Infants On Lap in Golf Carts

[JGibson]

I’ve seen in the past passengers in a golf cart with an infant on their lap but today I saw something much worst.

The driver and passenger of a golf cart both had infants on their laps while whipping around the MMP.

No seat belts or anything.

This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

It's against the law to not have an infant in a baby seat in a car how can it be legal to have an infant on your lap while you driving in an open golf cart?

Insane!

[Pairadocs]

[QUOTE=JGibson;2184792]I’ve seen in the past passengers in a golf cart with an infant on their lap but today I saw something much worst.

The driver and passenger of a golf cart both had infants on their laps while whipping around the MMP.

No seat belts or anything.

This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

Maybe laws have never been written for golfcarts, bikes, ATV's ?
What about boats ? Are their laws about what you must do when you take your baby on your boat ? Bottom line, MANY dangerous practices, never be able to legislate all possible factors. We USED to rely on INTELLECT, an inner voice that "told" us how to keep our children as "safe as possible". Was it Forrest Gump who said "you can't cure stupid". Have you ever seen a toddler STANDING on the "baby seat" of a shopping cart ? Yet, there IS A SEAT BELT ON THOSE SHOPPING CARTS !

[I'm Popeye!]

I quess no one told you about the rules:
Rule #127 Article 3: Snowbirds and Visitors are allowed to do whatever they want.

[Keefelane66]

You can't save the world it's time we all should mind our own business

[Papa_lecki]

I saw a 4 year old in the basket behind the seats, with grandpa driving.

[Pairadocs]

[QUOTE=JGibson;2184792]I’ve seen in the past passengers in a golf cart with an infant on their lap but today I saw something much worst.

The driver and passenger of a golf cart both had infants on their laps while whipping around the MMP.

No seat belts or anything.

This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

Maybe laws have never been written for golfcarts, bikes, ATV's ?
What about boats ? Are their laws about what you must do when you take your baby on your boat ? Bottom line, MANY dangerous practices, never be able to legislate all possible factors. We USED to rely on INTELLECT, an inner voice that "told" us how to keep our children as "safe as possible". Was it Forrest Gump who said "you can't cure stupid". Have you ever seen a toddler STANDING on the "baby seat" of a shopping cart ? Yet, there IS A SEAT BELT ON THOSE SHOPPING CARTS !

[JMintzer]

[QUOTE=JGibson;2184792]I’ve seen in the past passengers in a golf cart with an infant on their lap but today I saw something much worst.

The driver and passenger of a golf cart both had infants on their laps while whipping around the MMP.

No seat belts or anything.

This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

Maybe laws have never been written for golfcarts, bikes, ATV's ?
What about boats ? Are their laws about what you must do when you take your baby on your boat ? Bottom line, MANY dangerous practices, never be able to legislate all possible factors. We USED to rely on INTELLECT, an inner voice that "told" us how to keep our children as "safe as possible". Was it Forrest Gump who said "you can't cure stupid". Have you ever seen a toddler STANDING on the "baby seat" of a shopping cart ? Yet, there IS A SEAT BELT ON THOSE SHOPPING CARTS !

"Mama always said, Stupid is as stupid does..."

- Forrest Gump


"You can't fix stupid"

- Ron White

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[kcrazorbackfan]

I’ve seen in the past passengers in a golf cart with an infant on their lap but today I saw something much worst.

The driver and passenger of a golf cart both had infants on their laps while whipping around the MMP.

No seat belts or anything.

This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

It's against the law to not have an infant in a baby seat in a car how can it be legal to have an infant on your lap while you driving in an open golf cart?

Insane!

I worked a fatality accident once on a 6 month old where the mom had the baby in her lap and their vehicle was hit by a drunk driver.

I was the first on the scene as a Trooper. It was so devastating that the parents split up a short time later.

If people carrying their infants on their lap in the carts could have experienced what I did, they would never do it. I worked that wreck in 1983 and I can still recall every detail about it to this day.

[8v92ta]

I've seen a kid standing in the back strapped in like a golf bag driving down the street in Spanish springs. Beat that one.

[thelegges]

I’ve seen in the past passengers in a golf cart with an infant on their lap but today I saw something much worst.

The driver and passenger of a golf cart both had infants on their laps while whipping around the MMP.

No seat belts or anything.

This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

It's against the law to not have an infant in a baby seat in a car how can it be legal to have an infant on your lap while you driving in an open golf cart?

Insane!

OP since you are newer to TV, you just have experienced the Grandparents stupidity yet. Not snowbirds, but full time resident that grandkids can do no wrong, which means grandparents lost common sense, or never had it.

Wait till you see Kids riding on the back of a golf cart strapped in where golf clubs go. Young kids riding on the back 4 seater with no belts used, and two sitting on the floor with their feet dangling between the bar.

Then again small dogs have fallen out of a cart while turning, so hopefully they don’t have grandkids. But the best is

Kids under age of 14 driving cart alone, or grandparents who put a toddler in their Lap to steer the cart on a road next to cars. Guess some grandparents must have the attitude that grandchild, are like pancakes, the first one can be a throw away because it turns out a little wonky.

[La lamy]

OP that does sound incredibly irresponsible. But to lighten things up, I laughed my head off when I saw a lady with her dog in the front seat of a golf cart yesterday, and the husband in the back area, looking so uncomfortable.
The Villages version of "in the doghouse"?!

[banjobob]

A useless post

[bp243]

I’ve seen in the past passengers in a golf cart with an infant on their lap but today I saw something much worst.

The driver and passenger of a golf cart both had infants on their laps while whipping around the MMP.

No seat belts or anything.

This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

It's against the law to not have an infant in a baby seat in a car how can it be legal to have an infant on your lap while you driving in an open golf cart?

Insane!

To add to this concern, what about a child driving a golf cart on the street with an adult in the cart? Is that the adult’s decision only or the concern of others who might be affected?

[Two Bills]

Watch this video, and weep for unrestrained kids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-_fSRT18o

[lisahathy]

I quess no one told you about the rules:
Rule #127 Article 3: Snowbirds and Visitors are allowed to do whatever they want.

Why do you assume it was a Snowbird driving the golf cart? I’ve seen plenty of full time residents here do stupid things.

[mlmarr]

OP since you are newer to TV, you just have experienced the Grandparents stupidity yet. Not snowbirds, but full time resident that grandkids can do no wrong, which means grandparents lost common sense, or never had it.

Wait till you see Kids riding on the back of a golf cart strapped in where golf clubs go. Young kids riding on the back 4 seater with no belts used, and two sitting on the floor with their feet dangling between the bar.

Then again small dogs have fallen out of a cart while turning, so hopefully they don’t have grandkids. But the best is

Kids under age of 14 driving cart alone, or grandparents who put a toddler in their Lap to steer the cart on a road next to cars. Guess some grandparents must have the attitude that grandchild, are like pancakes, the first one can be a throw away because it turns out a little wonky.

plus oversized adults x3 or more in a cart built for 2 . .. naturally insane I suppose .

[me4vt]

You can't save the world it's time we all should mind our own business
That’s how we’ve gotten where “We” are today!!

[nick demis]

Just proves that brains are not a requirement to live in The Villages.

[Black Beauty]

Yesterday at Sumter Square, a lady pulled all the way across in front of me..just to grab a parking space..

[JoelJohnson]

I saw a child and mother in a cart with the seat belt around both! If the cart had to stop fast, the mother would go forward, but not the child.

[GizmoWhiskers]

[QUOTE=JGibson;2184792]I’ve seen in the past passengers in a golf cart with an infant on their lap but today I saw something much worst.

The driver and passenger of a golf cart both had infants on their laps while whipping around the MMP.

No seat belts or anything.

This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

Maybe laws have never been written for golfcarts, bikes, ATV's ?
What about boats ? Are their laws about what you must do when you take your baby on your boat ? Bottom line, MANY dangerous practices, never be able to legislate all possible factors. We USED to rely on INTELLECT, an inner voice that "told" us how to keep our children as "safe as possible". Was it Forrest Gump who said "you can't cure stupid". Have you ever seen a toddler STANDING on the "baby seat" of a shopping cart ? Yet, there IS A SEAT BELT ON THOSE SHOPPING CARTS !
"Stupid is as stupid does."

" I might not be a SMART man, but I KNOW what LOVE is." -

Forrest Gump

Thinking he and Jenny probably would hold a baby on their lap in a golf cart though...

[NoMo50]

Unfortunately, it is an innocent child who all too often pays the price when adults do stupid things.

[ThirdOfFive]

I've seen a kid standing in the back strapped in like a golf bag driving down the street in Spanish springs. Beat that one.
I've seen that too! Hopefully it was the same person in either case. Hard to imagine TWO people that industrial-strength stupid even in a community as large as The Villages.

But you do see some things related to golf carts around here that absolutely beggar the imagination. Just a few (besides the one above) that I've seen in the past couple of years:

- A cart driven by a tiny little women with THREE dogs, two quite big, all in front with her. I couldn't even see the woman at first--looked for all the world like the biggest dog was driving. With that huge dog on her lap it must have been hard for her to see.

- A cart with two older people in front. Riding in the back was a young woman on the seat facing backwards with a child, maybe three years old, on her lap. No belts.

- Innumerable times that the driver of the cart was texting.

- Carts in car roundabouts.

- Numerous carts tooling down streets that are posted as "no carts allowed" (sometimes apparently wondering why people are honking at them).

- Guy in a cart chucking an empty booze bottle into the bushes after leaving one of the country clubs. Must be lots of those around considering the number I see lying on and just off the path on my walks.

- SUV wedged in a golf cart tunnel (beyond industrial strength stupid...)

- Guy and woman in a cart. Guy was driving. Woman was hanging on inside by one hand while trying to scrape something off the windshield with the other.

- Guy driving his cart on an MMP while his dog, on a leash, ran beside him in the oncoming-traffic lane.

- And (best for last) a cart going maybe 5 MPH, if that, along a heavily-traveled MMP, with one of those white canes that sight-impaired people use strapped to the back of the cart.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

When I was two feet tall, I would stand on the front seat armrest to get a good look out of the window while my mother blew smoke in my face the whole time.
Great times!

[JMintzer]

Why do you assume it was a Snowbird driving the golf cart? I’ve seen plenty of full time residents here do stupid things.

It's easier to blame "other people"...

[JMintzer]

This entire thread reminds me of...

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[mikeycereal]

I don't really notice details of other drivers in their carts. I see the carts & people, but I don't look for violations. While mostly keeping my eyes on the path I take occasional glances around at the beautiful scenery.

[JMintzer]

I don't really notice details of other drivers in their carts. I see the carts & people, but I don't look for violations. While mostly keeping my eyes on the path I take occasional glances around at the beautiful scenery.

Stop being a normal human being! :)

[Duppman]

I’ve seen in the past passengers in a golf cart with an infant on their lap but today I saw something much worst.

The driver and passenger of a golf cart both had infants on their laps while whipping around the MMP.

No seat belts or anything.

This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

It's against the law to not have an infant in a baby seat in a car how can it be legal to have an infant on your lap while you driving in an open golf cart?

Insane!
Must be a new record, it only took until the 3rd reply before the blame was put on the snowbirds. I'll bet they were renters as well.

[Duppman]

Must be a new record, it only took until the 3rd reply before the blame was put on the snowbirds. I'll bet they were renters as well.

[Quixote]

.... This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

It's against the law to not have an infant in a baby seat in a car how can it be legal to have an infant on your lap while you driving in an open golf cart?

Insane!

Welcome to Florida!... When I first lived here (about fifteen years ago), I was once making a 90° turn outside a MMP tunnel and a woman was making the same turn going into the tunnel, driving one-handed and holding an infant no more than, say, eight months old. I was stunned—and then realized she may have been an idiot ... but there is no law against this form of idiocy....


To add to this concern, what about a child driving a golf cart on the street with an adult in the cart? Is that the adult’s decision only or the concern of others who might be affected?

Of course it's the adult's decision! But what difference does it make? Now THIS is a violation. Whenever my better half sees this, a call immediately goes out from us to 911, and there is a traffic control division that sends a deputy out to deal appropriately with this.

And for those who say 'It's none of your business,' how sad not to recognize that being cognizant of incidents like this and sharing them in a forum like this —that is, raising awareness—just might reduce the incidences of them. 'Just might,' no certainty, but worth sharing. No one is suggesting playing Mr or Ms Policeman....

[bjansson]

Natural Selection. Trust the process. :sigh:

[DrHitch]

For what it's worth (esp. to golf cart renters), one option is to self-install a lap belt that goes all the way around the seat back (not bolted in).

***. No flames please for this "unregulated" solution.

A company named Wesco Performance sells a buckle lap belt that is long enough to cross the entire bench seat and around the back....I've used this on a rental cart in the past...just a thought!

Golf Cart Seat Belts - Push Button Non-Retractable (https://wescoperformance.com/nogocasebe.html)

[Byte1]

Not as bad as watching two young boys in a golf cart by themselves, speeding through the development ignoring the speed limit and the stop signs. The oldest one was probably 11-12yo. The driver was practically standing up in order to reach the gas pedal. Senior Disneyworld is fun for children too, I guess.

[fdpaq0580]

Not as bad as watching two young boys in a golf cart by themselves, speeding through the development ignoring the speed limit and the stop signs. The oldest one was probably 11-12yo. The driver was practically standing up in order to reach the gas pedal. Senior Disneyworld is fun for children too, I guess.

Potential Darwin award winners. Hope their parents and grandparents will be proud.

[fdpaq0580]

A useless post

Not useless. Medicinal. Reduced stress and enhanced one's mood. Just like yours.

[Bertram00]

I’ve seen in the past passengers in a golf cart with an infant on their lap but today I saw something much worst.

The driver and passenger of a golf cart both had infants on their laps while whipping around the MMP.

No seat belts or anything.

This is insane and CPS or law enforcement should be called if you know who is doing this.

It's against the law to not have an infant in a baby seat in a car how can it be legal to have an infant on your lap while you driving in an open golf cart?

Insane!

I believe you mistook what it was you were seeing. The infant was actually the driver because gramps was too drunk from partying on the squares.😁

[MrFlorida]

It's the 10 year old's driving that scares me.

[pauld315]

I worked a fatality accident once on a 6 month old where the mom had the baby in her lap and their vehicle was hit by a drunk driver.

I was the first on the scene as a Trooper. It was so devastating that the parents split up a short time later.

If people carrying their infants on their lap in the carts could have experienced what I did, they would never do it. I worked that wreck in 1983 and I can still recall every detail about it to this day.

I remember when I took the golf cart safety class when we first moved here. The policeman described the dogs people would carry on their laps while on a golf cart as "air bags". Who would be so dumb to carry babies on their laps on golf carts ?

[Dorebea]

I saw a 4 year old in the basket behind the seats, with grandpa driving.

I too saw a child (maybe 2-3) standing in the basket! So dangerous!

[fdpaq0580]

I too saw a child (maybe 2-3) standing in the basket! So dangerous!

Child endangerment. Should carry an automatic prison sentence for such dangerous and lunatic behavior.

[Kelevision]

I don't really notice details of other drivers in their carts. I see the carts & people, but I don't look for violations. While mostly keeping my eyes on the path I take occasional glances around at the beautiful scenery.

How can you miss the people in front of you? Just yesterday right in front of me were 2 adults, one baby and one toddler in a 2 seater without belts.