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Old 05-02-2010, 05:08 PM
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SPK7951...you were the lucky one! The reason I believe seat belts might be beneficial is not to protect you in a crash, but to keep you in the cart, during an evasive maneuver. I know when we visited last year, my wife almost fell out of the cart several times, when I abruptly changed directions. The passenger is not always paying attention to traffic and can be caught off guard.

I'm not a safety freak, but having some safety device to prevent the passenger from being thrown from the cart seems a prudent measure...
Yes I was the lucky one. Since ejection is the primary reason folks get hurt in a golf cart accident I agree that belts would be helpful. Unfortunately our accident was a hit broadside and if we both had belts on we undoubtedly would have bumped heads since the seating is so close in carts and that most likely would have lead to worse injuries. Hence my apprehension regarding golf cart seat belts.