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Dear Thoughtless Selfish Driver
At 8:35 AM yesterday I placed my left mechanical signal on looked back and proceeded to move from the diamond lane to the driving lane approaching the intersection of St Charles and Bailey Trail with the intent of proceeding to the left turning lane.
I had successfully executed this merger as my golf cart was completely in the driving lane when a driver accelerated going around my left and partially onto the oncoming lane for the expressed purpose of being in the front of my vehicle. This vehicle continued straight to the left turning lane to give you some sense of how far the driver went left to past me. The driver had both notice (mechanical turn signal) and opportunity (time)to hold back but chose to ignore both and I suspect because of impatience? I do not know if this driver is a member of this forum but post here to provide notice to this driver and to alert all members of this situation because this seems to be too common an occurrence. So with due diligence and dispatch I am searching for the driver of a champagne Lexus Florida plate # BJV V42. The purpose of my search is to ask you face to face why you believe that your need to save a fraction of a second of your time was worth the risk of human life and property? I also want to ask if you view golf carts as some sort of non-human thing that offers you only annoyance and inconvenience? |
Or perhaps it was an emergency. You wouldn't know so your rant might actually be misplaced. I do sympathize with you, but also understand that with this many elderly in one place things like this are unfortunately common place. I have had many instances where golf carts cut me off because the driver was either not looking, forgot they were the ones that had to merge or just plain turds(see 'entitled').
So it behooves one to consider the many other reasons for an action other than the one you cite. |
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And no, I don't drive that color of Lexus. :D In regards to those who truly are jerks though, I have quit waiting until the last minute to merge. If there is an opening, even 100 yards (strong lob wedge ;) ) short of the end of the designated cart/bike lane...I will get over in the car lane. I have found it to be a lot safer than waiting until the last minute. |
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I can't even hit my head with the 60's. :1rotfl: :1rotfl: |
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this is the point where the moderator comes on and says, "The original post was about some jackwagon swerving around Rubi to get into the turning lane. Please stay on topic!"
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Just trying to be funny... early in the morning. (For me, anyway.)
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I am still trying to figure out how to hit a bent 68 degree lob wedge 100 yards. I have a couple of 64 degree wedges that I couldn't hit a hundred downhill down wind on an asphalt roadway.
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Given the state of things recently...I thought that was the new norm. :shrug: I can really only get 97 yards from my 68 degree wedge. :1rotfl: |
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There were two lovely girls in a golf cart yesterday on Churchill Downs and Lynnhaven at the corner. They could not been older than 22 or so. Not hard to tell 22 from 72 year olds most of the time. Even in Hollywood. This is from Wikipedia. Not sure if it is right. But there seems to be an awful lot more Villagers than when we moved here in late June of 2005. Quote:
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Ok so to end my story, Golfing Eagles and I, with a couple of bad arms and two goo ones between us have been practicing our knockdown shots into this heavy Central Fl breeze. Will let you know of our progress as we enter the new year.
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Nuttin to it. :D |
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Sorry this happened to you. This time of the year I try to be extra careful as there are more cars on the road. I don't even try anymore to understand people who feel to need to be rude and in this case, dangerous. I have noticed there are some people who have anger issues. Maybe you could report the license plate to the police to be on the lookout for this person, to see if there is a pattern? Be careful out there! BTW - He/she doesn't know or give a darn about you. It's all about them. Just ask them and they will tell you. :( |
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You are 10,000 residents short. No wonder you missed the visitor. Oops better get myself back on track before CFrance sees this. |
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I am not prone to embellishments nor easily rattled. I mean I didn't say this driver almost killed me ..but it was a very close call. I attempted to explain the circumstances of this event to eliminate some of the "well perhaps it was this or that"...but when a driver moves as far left and as fast as this one did there is little question left. I'm not angry at the driver but I really want to know why that fraction of a second was so important. I shared my tale to remind members that this situation is common here so please proceed with care |
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But back on topic, just got home and watched at least 5 drivers go 270 (left turn) in a RB in the RIGHT (outside) lane. Sooner or later, they're going to get a surprise |
Rubicon, I had a similar experience recently on Hillsboro. With no car traffic behind my cart I merged from the cart lane and was driving along in the merged road, when a large white truck roared up and around me into the oncoming traffic lane and continued on his way at a high rate of speed. The loud noise from the truck's faulty muffler and sudden appearance of the vehicle was very unnerving. I am a very careful cart driver and continually check my mirrors for oncoming rear traffic. That truck was too impatient to wait for me to merge right again. I was so unnerved I now drive a long way to accomplish my cart driving on dedicated paths. I will be safer and live longer (with the rare exception of run away vehicles)
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I still don't understand why people in golf carts believe that all they have to do is turn on their blinker, throw out their hand, and the whole world stops for them. You do NOT have the right of way and it is not the job of cars to slam on their brakes because you throw out your hand.
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But as long as we're off topic, how much does Harry weigh? |
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when all of a sudden the cart driver puts his left turn on and sticks out is arm signaling a left turn. I really didn't have enough time to apply the brakes, so I passed him, and then was treated to him hollering an expletive at me! No one is perfect whether they are driving a car or cart, even though they might think otherwise! |
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15.9 pounds & he's all muscle |
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And to answer you specifically what I expect is that after I have made a proper look out, placed my turn signal on prior to my intended merger and completed my merger maneuver that no, I would not expect the whole world to stop, just the driver behind me . What is it you don't get about a driver intentionally accelerating and making a left pass around a cart in a childish and irresponsible manner? By the way do you happen to drive a champagne Lexus Florida plate # BJV V42? |
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All the proper look outs, turn signals, hand signals, whatever else, do not eliminate the need for the left turner to identify an adequate gap. If there is not an adequate gap, that "driver behind me" is NOT obligated to stop for you. The gap is what matters, not just the fact that a car might be a short distance behind you. Before you huff and puff at me, if the driver behind you is really "intentionally accelerating and making a left pass around a cart in a childish and irresponsible manner", then of course he is in the wrong. But that doesn't change the fact that spring_chicken was right...you do not automatically have the right-of-way just because you've signaled your intentions and a car may be a short distance behind you. There's where that little matter of there being a proper opening for your maneuver comes into play. |
There are two things to do if someone starts to make a left-hand turn in front of you... You can slam on the brakes and hope you don't rear-end him, or you can speed up and go around him if there is no oncoming car and you think the chances of hitting him are less by doing that. Outrun the danger, so to speak.
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I knew it would risk the rebuke and misjudgments of some posters its why I went to the trouble of detailing the event. In the long run its a non-event and was primarily to remind residents that there are some auto drivers here who simply do not understand that a driver of a golf cart is not a second class citizen and golf carts are defined as a vehicle as are bicycles and subjected to the same rules of the road as cars and the courtesies afforded thereof. Geezzz |
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Agree. I see this often where the cart driver seems distracted and suddenly remembers he wants to turn left and doesn't allow for a gap in traffic. When this happens, the cart driver needs to stop and wait for an opening. Common courtesy and safety. |
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