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Bingo.




Law this, Law that. Rule this, Rule that. Enjoy the journey, slow down, drive defensively and use a little courtesy.


Can entitled be used in this tread??

Amen bro!

Works both ways. :) One of my pet peeves with GOLF CART drivers is while walking on the MULTI-MODAL PATH crossing Stillwater in either direction (but worse going north) there is a blind curve and the carts take the turn sometimes so fast it looks like they are on 2 wheels. If you walk on the CORRECT side you can get sideswiped by the cart or side view mirror (happened to me) coming around the blind curve or if you walk on the wrong side they scream at you for not walking on the PROPER side. In any case they need to use a BRAKE coming around the curve and not accelerate and slow down as it only takes 1/4 of a brain to see it is a blind curve and JUST MAYBE someone may be "sharing the path" (especially in the mornings).

Walking...
 

I try to walk everyday - something that is in my control. I also make it a habit to walk facing the traffic so that I can see & respond to what may be coming my way. Golf car, vehicle or bike - I get out of the way regardless. Just seems to make sense to me.

Having attended 2 golf cart seminars, the answer is for the golf car to move out of the multi modal lane.

To the person thinking walkers should move out of your way when you approach in a golf cart, you are mistaken. Pedestrians have the right away when walking in a proper lane or crosswalk if no sidewalk is available. Check the Florida law. The proper and courteous thing for a cart driver to do is slow down and yield to the walker.

Otherwise, see post #7

Those so called golf cart lanes are in fact officially called multimodal paths. As implied by the name, they are to be used by many modes of transportation. Where there are no sidewalks provided walkers have the right of way over all other modes of transportation and in fact the golf cart has the lowest level of right of way. If they can safely go into the traffic lane they may and should do so. If they can't they need to slow or stop until they can do so.

First of all they are not golf cart lanes. They are also for bicycles, walkers, and joggers. Yes if someone slower than a golf cart is in the lane then it is like passing a car you move into the car lanes. Stop being so stupid and enjoy this wonderful community. You are old a d not willing to adapt.

In Spanish Springs there are no sidewalks except in the square. What were they thinking when they built??? The should be a cat lane, bike lane and sidewalk.... with enough room not to run in to eachother.

Pedestrians have right of way on the multi-modal paths, which include the diamond lanes. Hit one, and you will become intimately familiar with the criminal justice system. The alternative is we all get nailed for the expense of designing, installing and maintaining sidewalks.

Not on a street with a sidewalk. When sidewalk exists(on either side) pedestrians have no right to be in any part of the street. except at designated crossings.

I've also seen folks jogging in the golf cart lanes on the streets (with a sidewalk adjacent to them) and wondered why they weren't using the sidewalk....

I just figured that they were the very same people that sit out in the left lane driving at exactly the posted speed limit just because they can

either they're naturally quirky, or they just get their jollies out of demonstrating that they can 'assert themselves'

Yes, if and when possible. Golf carts are faster than pedestrians.