[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Excellent! Those who want to wave carts across are part of the problem, NOT part of the solution. I just sit there in my cart with my arms folded until the car, which has the right of way, proceeds. Imagine what happens if the cart starts to cross and the car driver's foot slips onto the accelerator. And guess who would be at fault.

It happens every day, on my way to a golf course and on my way home. I get it, folks are trying to be polite & folks that don't live here, *assume* carts have some special rights or need some special rights. It scares the crap out of me.

Had I not done some research before buying a cart, I wouldn't have know who has the right of way. I don't think I've ever seen a sign in TV, that makes it clear automobiles have priority on the roads.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Rocksnap

Old people and golf carts. What could possibly go wrong? But if that have trouble getting around in golf carts, what do you think they are doing in a car? Perhaps ban old people from driving anything!

Be careful what wish for cause it may effect you depending on who determines old?

[ron32162]

I have contacted The Villages before of this type of thing about the signs They said all of our signs are good by county code even the one that says GOLF CARTS (are suppose to) MERGE INTO TRAFFIC how many of them slow down maybe 2% then flip the driver of the car off.

[Normal]

Although Darwin and his Beagle trip where way of course they did have a good point….

Let “natural selection” take its course. It’s all about attrition.

[justjim]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Does not happen frequently…….

I agree, from my 18 plus years in TV, you see a cart or car in the wrong traveling road/path very infrequently. I’ve seen it three times and all three times it was “in season”. I could be wrong, no fatalities have occurred from such mistakes mentioned in this Thread.

Fatalities occur when cars and carts get in the exact same “space” at the same time. Car wins and a dozen or so golf cart fatalities have unfortunately occurred.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

On at least one occasion I've had to step out of the cart before the car would move. That guy wasn't making any friends in the line of traffic behind him.

And today makes at least two occasions.

Come on people! The carts all have stop signs and the cars do not. No stop sign means you're not required to stop and to keep traffic flowing you should not stop.

I could understand it, maybe, if a pedestrian was waiting to cross - they do look like crosswalks after all. But a cart does not look like a pedestrian, there are no crosswalks for vehicles, a cart has a stop sign, and you don't so keep moving.

[Bill14564]

Lack of "No carts beyond this point" signs at Stillwater & Morse and at Richmond across from Okahumpka.....

... this would be a good thing to bring to your CDD meeting. The roads are county roads and perhaps only the county is allowed to install those signs (some on here have argued otherwise) but the District sits in those meetings also and they might be able to get some movement on getting the signs added.

[jimmy o]

Originally Posted by Dotneko

Yesterday, Sunday, we were driving up Morse in our car. Wondered why cars were pulling right. Turns out there were two women in a golf cart doing 20 mph. Clearly lost, in the left lane of Morse in a non-street worthy cart. By the time we were able to react, we were by them in traffic, so unable to help.
They must have turned onto Morse from a village and missed the 'no carts beyond this point' sign. This happens frequently. Shouldnt the signs be made brighter, larger, orange or something? Also the entrance to the golf cart paths need to be made more clearly cart only so that automobiles arent found on the Brownwood and Lake Deaton golf cart bridges.
How do we fix this? Who do we contact?

There is little to be done. The main reason it happens is because we drivers forget if we’re in our car or on our cart. We have a tendency to drive on automatic brain. We just need to pay more attention. So periodically we will see a cart in the road, and sometimes a car who starts to turn on cart path. Note, cars only start the turn because their brain quickly realizes that the vehicle they’re driving is too wide for the path.

[MorTech]

I doubt most people in automobiles realize they are suppose to slow down to 20 MPH at diamond lane merge points. The little yellow speed limit sign is for automobiles.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by MorTech

I doubt most people in automobiles realize they are suppose to slow down to 20 MPH at diamond lane merge points. The little yellow speed limit sign is for automobiles.

Yellow signs are advisory/cautionary not regulatory. Perhaps you should slow down but you are not required to slow down.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Yellow signs are advisory/cautionary not regulatory. Perhaps you should slow down but you are not required to slow down.

But you are required to merge properly. A car does not have the right of way when the cart is 150-200 feet ahead and signaling. It especially applies to those drivers that speed up to 45 to satisfy their “me first” complex

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by Normal

Although Darwin and his Beagle trip where way of course they did have a good point….

Let “natural selection” take its course. It’s all about attrition.

Like Norm said about the bulls?

[Number 10 GI]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Be careful what wish for cause it may effect you depending on who determines old?

Just like there are tests to determine if a person is driving under the influence, there can be tests to determine the capabilities of an elderly driver.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Rocksnap

Old people and golf carts. What could possibly go wrong? But if that have trouble getting around in golf carts, what do you think they are doing in a car? Perhaps ban old people from driving anything!

Typical, most accidents, first of all are not accidents because they can be avoided. CONTROL is how you avoid accidents. You have or shouLd have control of what YOU DO.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

But you are required to merge properly. A car does not have the right of way when the cart is 150-200 feet ahead and signaling. It especially applies to those drivers that speed up to 45 to satisfy their “me first” complex

It is clearly a stretch to believe people know what the law is and a HUGE stretch that they know the law and will follow it.
Far as law. I'm sure the law does not say 150-200 feet. Signaling? No shortage of jokes about that.