[Northerner52]

Recently had to beep at 3 cars in 2 days that were stopped at a blinking left arrow with no cars coming in the opposite direction. Funny, one of them took right on red and didn't stop before taking the turn.

It means proceed with caution!

[RICH1]

Increase your horn speed!

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Northerner52

Recently had to beep at 3 cars in 2 days that were stopped at a blinking left arrow with no cars coming in the opposite direction. Funny, one of them took right on red and didn't stop before taking the turn.

It means proceed with caution!

You will also find they run stops signs and stop at yield signs.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Northerner52

Recently had to beep at 3 cars in 2 days that were stopped at a blinking left arrow with no cars coming in the opposite direction. Funny, one of them took right on red and didn't stop before taking the turn.

It means proceed with caution!

You "had to beep" rather than exercise some patience? Sheesh!

[nick demis]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

You "had to beep" rather than exercise some patience? Sheesh!

And why should they have to wait?
Maybe drivers should learn the rules of the road and not expect the world to turn around them.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Had another near-miss at the Morse/Paige/Camino Real roundabout. In my golf cart, using the path that circles outside the circle perimeter. I was coming from the medical center campus parking lot toward St. Tim's. I crossed El Camino Real without any problem at all. Got to the Morse gate on the second leg of the circle and stopped to let the cars on the roundabout take their exits. Someone on the outside lane, heading for the gate, STOPPED in the roundabout and tried to wave me on, while someone on the inside lane of the roundabout was taking their "second or third" exit to the gate as well.

Obviously, I knew it would've been a stupid thing to do, plus the person who STOPPED in the roundabout needed to not stop so I waved him on and remained in place at my stop sign. Meanwhile, there were three cars coming up behind that stopped person, and one of them started beeping.

This guy who was stopped in the roundabout trying to wave me on was blocking traffic. He started to go again, JUST as the guy behind him pulled around and tried to get in front of him.

SO glad I just stayed where I was. Let the pile-up happen, as long as I know I'm doing the right thing and out of everyone's way.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Florida Statute 316.271 (3) reads: "The driver of a motor vehicle shall, when reasonably necessary to ensure safe operation, give audible warning with his or her horn, but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway."

[bob47]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Had another near-miss at the Morse/Paige/Camino Real roundabout. In my golf cart, using the path that circles outside the circle perimeter. I was coming from the medical center campus parking lot toward St. Tim's. I crossed El Camino Real without any problem at all. Got to the Morse gate on the second leg of the circle and stopped to let the cars on the roundabout take their exits. Someone on the outside lane, heading for the gate, STOPPED in the roundabout and tried to wave me on, while someone on the inside lane of the roundabout was taking their "second or third" exit to the gate as well.

Obviously, I knew it would've been a stupid thing to do, plus the person who STOPPED in the roundabout needed to not stop so I waved him on and remained in place at my stop sign. Meanwhile, there were three cars coming up behind that stopped person, and one of them started beeping.

This guy who was stopped in the roundabout trying to wave me on was blocking traffic. He started to go again, JUST as the guy behind him pulled around and tried to get in front of him.

SO glad I just stayed where I was. Let the pile-up happen, as long as I know I'm doing the right thing and out of everyone's way.

That's a particularly dangerous roundabout for a golf cart. Lots of traffic. Lots of layers of traffic. And the physical design requires a golf cart driver to look way past 90 degrees left, closer to 180 degrees left, to see approaching cars in the roundabout. Twisting around that far left is not so easy for some older folks.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan

Florida Statute 316.271 (3) reads: "The driver of a motor vehicle shall, when reasonably necessary to ensure safe operation, give audible warning with his or her horn, but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway."

Lol. When I lived in Saudi Arabia, that law would have been fun to enforce.

[VApeople]

Originally Posted by Northerner52

Recently had to beep at 3 cars in 2 days that were stopped at a blinking left arrow with no cars coming in the opposite direction.

That may have been me in front of you. I refuse to turn left on a yellow blinking left arrow.

Until we moved here 5 years ago, I had never seen the yellow blinking left arrow when the main traffic light in red.

When the main traffic light in my direction is red, my instincts tell me that the light for the cross traffic must be green, so I am not going to pull out into the intersection. I will wait until I get a green left turn arrow.

[villagetinker]

Despite what a lot of people think, you are NOT required to turn left on a blinking yellow arrow, you are ALLOWED to turn left IF there is sufficient space. I have sat back at the crosswalk line in the left turn because there was an SUV or truck in the opposing left turn lane BLOCKING my view, and I will not pull into an intersection unless I know it is CLEAR. Sorry if I annoy you, color me NO accidents in almost 55 years of driving!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by bob47

That's a particularly dangerous roundabout for a golf cart. Lots of traffic. Lots of layers of traffic. And the physical design requires a golf cart driver to look way past 90 degrees left, closer to 180 degrees left, to see approaching cars in the roundabout. Twisting around that far left is not so easy for some older folks.

It doesn't matter. It's my responsibility as the one in the golf cart to stop. It's your responsibility as the car-driver in the roundabout to go.

If you don't go, you'll mess up the entire system.

So go. Don't worry about me. I'm doing my job. You do yours.

[Northerner52]

I waited too long on one and they made the light and
I didn't.

Originally Posted by njbchbum

You "had to beep" rather than exercise some patience? Sheesh!

[Northerner52]

Of course you have to be able to see if cars and coming that why its yellow (caution) vs. green.

Originally Posted by villagetinker

Despite what a lot of people think, you are NOT required to turn left on a blinking yellow arrow, you are ALLOWED to turn left IF there is sufficient space. I have sat back at the crosswalk line in the left turn because there was an SUV or truck in the opposing left turn lane BLOCKING my view, and I will not pull into an intersection unless I know it is CLEAR. Sorry if I annoy you, color me NO accidents in almost 55 years of driving!

[Northerner52]

I wonder if you can be ticketed for that.

Originally Posted by VApeople

That may have been me in front of you. I refuse to turn left on a yellow blinking left arrow.

Until we moved here 5 years ago, I had never seen the yellow blinking left arrow when the main traffic light in red.

When the main traffic light in my direction is red, my instincts tell me that the light for the cross traffic must be green, so I am not going to pull out into the intersection. I will wait until I get a green left turn arrow.