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Old 02-25-2009, 03:18 PM
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Although I applaud all efforts to enforce traffic laws as they apply to golf carts, I do wonder how that works. No drivers license is required to drive a golf cart. Say an individual gets a DUI, or Speeding Ticket, or anything, and they have a Florida ID Card but no drivers license of any kind. What happens to them over and above the fine/jail time? They can't get points on their drivers license, their insurance rates won't go up, etc. Sort of the same applies to Handicapped Parking Spaces. Those spaces are reserved for cars - registered vehicles that pay taxes. The legally required number of handicap parking spaces in related to the number of registered vehicles (somehow, in a way I don't even pretend to understand). How can unregistered golf carts take up handicap parking spaces and what is the penalty if they do and get a ticket? Just interested because I really do not know the answers.