[Arctic Fox]

"The driver of a golf cart suffered broken ribs after falling out of his golf cart when he was cut off by a vehicle at about 1 p.m. Monday on Morse Boulevard."

And at 10am Monday we witnessed the cart in front being cut up by a landscaper turning right into Carrera, seemingly forgetting that he was towing a trailer.

[outlaw]

As a motorcyclist, I was taught to ride like you're invisible. I see a lot of golf cart drivers drive like they are invincible. How hard is it to drive a golf cart as if a car/truck is going to turn right at every intersection? That's what happens at intersections. Be ready for it. If you are approaching an intersection with a car on your left, SLOOOOOW down so that the car can turn right without running into you.

[Sandtrap328]

It is NOT the road's fault. The fault belongs to the DRIVERS!

If the golf cart driver is paying attention to the fact that he is a lot smaller than a car or truck, he takes every precaution not to be directly to the right of a car at an intersection where the car driver might turn right without looking to see if a cart is next to him. DEFENSIVE driving!

I drive my cart on Morse frequently. No problems. Just realize you are smaller than the cars, realize there are lots of snowbirds here who do not know how to cope with golf carts, and realize the golf carts offer about as much protection against a car as a motorcycle and you will do fine.

[spring_chicken]

So golf cart driver has to make a sudden evasive maneuver to avoid being hit by a driver who cuts him off and leaves the scene and it's his own fault?
Wow.

[Mleeja]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

So golf cart driver has to make a sudden evasive maneuver to avoid being hit by a driver who cuts him off and leaves the scene and it's his own fault?
Wow.

I don't think anyone is blaming the golf cart driver. The point being made is as a cart driver you HAVE TO drive defensively. The cart driver is always going to lose against a car. In this case the car driver did not stop. I am sure they knew what they did and fled the accident.

On a positive note, I passed this accident before the ambulance arrived. Several people stopped to provide aid to the cart driver.

[billethkid]

One could conclude that as one ages the notion or concept of yielding dissipates.

Classic example. When putting on a turn signal to merge into a lane the usual response is the other driver either speeds up to close the gap; or honks the horn after you move over; and sometimes one will get the one finger intelligence marker.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by billethkid

One could conclude that as one ages the notion or concept of yielding dissipates.

Classic example. When putting on a turn signal to merge into a lane the usual response is the other driver either speeds up to close the gap; or honks the horn after you move over; and sometimes one will get the one finger intelligence marker.

This is so true, and you can usually spot the drivers that will do this by the way they are driving. My solution for these bozos is easy---I signal as I move over (with a safety margin, of course). I may get the same horn or finger, but unless the other guy reads minds, he doesn't have the opportunity to speed up and block me out. This is particularly true when you take the left lane of a RB going around 270, but want to merge right for the bypass lane. (For example from LSL west to south on Buena Vista, need to get over for Stillwater bypass, or Stillwater east to Morse north to get to LSL bypass). Also true on interstates when it is obvious that you will be changing lanes due to a slow moving truck---these bozos speed up to 90 to block you out, then slow down enough to ride side by side and not pass for a while (very annoying when cruise control is engaged)

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by outlaw

How hard is it to drive a golf cart as if a car/truck is going to turn right at every intersection?

I appreciate your point, Outlaw, but at this time of the year, driving along Morse, it would be next to impossible. There is a virtually continuous stream of traffic, so slowing to a crawl at every one of the large number of junctions, then checking that no-one close looks as though they might be turning (including those not indicating) would be impracticable.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

I appreciate your point, Outlaw, but at this time of the year, driving along Morse, it would be next to impossible. There is a virtually continuous stream of traffic, so slowing to a crawl at every one of the large number of junctions, then checking that no-one close looks as though they might be turning (including those not indicating) would be impracticable.

Impracticable? I see it as more of an absolute necessity.

[Sandtrap328]

Cart drivers especially have to practice Defensive Driving. Too many car drivers make that right hand turn without checking to see if there is a cart next to them. The cart gets hit or run off the road even though he is not doing anything wrong - except not paying attention to a possible issue!

Also, there are the golf cart drivers making a Left turn from the Golf Cart Lane across the lanes of car traffic! Merge carefully into the car lane - using signals - and turn left from the car lane.

[cquick]

I am always afraid when I drive along Morse north of 466. That roadway was not built for the amount of traffic that uses it now.

It's sad that the golf cart traffic cannot be moved off the main road. And there is NO sidewalk at all....I guess no one is expected to walk in that area.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

Impracticable? I see it as more of an absolute necessity.

I say "impracticable" because, with a continuous stream of traffic, at what point would you decide that the car alongside you, or slightly behind you, wasn't going to turn right? You could be stopped at every junction until there was a gap in the traffic long enough for you to sprint across.

I am all for defensive driving, but let's be realistic about this.

[golf2140]

The golf cart had the right of way. Check the signs along the road. Vehicles turning right must yield to carts, bikes, etc. in the cart lane !!!

[TNLAKEPANDA]

Cars have the right of way not the carts. Most cart drivers believe they have the right of way. I am always looking out for carts and will yield to them but the carts should be yielding to the Cars!

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by TNLAKEPANDA

Cars have the right of way not the carts. Most cart drivers believe they have the right of way. I am always looking out for carts and will yield to them but the carts should be yielding to the Cars!

Sorry to disagree, but.....
The vehicle in a lane, in this case the cart lane to the right of cars, has a right to that lane until such time as he has passed you, or you have passed him far enough to safely cross that lane. The same is true of a bicycle in that lane. There is no "pecking order"---trucks trump cars, cars trump carts, carts trump bicycles, etc.