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Originally Posted by VillagesFlorida
I understand what you are saying but I stand by my post. Unlicensed older golf cart drivers should have to take the same test regarding the laws, that we who drive cars and trucks have to know and abide by. How else can they hope to travel safely on cart paths here? Some are on the same streets and roads as other regular vehicular traffic. I MIGHT be willing to cut a little slack to those older folks who do not drive regular vehicles any longer, IF they at one time did have a license. My main objection is to anyone who has never had a driver's license being allowed ro drive a golf cart here....let alone the fact that an unlicensed child CAN get behind the wheel and drive on the same roads that I travel in my car. MY grandchildren beg to take our cart to the pool, etc. It's just not going to happen until he or she shows me a driver's license!
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VillagesFlorida,
You make very good points. It surprised me when I first learned that 14-year-olds could legally drive carts on the roads here. Perhaps it does make sense in small, gated communities. But in TV:
- There is often more traffic in the cart lanes than in the car lanes.
- Many of our seasonal residents are unfamiliar with the roads and make mistakes.
- Some Villagers confess they forget they are in their cars and get in the cart lane.
- We have 80k residents going on 105k.
This situation seems unsafe for unlicensed and inexperienced adolescents to drive carts here.