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Old 06-20-2011, 08:07 AM
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Default Kids Driving Golf Carts

When I was driving home last night on my golf cart along the Buena Vista Trail, I saw a golf cart with 4 young kids in it. The driver was a little girl no more than 10 years old and the other kids in the cart were somewhere around the same age. She was having a great deal of trouble staying on the path. I called to the girl that she was not 14 years old and could not drive the cart yet. I was totally ignored and she sped away - on and off the trail.

If there had been any kind of accident - either to a person or to property - the cart owner's insurance would have been cancelled on the spot and the cart owner liable for a huge lawsuit and damages. That is a good way to lose everything we have worked for so many years.

I knew I could not legally stop this cart with the young kids and call the police or the grandparents. I would have been charged with some criminal activity, I'm sure.

Just up to the grandparents to make sure the kids do not drive the golf carts.