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Originally Posted by Blueblaze
That's a scary thought-- someone on cruise control who can't work a brake pedal. I guess she already tried using her other foot?
Instead of cruise control, I'd look for a cart designed for a paraplegic, with all hand controls. The throttle would be easy to rig on an electric cart. But hand brakes are going to be tough to rig on any cart, and, sorry, I have a hard time understanding how someone who can't work a gas pedal could work a brake pedal safely.
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Exactly! The thought of cruise control on a golf cart is a terrifying thought. They are NOT cars. They do NOT have the stability or any of the safety features of a car. The thought of her pedal to the medal and taking a corner or curve wrong, or having to unexpectedly dodge a dog, a walker or a cyclist is scary as heck.
Like it or not we ALL start declining in our cognitive and reaction times as we get older. We have physiological challenges that impair or ability to quickly respond to situations.
I feel for your wife, but putting her and the rest of us in an unsafe situation doesn’t help matters at all.
Getting a cart with hand controls designed for someone with physical challenges would be a good choice.
Another option might be to get one of the “pedal blocks” they sell and mount to the pedals for really short people. That might be able to keep her leg in a comfortable position
Another option is to upgrade to a nice seat that has forward/backward adjustments so that she can sit closer to the pedals and keep that leg from hyperextending. The villages golf cart shop has a couple of models of these seats that adjust this way.
One last comment (as a woman with many spinal, hip, and knee issues who has worked hard to make her cart work for her): consider getting an Easy Go RXV. All yamaha golf carts have the steering wheel offset from the center of the drivers seat. This forces either terrible spinal position or terrible arm/shoulder position as you are driving. No matter what you do, you will be driving with horrible body alignment. The EasyGo RXV has the steering wheel CENTERED in front of the drivers seat where it is on all other vehicles on the planet.
I have wondered for years why in the heck yamaha will NOT correct this massive design flaw in their carts. And I have wondered why not a single villager I have met has realized that they are driving with their poor old bodies contorted on our bouncy jalopies we so love to noodle around in!
Good luck to you and your wife and happy trails!