had the same thing happen to me. BUT the person had a distinctive southern accent

Rapscallion St Croix
05-10-2018, 04:38 PM
Does anybody really believe signs work in TV?
:a20:

They do if they contain the words "happy hour", "early bird special", or "free".

LuannBlue
05-10-2018, 05:57 PM
I’ve had people behind me in their carts hong and yell, curse at me to go. THE LAW IS THE LAW. Maybe the police should start watching these areas and start handing out tickets to drivers in cars and drivers in golf carts. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Signs at the crossing stating cars have the right of way should be posted for car drivers and cart drivers to see.

Nucky
05-10-2018, 08:11 PM
What has been working for me so far is to not make eye contact with the Car's Driver when in the situation Billethkid brings up. He is on the money. No eye contact and the car continues on because everyone is in a hurry. It just works. The people in back of me who get anxious sound like they have a problem, not me.

Things driving wise around our community will never change no matter what your mode of transportation. Someone else said this a long time ago, act as if everyone around you on the road is Kryptonite. That was one smart man or woman. It breaks my heart when I see somebody get jammed up in an accident. Expect the worst at all times and beware of your surroundings. The OP asked, "There I have done my good deed for today...right?" I would say so.

Polar Bear
05-10-2018, 08:30 PM
What has been working for me so far is to not make eye contact with the Car's Driver when in the situation Billethkid brings up...
That’s what I do. No fuss. No muss. :)

thomp679
05-11-2018, 12:26 AM
I’ve had people behind me in their carts hong and yell, curse at me to go. THE LAW IS THE LAW. Maybe the police should start watching these areas and start handing out tickets to drivers in cars and drivers in golf carts. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Signs at the crossing stating cars have the right of way should be posted for car drivers and cart drivers to see.


This thread is the most law-abiding group of individuals I have seen on TOTV. I hope all your golf carts are governed to not exceed 20 MPH.

l2ridehd
05-11-2018, 06:25 AM
The place where it drives me crazy is crossing under 466 going North going to Southern Trace. I have had cars waving me across when they are in the turn left lane leaving Publix. They are waving me to cross while cars are passing them on the right to go straight thru or turn right.

I think they are trying to kill me. Maybe these folks who wave us through are the same ones who hold up traffic to slow down to see the blood and gore at an accident on the other side of the turnpike. They want to see more. They are really not being nice, they are trying to hurt you very badly.

Shambles
05-11-2018, 07:26 AM
I see it every day.... car drivers waiving carts through. I think they intend it to be polite, not realizing that the car has the right of way, and they are creating a dangerous situation. The Villages could do more to address this with signs for cars and carts at these crossings. That would at least clarify things. When I see a car waiving me through on my cart, I avoid eye contact and just sit and wait. If a cart behind me gets ****ed off, that's their problem.

tomwed
05-11-2018, 07:49 AM
What has been working for me so far is to not make eye contact with the Car's Driver when in the situation Billethkid brings up. He is on the money. No eye contact and the car continues on because everyone is in a hurry. It just works. The people in back of me who get anxious sound like they have a problem, not me.

Things driving wise around our community will never change no matter what your mode of transportation. Someone else said this a long time ago, act as if everyone around you on the road is Kryptonite. That was one smart man or woman. It breaks my heart when I see somebody get jammed up in an accident. Expect the worst at all times and beware of your surroundings. The OP asked, "There I have done my good deed for today...right?" I would say so.That's exactly what I do. I pretend I'm in my own little world where I can't see fingers and don't hear horns. In reality I am completely aware of what is going on. And sometimes I accidentally hit the horn and make some kind of wild arm motion that's supposed to let others know "to just ignore the horn, I'm not one of them."

Shambles
05-11-2018, 08:01 AM
Let's bring this issue to the attention of The Villages:

Make A Suggestion – Villages CIC (https://www.villagescic.org/make-a-suggestion/)

ColdNoMore
05-11-2018, 08:02 AM
This thread is the most law-abiding group of individuals I have seen on TOTV. I hope all your golf carts are governed to not exceed 20 MPH.

Where's the fun in that? :p

Chatbrat
05-11-2018, 08:29 AM
only place I have ever seen people wave motor vehicles, thru a STOP sign

LittleDog
05-11-2018, 07:28 PM
When driving a car and come to a gate if there is no cars behind me I will wave a cart through. It might add 5 seconds to my drive. When driving my cart I always appreciate it if some car driver waves me through. I see nothing wrong with this even though strictly it might be against the law. I can't believe that some of you are so rigid as to never let a cart through or refuse to go when a car driver is nice enough to allow you to proceed.

John

ColdNoMore
05-11-2018, 07:36 PM
When driving a car and come to a gate if there is no cars behind me I will wave a cart through. It might add 5 seconds to my drive. When driving my cart I always appreciate it if some car driver waves me through. I see nothing wrong with this even though strictly it might be against the law. I can't believe that some of you are so rigid as to never let a cart through or refuse to go when a car driver is nice enough to allow you to proceed.

John

It has nothing to do with..."being nice, or not being nice."

It has everything to do with..."the law, consistency and reducing potential confusion/collisions."

Have you ever thought that since there are no cars behind you (per your comment), that if you just kept driving the cart would be able to immediately cross afterward (with minimal delay)...the way they're supposed to?

Polar Bear
05-11-2018, 07:43 PM
When driving a car and come to a gate if there is no cars behind me I will wave a cart through. It might add 5 seconds to my drive. When driving my cart I always appreciate it if some car driver waves me through. I see nothing wrong with this even though strictly it might be against the law. I can't believe that some of you are so rigid as to never let a cart through or refuse to go when a car driver is nice enough to allow you to proceed.

John
It's simply the wrong thing to do...no matter how much you feel like you're doing a nice thing. Read CNM'ss reply.

tomwed
05-11-2018, 07:49 PM
When driving a car and come to a gate if there is no cars behind me I will wave a cart through. It might add 5 seconds to my drive. When driving my cart I always appreciate it if some car driver waves me through. I see nothing wrong with this even though strictly it might be against the law. I can't believe that some of you are so rigid as to never let a cart through or refuse to go when a car driver is nice enough to allow you to proceed.

JohnI never look at the driver. I'm on a bike but even if I was in a cart I feel much safer if the driver goes first. For me it has nothing to do with being rigid about the law.

ColdNoMore
05-11-2018, 07:51 PM
It's simply the wrong thing to do...no matter how much you feel like you're doing a nice thing.

Read CNM's reply.

I'm printing this, finding a nice frame with an elegant matting material...and hanging it over my desk. :1rotfl:

golfing eagles
05-11-2018, 07:53 PM
We all know at roadway and MMP/golf cart intersections the automobile has the right of way....right?

There are many that do not know or understand the law on this subject. Almost every day, in my golf cart, at such intersections I am waived through by an auto driver.

I happen to be one who will not go and just wave back. Most auto drivers wave again like,,,,no you go. I shake my head and fold my arms....they usually display being upset in one way or another......and then there are the horn blowers behind me. I wave and wish them good morning/afternoon/etc. It seems like an authority contest....sometimes:o

Please remind your friends/relatives/visitors to not stop and wave golf carts through. One they are breaking the law. Second, other vehicular traffic may not be aware and third it sets up a danger on the vehicular roadway.

This was in the dot com news this morning and triggered this reminder.

There I have done my good deed for today...right?
:duck:

First of all, I agree 110%

But to be clear, some people think cars ALWAYS have the right of way over a cart. SIMPLY NOT TRUE. The cart is a motor vehicle and governed by the same laws as automobiles. The reason a car has the right of way at a gate is that the crossing cart traffic has A STOP SIGN, the car does not. No different than an intersection with a 2 way stop. Who stops and waves cars with a stop sign through in that situation? Hopefully no one. Imagine someone stopping on 466 to let someone from a side street go through a stop sign.
Merging is quite different---the vehicle in the lane has the right of way over the vehicle that wants to enter that lane, but.....it is not a race---the vehicle in the lane has no right to accelerate above the speed limit to block out the merging vehicle, which in this case is always a cart (or bicycle). No different than entering the interstate----the merging vehicle can only proceed when it is clearly safe, but you always run into bozos that speed up to prevent your merge.

Lastly, at a 4 way stop, the vehicle arriving first has the right of way, regardless if it is a cart or car. If 2 or 3 vehicles arrive at the same time, the one furthest left has the right of way

Average Guy
05-11-2018, 08:52 PM
First of all, I agree 110%

Lastly, at a 4 way stop, the vehicle arriving first has the right of way, regardless if it is a cart or car. If 2 or 3 vehicles arrive at the same time, the one furthest left has the right of way

I agree with everything you wrote except for your last comment (quoted above). According to Florida law:

"Florida Statute 316.121— (1)The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different highway.

(2)When two vehicles enter an intersection from different highways at the same time the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right."

So, if the vehicle on the left yields to the vehicle on the right, the one further/furthest right has the right of way.

pauld315
05-11-2018, 10:44 PM
Today, I was leaving Spanish Springs on my golf cart and taking the cart path around the roundabout at Morse. I stopped in the median at the stop sign where cars coming down Buena Vista towards the square enter the roundabout to wait for the cars to go into the roundabout. Of course, that is a two lane entry for the cars. A "lady" in the inner lane stopped and wanted to wave me across the road there. I just shook my head. She beeped her horn when I looked away as I was not about to cross 2 lanes of traffic illegally on the cart because someone in the inner lane wanted me to. She finally relented and gave me the finger on the way by. She must have been irritated that I didn't make her feel good about herself today.

Chi33
05-11-2018, 10:54 PM
When driving a car and come to a gate if there is no cars behind me I will wave a cart through. It might add 5 seconds to my drive. When driving my cart I always appreciate it if some car driver waves me through. I see nothing wrong with this even though strictly it might be against the law. I can't believe that some of you are so rigid as to never let a cart through or refuse to go when a car driver is nice enough to allow you to proceed.

John

I totally agree with you. Great post

SCOTT NAR
05-11-2018, 11:27 PM
I think its kind of silly to argue with someone letting you go ahead of them. Of course the car does have the right of way but to say it's illegal to let a golf cart pass in front of you is a stretch. If anyone out there driving a car has received a ticket for letting a cart go ahead of you please let me know. For that matter I don't think in the history of this place anyone driving a golf cart has received a ticket for going when a car tells you it's ok to pass in front of him you can. Please prove me wrong. I don't think so.
I would rather pass in front of a car if they say go ahead than sit there and argue and get slammed in the the back by some clown that's watching him telling you to go instead of watching you. Now that I guarantee that has happened.
HAPPY MOTORING!!

Bogie Shooter
05-12-2018, 06:00 AM
First of all, I agree 110%

But to be clear, some people think cars ALWAYS have the right of way over a cart. SIMPLY NOT TRUE. The cart is a motor vehicle and governed by the same laws as automobiles. The reason a car has the right of way at a gate is that the crossing cart traffic has A STOP SIGN, the car does not. No different than an intersection with a 2 way stop. Who stops and waves cars with a stop sign through in that situation? Hopefully no one. Imagine someone stopping on 466 to let someone from a side street go through a stop sign.
Merging is quite different---the vehicle in the lane has the right of way over the vehicle that wants to enter that lane, but.....it is not a race---the vehicle in the lane has no right to accelerate above the speed limit to block out the merging vehicle, which in this case is always a cart (or bicycle). No different than entering the interstate----the merging vehicle can only proceed when it is clearly safe, but you always run into bozos that speed up to prevent your merge.

Lastly, at a 4 way stop, the vehicle arriving first has the right of way, regardless if it is a cart or car. If 2 or 3 vehicles arrive at the same time, the one furthest left has the right of way

You may want to look this up, before you leave the house..............................

pauld315
05-15-2018, 05:43 PM
My son was here this weekend and he told me he has never seen people get so mad when asked to do the right thing. He as waiting for a car that was coming through a neighborhood gate and they were determined for him to cross in front of them when they had the right of way. When he wouldn't they sped through the area, totally ****ed off

billethkid
05-15-2018, 06:12 PM
When driving a car and come to a gate if there is no cars behind me I will wave a cart through. It might add 5 seconds to my drive. When driving my cart I always appreciate it if some car driver waves me through. I see nothing wrong with this even though strictly it might be against the law. I can't believe that some of you are so rigid as to never let a cart through or refuse to go when a car driver is nice enough to allow you to proceed.

John

The reason many of us do not accept the wave is the hope those who do the waving get the message.
What message?
The traffic behind them....does not expect them to stop!!!
Some times there are more than one behind them not expecting to stop.

We all know that getting residents to follow the rules/laws is far too often futile.
Sorta like stop signs/speed limits/fixing ball marks on greens/raking bunkers/filling divots/et al.

Has nothing to do with rigidity....all to do with impact on fellow residents (VS feel good wavers).

Chellybean
05-16-2018, 06:52 AM
First of all, I agree 110%

But to be clear, some people think cars ALWAYS have the right of way over a cart. SIMPLY NOT TRUE. The cart is a motor vehicle and governed by the same laws as automobiles. The reason a car has the right of way at a gate is that the crossing cart traffic has A STOP SIGN, the car does not. No different than an intersection with a 2 way stop. Who stops and waves cars with a stop sign through in that situation? Hopefully no one. Imagine someone stopping on 466 to let someone from a side street go through a stop sign.
Merging is quite different---the vehicle in the lane has the right of way over the vehicle that wants to enter that lane, but.....it is not a race---the vehicle in the lane has no right to accelerate above the speed limit to block out the merging vehicle, which in this case is always a cart (or bicycle). No different than entering the interstate----the merging vehicle can only proceed when it is clearly safe, but you always run into bozos that speed up to prevent your merge.

Lastly, at a 4 way stop, the vehicle arriving first has the right of way, regardless if it is a cart or car. If 2 or 3 vehicles arrive at the same time, the one furthest left has the right of way

I completely disagree with your logic.
If a golf cart at a gate crossing the road has NO right of way as a 4 way stop sign Period check the law.
Also for golf cart merging; carts top speed is 20 mpg and a car is 30 to 40 mpg depending on where you are. Now a car is covering twice as much ground as a golf cart is and the merging golf cart interprets that the car is speeding up when in fact the car has to hit the brakes to allow the slow golf cart to merge in the lane.
I have frequently had a idiot golfer merge in when a car has the right of way and is 20 feet behind them and they have no business merging, they just don't want to stop, complete arrogance!.
Unless the golf cart is a LSV (low speed vehicle) your theory doesn't apply.

biker1
05-16-2018, 07:08 AM
When a car tries to wave me through, I stay put and motion to them to continue through. Just sitting there without waving to them to continue might upset some people.


My son was here this weekend and he told me he has never seen people get so mad when asked to do the right thing. He as waiting for a car that was coming through a neighborhood gate and they were determined for him to cross in front of them when they had the right of way. When he wouldn't they sped through the area, totally ****ed off

Two Bills
05-16-2018, 07:10 AM
Whatever I am driving I always work on the premise 'when in doubt, give way to bigger than me!'
Stuff who has 'right of way.'

dewilson58
05-16-2018, 07:17 AM
When a car waves me thru a crossing, I have my wife get out of the cart and stand in front of the car until I'm thru the intersection.

billethkid
05-16-2018, 07:20 AM
When a car waves me thru a crossing, I have my wife get out of the cart and stand in front of the car until I'm thru the intersection.

Finally after 6 pages and 58 posts a reasonable solution comes forth!!!!!

Chellybean
05-16-2018, 08:22 AM
When a car waves me thru a crossing, I have my wife get out of the cart and stand in front of the car until I'm thru the intersection.

lmaf that is hilarious i don't think anyone has gotten your humor.
Obviously you have cable TV in the dog house and a frig. and A/C.
I have a feeling you spend a lot of time there. l.o.l:throwtomatoes::22yikes::BigApplause:

Nucky
05-16-2018, 08:25 AM
When a car waves me thru a crossing, I have my wife get out of the cart and stand in front of the car until I'm thru the intersection.

He's really Baaacckkk! :highfive:

dewilson58
05-16-2018, 08:25 AM
lmaf that is hilarious i don't think anyone has gotten your humor.
Obviously you have cable TV in the dog house and a frig. and A/C.
I have a feeling you spend a lot of time there. l.o.l:throwtomatoes::22yikes::BigApplause:

My first wife use to lay in front of the car.

Lesson Learned.

Chellybean
05-16-2018, 08:36 AM
My first wife use to lay in front of the car.

Lesson Learned.

LMAF.
hahahahah thats funny