Thanks for the reminder. Such a sad, sad accident. The little girl and two other neighborhood children were passengers in the cart which was being driven by the 6 year old's 17-year-old sister. They hit a bump in the road and the six year old fell out and hit her head.
My prayers go out to the family of this little girl. I would never, ever, ever try to judge the wisdom of the parents of these kids. I'm sure the parents have used hindsight and tried to second guess every second of the day that led up to the accident. The father of the little girl who died said he's now an advocate for mandatory seatbelts in golf carts.
Like TH said, it is a reminder to adults of the rules and regulations and wisdom we should use when dealing with teens and young ones in our lives. Sadly, accidents happen despite all the best intentions in the world. Even with seatbelts, often times there are deaths in automobile and golf carts.
The original intent of golf carts was for golf courses. Seatbelts wouldn't make much sense when being used in this conventional method. But with the growing number of golf course communities, golf carts are driven for transportaion. This has made many localities classify many golf carts as LSV and not they are not regulated by the federal seat belt laws or driver's license laws.
Like gary42651 said, seatbelts are options in golfcarts. If you want to use them, they are available.
Sadly, accidents happen despite all the best intentions in the world.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tbo...&pid=142297391