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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
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
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Assuming a scenario where you can avoid a collision by moving your golf cart just one cart length, an average speed increase of 1 mph (remember you have to accelerate to 22 mph), 5280 ft per mile, length of golf cart about 6 ft, ignore human reaction time, it works out to over 4 seconds to move one golf cart length. 4 seconds is a long time. Compare that to human reaction time of, oh let's say, 1 second. Going 20 mph, you would travel over 29 ft before you even started your evasive maneuver and began accelerating. And golf carts are quite unstable in quick turns at speed, even on level ground. Check out you tube if you want to see some crazy golf cart accidents.