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Originally Posted by jrref
After some recent reports of golf cart accidents where people were hurt I was thinking about the golf cart and safety since we recently moved to the Villages and were looking for a cart. Normally a golf cart is used on a golf course. No traffic, short slow runs from hole to hole. Because of this, safety is probably not an issue but the Villages has turned the golf cart into a transportation vehicle with all the safety issues even though it's limited to 20 mph. I'm an engineer and when i first came here i was mortified on how some people drive their carts, no seat belts, pretty fast, leg hanging out of the cart, etc.. I don't think most people realize what an impact will do to you even at 20 mph. And of course over the couple of months that we have been here we read about people being thrown from their cart or the cart falls over on them, etc.. For this reason, we felt the Atomic Cool Kart was the best choice for us because it has some safety features that will probably protect you at the speeds it can go when using it as a vehicle here in the Villages and we plan on using it as a 2nd vehicle as well as on the golf course. I haven't done the research but I'm not sure golf cart companies do much in regards to safety beyond what is needed for the traditional use of the cart on the golf course.
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Yes, as well as every other golf cart community in the world, don't pin this on TV.
Simple solution---don't use a golf cart except on the course. Then go out and by a Subaru since they are supposed to be "safe". But please don't test that "safety" out against my 5,000 pound SUV