No question the cart was careless. No question some car and cart drivers cannot keep their vehicles in their lane. No question that sometimes this is due to excess speed.

That being said, many cyclists cannot keep their bike in their lane either. This is because their lane is on the near side of the stop sign or yield sign that they just blew through. A famous person once said "He who is without sin cast the first stone".

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Biking in the Villages is dangerous. I only bike on the state trails in Santos and Inverness. These trails are long, paved, and made for bikes. They are wonderful! Try them out and save your neck.

That is very true in the villages north of Route 44.

When we want to ride our bikes, we go to the Southern Area and ride on the walking/biking trails where golf carts are forbidden.

You're spot on. We go to Santos often. I ride the mtb trails and my wife rides the paved trail with the land bridge over I 75. We still ride our mtb's around our area in TV but we're very careful and aware. Lots of crappy cart drivers

Collision might have been less imminent if the cart had obeyed the speed limit.

That sort of action by the cart driver was the reason I had cameras installed on all vehicles I use. Can't beat actual film evidence in the event of an insurance claim.

How do you know how fast the cart was going?

You cant just as easily "cut the corner" at 15-20 mph as you can at 25 mph...

I have -almost- no problem at all riding my bicycle in the Historic section. Once in awhile I'll come across some cart or car driver who insists on giving me THEIR right of way, after I've done the correct thing and stopped fully at a stop sign, because I knew they had the right of way. In those cases, I get OFF my bicycle and refuse to budge until they've moved on.

Giving someone else your right of way could result in death to one of you. I'm not willing to take that chance. If you have the right of way, take it.

And once I was cut off, and it seemed like it was intentional. Intimidation of someone who was just not in the mood to see a bicycle on the road I guess? I dunno. I wore a purple helmet. Maybe that offended them. People are weird. I go into every ride with that acknowledgement, and drive accordingly.

Bikes are hard to notice that’s why they should always have a flashing light / I wouldn’t ride far without it. I was once passed by an e-bike and I was doing 25 , as for riding golf cart lanes that are in roadways I just about alway ride this lane as it is safer and courteous to the walkers on the path.E-bikes are quite startling when zipping by walkers as most people don’t have bells on the bikes. Personally I wouldn’t want an e-bike as it sorta defeats the purpose of exercising but each to his own.

The pedal-assist feature would be the only attraction for me. When I'm riding, I like doing the work. That's my exercise. It's also my transportation though and going uphill after an hour of riding can be kind of rough (coming up Jason after taking a ride around the Historic section, oof).

But the tradeoff for that would be over $1000, PLUS another 30-60 pounds of bulky battery and casings. No thanks. I'll just keep riding my old Raleigh hybrid 21-speed, and if it gets too hard to climb the last part of a hill, I'll get off and walk it up.