Cars have right of way. Car drivers should not wave on golf cart drivers at any intersection. That is my understanding and I'm sticking to it.

You are correct.
And I hate to say how many near rear endings I have witnessed due to someone stopping exiting a traffic circle to be nice nice and wave golf carts through.

When in my golf cart and they wave me through I do not go. And many act frustrated that I do not.

Too many do not know the rules of the road here in TV and almost as many more who know and do it anyway.

Defensive driving...always.

Yes, the theory is not to stop for golf carts because they should not come to believe that they have any right of way.

That being said, I cheat. If there's no one behind me in my car and many carts trying to get across, I wave them on. I can't help it. I was taught to drive in such a fashion as to keep the flow of traffic moving. Sorry.

I don't think I'm a goodie two shoes but I do come to a complete stop at stop signs......only one exception to that is on my corner where I live in NJ. I roll through the sign when I can see there is no one coming. As for all other stop signs, I always think there is a police officer lurking to give me a ticket. If it weren't for that fear, I would definitely roll through stop signs if I can easily see the coast is clear in all directions.

No, I'm not a goodie two shoes....I do speed on the interstate and roads in The Villages. I go 5 miles over the speed limit. My bad!

I do to as long as it doesn't impede any traffic behind me. I realize that it is against the law but I think its courteous to do this. I know when I'm in a cart trying to cross by a gate I appreciate someone waving me through. I haven't seen any near accidents because of this.

John

Me neither, littledog. And I'm not sure it's against the law, either. I think it is against the TV guidelines. I could be wrong.

bI also do not go on the invitation. So often the car driver doesn"t see cars coming through the far gate and is inviting me to make a dangerous move.

"Rules of life" when you have the right away--take it. Some few common sense exceptions such as an alternating pattern in the case of large back ups

It's both funny and sad at the same time that I see cars stopping to let carts cross, but not pedestrians. If it's a crosswalk, and that includes the paver path at some gates, state law requires cars to yield to pedestrians crossing. They regularly run stings on this in Orlando at highway exits.

For me, the only time to let carts cross is when the exit lane through the gate is backed up from the RAB.

Please don't stop for carts if you can proceed normally. it just causes confusion for both car and cart drivers. I will patiently wait until it's clear to cross in my cart.

Well, I think littledog and I are doing the common sense exceptions. The carts that I let go at the gate have a space to stop before crossing in front of ongoing traffic. Every cart does that at the gates, whether someone let them go or not. If that space is filled, I don't stop for carts. Common sense prevails.

A lot of speeding- ***20 tickets. Some of people think it's okay to pass a car or cart on the right if they are turning left. WRONG. If you drive your car in the cart lane to pass a car turning left. TICKET and you are endangering the golf cart driver you just cut off.

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I hope they stay out and make more speeders aware of what they are doing. Golf carts are beside them and the golf card Never wins! (stay in your land Mr. Car please)

I hope the write more. Maybe the traffic will take another route and ease it up here.

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Please Mr/Ms Golf Cart - Tough it out behind that slow poke in front of you rather than enter my traffic lane passing it!

We all know it is frightful driving on Morse! Over 1000 signatures have voiced how dangerous it is.
This is the best retirement village in the world and it makes me a little uneasy when there is an obvious traffic problem and no one wants to fix it. They just keep building and bring in more traffic. I am new here and I was hoping it was an investment but if they look the other way on this what will be next? FIX the problem and if you must put it in the taxes so be it. A problem is a problem - face it.

As far as I am concerned your actions are acceptable. Making an obvious attempt at keeping traffic moving without endangering others makes sense. You nay find an occasional LEO agreeing.

As a cart driver I try not to make direct eye contact with the other driver. After a few seconds gesticulating they usually move on. By the way, I said direct eye contact. I have them in the corner of my eye.

If there is no one behind you, what's the purpose for waving them on? Can't they just go after you?

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I know most folks who wave carts through have the best of intentions. But I do believe that simply following the rules of right-of-way is the best way to facilitate safety and efficiency. The above is a perfect example.

When there's five or six carts waiting behind them, it's no big deal to wave them on. Perhaps I see cars coming up behind me that will cause a traffic jam, and there is enough time to let the carts go before the cars reach the gate. Mostly this is at the St. Charles gate, a particularly busy one with carts coming off of a golf course nearby. It's a situational thing.

So sue me. I'm still going to do it.:wave:

I wave them on and appreciate when they wave me on.......and will continue to do so. The car blocks that lane of traffic and the cart driver can concentrate on the other lanes. I have no knowledge of any accidents occurring and nobody on here has listed any that have happened as a result of being waved on or waving a cart on.

And we wonder why golf cart drivers don't know that autos have the right of way. This is what the "killing with kindness" post was all about, wasn't it?

No, it was about how not using common sense can cause an accident. The same way Boogie and others roll through stop signs when they can see darn well there is nobody coming, that's the same reasoning I and others drive to facilitate others as much as is safe.

I suppose literally OP is correct. IMO it can be done otherwise. BTW, is it a traffic law, or just the TV rules? Serious question.

Just a quick public service announcement for those who get irritated by people passing them in their golf cart. It doesn't always mean that they want to go that much faster. I pass gas carts daily because I don't want to hear the engine noise and smell the stink from their cart.

The older gas carts, really stink--it appears a wayward tree jumped in front of a golf cart, yesterday--the woman who was driving was transported to the hospital--if there were small children in the cart--there could have been a fatality

I think it is against the law to stop in the middle of a street just because you decide to momentarily change right of way rules. Unless, of course, you are avoiding an accident.