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Originally Posted by Boffin
The National Golf Car Manufacturers Association has stated that, “seat belts are more of a safety detriment to the occupant than beneficial.” It is the association’s position that a golf cart without seat belts affords the ability to “jump from a moving cart during a rollover event.”
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This makes sense for carts used while playing golf where there may be driving at angles down hills and the speed at which the roll happens may actually be quite slow. Collisions with cars are not much of a problem on golf courses, either. I think it is different when carts are being driven at their top speed on flat roads or paths where collisions are more serious and rolls are more likely to occur after sudden sharp turns at speed. For many of us, simply falling out of a parked cart could lead to a serious injury. Being ejected from a moving cart is much worse. Even jumping from a moving cart, if that were possible, would be likely to cause many of us serious injuries. I believe in seatbelts.