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Originally Posted by outlaw
GE. I get what you're saying. That happens occasionally on a motorcycle. We are actually taught maneuvers without braking to avoid an accident that otherwise would not be avoided with braking. But I have to raise the BS flag on this one. There is virtually no situation a golf cart accelerating one or two mph is going to prevent an accident where slamming on the brakes would not prevent this accident. There is just too much distance that would be required to make a 1 or 2 mph increase in speed amount to the length of a golf cart. On the other hand, I think it is ridiculous to claim a golf cart going 22 mph is any more unsafe, measurably, than a 20 mph golf cart.
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Probably true, but remember the other cart is slow also, and a cart is shorter than a car. I think it would take a physicist and a mathematician to figure out if the two situations are the same or by how much they differ. I think the more valid point made so far is in regards to the stability of a golf cart above a certain speed--be it 13 mph or 20 mph. My opinion is that those stability issues apply more to the terrain of a golf course--hills, grass, etc than to a paved roadway---unlike some SUVs and off road vehicles, I don't think a golf cart is all that top-heavy