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Old 02-23-2016, 11:08 AM
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It is possible that in terms of fatalities per mile driven, golf carts are safer than cars. I am not saying it is true but you may wish to consider that it might be. I don't have the statistics. Typically, safety statistics are presented in those sorts of terms. For example, with airliners. Nobody will question that a car offers more protection if you are in an accident than a golf cart but you may statistically be at greater risk of being in an fatal accident with a car than a golf cart. If you are trying to minimize risk, statistics provide useful information with regard to random events (which the thread subject matter was).

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Originally Posted by hulahips View Post
I don't think the poster stated no one ever gets killed in a car but your chances of survival are much much higher if in the car, not the golf cart. I'm sure that is what he meant.