One cannot help but wonder A. what a golf cart was doing on a road or B. what a car was doing on the golf course.
at 12:48 a.m. trying to make sure he was late for his tee time.
The accident occurred on Fairway Drive. That suggests a planned golf course community, with golf cart trails crossing the street. Yielding to crossing carts would be normal, but the drunk would not have expected golf carts down the road, much less after midnight.
Golf cart on highway after midnight. Check.
No headlights. Check.
Wrong lane. Check.
Yep. Clearly a case of poor defensive driving on the other driver’s part.
< /sarcasm>
Personally, I don’t drink at all. But even sober, I am not sure how much better than this driver I would have done if I unexpectedly came upon a golf cart with no lights/lights off in the wrong lane coming towards me while driving home after midnight on a dark highway in rural Virginia.
Occasionally, there have been articles over the years about drivers with suspended licenses trying to circumvent the suspension by driving tractors, riding lawn mowers, golf carts, etc. Sometimes they are driving on the shoulder. The usual reason given in the articles for the suspension is repeated drunk driving violations.
So there may have been two people driving under the influence involved in this accident. I’m sure the investigation and autopsy will sort it out.