Traffic Issue - violation? I'm asking you.

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 2:54 pm

I live in a 55 or older golfing community. Our streets are @ 3 lanes wide to accommodate golf cart driving. Golf carts are to drive on the right side of the road and our speed limit is 25 mph...

OK - I'm driving the golf cart and the road bottle necks into one lane - so I am now merged in with general traffic at the intersection. We proceed thru the intersection - the road widens & I move to the right & proceed as the traffic on my left is driving by. all good so far. I'm still on the right side of the road and traffic on my left is slowing down - I'm still going as I am now even with this vehicle on my left - this vehicle is going a little slow & I am now faster than the vehicle. There's @ 2 car lengths gap since this vehicle is going slow - I'm now needing to make a left soon as I'm now passing this slow vehicle - I proceed - put my blinker on - merge to the left side & soon make a left hand turn.

Is there a problem?

what do you think?

Patsy

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:47 am

It all sounds perfectly sensible to me...that doesn't mean anything though. Is there some law about golf carts not being where you were in the road or something?

Post by **LarsMac** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:17 am

well, If you were within the speed limit for your vehicle, and not impeding the cars progress, I don't see a problem.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:16 am

Within the UK there is a specific rule that allows you to pass traffic on the inside if the traffic is travelling in lanes (for example at a set of traffic lights or at a junction).

Without this rule it would be classed as undertaking and therefore an offence.

I do not know whether the rules in the US follow this pattern?

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:02 pm

My golf cart was going the speed limit and the cart is allowed on our roads as long as your not impeding traffic. In this issue my cart was moving faster then the vehicle on my left.

Well out of the blue comes this white truck honking his horn & screaming at me - he ripped me a new one :yh_rotfl I really didn't get his rage.

He saw me passing the slow vehicle on the right and of course your not suppose to pass on the right.

I wasn't passing - he wanted to call the police - I said call them - I live right here.

I just don't see this as a illegal move.

What was I suppose to do - stop in the right hand lane & wait for the parade of cars to go by?:-5

The pissed off guy in the white truck is my neighbor down the street..:yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl

Life is good

Patsy

minks · Post by **minks** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:43 pm

some folks just aren't happy unless they are getting angry at others.

Patsy I don't think you did anything wrong either... what options did you really have.

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:51 pm

I really didn't get the problem - apparently this white truck guy was stuck in line behind the slow vehicle & was getting heated before approaching me.

The dumb look on my face made him madder :yh_rotfl - OMG he was in a rage :yh_rotfl

I'm sure he feels better picking on me - it's that kind of year..

Patsy

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 4:00 pm

That is road rage. it's a man thing, and you are a woman..................trust me.............it is him that has the problem.....he's a professional driver and you happened to be a female....in a golf cart......and in his way.

Don't let him worry you.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 7:12 pm

Patsy! Man up woman!!!!!............god gave uou two middle fingers didnt he? Use them!

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:10 pm

Mag - too funny

I wasn't the one mad - I told the guy to quit screaming & asked what is the problem?

I really had no idea why he was mad.

He called me a stupid bitch & a few others etc.. I told him his mouth was not productive - call the cops I live right here you a$$ -would you like to talk to my hubby? he fired up his tires & went home.

this guy was tooo in raged to provoke.

I have used those weapons in the past :yh_rotfl

Patsy

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Apr 08, 2017 6:35 pm

Bruv;1508229 wrote: That is road rage. it's a man thing, and you are a woman..................trust me.............it is him that has the problem.....he's a professional driver and you happened to be a female....in a golf cart......and in his way.

Don't let him worry you.

What did I miss that indicated he was a professional driver?

That didn't seem at all professional to me.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:23 am

LarsMac;1508238 wrote: What did I miss that indicated he was a professional driver?

That didn't seem at all professional to me.

Nobody drives white trucks unless they at at work surely.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:00 am

Bruv;1508244 wrote: Nobody drives white trucks unless they at at work surely.

White pick-up trucks are very popular in the US.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 8:06 am

I went straight to a British stereotype 'White van man' who are infamous for being kings of the road who can do no wrong because 'I'm just doing my job mate'.......................sorry.......to white van men everywhere.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 8:24 am

Bruv;1508253 wrote: I went straight to a British stereotype 'White van man' who are infamous for being kings of the road who can do no wrong because 'I'm just doing my job mate'.......................sorry.......to white van men everywhere.

[tsk, tsk]

Stereotypical stereotyping.

You Brits.

I swear.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:01 pm

keep it in perspective some people are really really bad drivers

Mother who drove while swigging vodka on A605 is jailed | Daily Mail Online

I'm amazed neither of them were killed.

tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 12:17 pm

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:28 pm

tude dog;1508276 wrote:

A classic.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 3:08 pm

Patsy Warnick;1508233 wrote: Mag - too funny

I wasn't the one mad - I told the guy to quit screaming & asked what is the problem?

I really had no idea why he was mad.

He called me a stupid bitch & a few others etc.. I told him his mouth was not productive - call the cops I live right here you a$$ -would you like to talk to my hubby? he fired up his tires & went home.

this guy was tooo in raged to provoke.

I have used those weapons in the past :yh_rotfl

Patsy

Yeah i spose. Sometimes you just have to let some go through to the keeper.....or in your case 'catcher'. Cant hit all of them out of the park.

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:31 pm

What I don't get is how mad the truck guy was when it did not involve him.

He was in the slow line - must've had @ 12 - 15 cars in line.

I had made my left - 2 blocks down the street & here come this guy honking & hanging out his window screaming. I really didn't get his problem.

This guy has to have a short fuse - this did not involve him to be this mad.

Oh, I'm sure I'll see him again.

There's a lot of crazy's out there..

Patsy

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 4:15 am

Have you considered a taser?

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:11 am

Clodhopper;1508294 wrote: Have you considered a taser?

Americans don't mess with tasers.

tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:45 am

Bruv;1508295 wrote: Americans don't mess with tasers.

Since when?

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:01 pm

tude dog;1508297 wrote: Since when?

Well..........not when there is a possibility the other guy has a handgun.

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:10 pm

Bruv;1508301 wrote: Well..........not when there is a possibility the other guy has a handgun.

If you taze him, he can't shoot you. for a little while.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:42 pm

You're a woman driver in a golf cart some guys just need the first one for then to start getting wound up or maybe his golf handicap is very poor.

magentaflame · Post by **magentaflame** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:56 pm

Maybe he lost to his Mrs last time he played.

We cant always figure out why someone shows hostility. Maybe his dog died by a horrific golf cart accident?

Basically its not ours to guess at but i ubderstand that vile hostility when its over the top can shake you up a bit.

Patsy, he funarkled, he was a funarchilist and he funarkles where ever he goes. You wouldnt have beenthe first and wont be the last victim of his funarkling ways. Just remember that his high blood pressure will kill him before it will kill anyone else. See it in a comical way and thats how youll look upon it in the future.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:42 pm

LarsMac;1508304 wrote: If you taze him, he can't shoot you. for a little while.

But boy wouldn't he be angry later ?

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:35 pm

I had one lunatic yesterday on the way home from work. The traffic, typically of Rush Hour was nose to tail, crawling along at about 5mph, when this massive Chelsea Tractor (big even for one of them - personalised number plates & all) cuts everyone up on the inside, across all the chevrons, then forces his way through the traffice, and onto the outside of the exit lanes, where they were immediately marked for merging. Even at that point he made not attempt to merge, but to continue to pass the queue of traffic in the face of a similar queue of traffic coming in the opposite direction. It was just unbelieveable. No-one was letting him back in, and his driving was really aggressive. I was sooo hoping a Police car would come along in the opposite direction - or be one of the ones he was trying to cut up. Never one around when you want one.