Golf Carts and the Sheriff's Department
Beware Villagers. I had an incident in my golf cart 2 weeks ago and the cart flipped over on me. Thanks to lots of kind Villagers on Hillsborough Trail the cart was lifted off of me and 911 was called. After that it went down hill.
I grazed the curb with my golf cart and that caused it to flip over. In conversations with the Insurance Company and the repair service I was told golf carts flip over very easily as the tires will "bounce" off the curb and under the right circumstances they flip over. Well I did have lots of injuries and I am still at home healing. My warning to you aside from the tire issue is that I also received a $166 citation from the Sumter County Sheriff's office and the offense will result in points on my Drivers License. Okay so that is for me to deal with but be advised that 2 different representatives from the Sheriff's Department told me that golf carts to not belong on "their roads" and should not be allowed. Great so the answer is to write citations for "Careless Driving". So disappointing. Never once did the responding officer offer any concern about my injuries and after being asked by the ambulance to remove himself from the ambulance so they could get me to the hospital, he immediately drove to the hospital and was waiting for me when I was rolled in so he could hand me the citation. There is lots more to this story and yes I accept the responsibility of grazing the curb but I don't thinks I was "Careless Driving". Was just on my way to Bonifay for golf. Be careful out there as I do not want anyone to go through what I did.
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