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nordic tug 01-31-2025 07:13 PM

Super bright add on led front lights on golf carts.
 
For those who have added these super bright add on lights to the front of your golf cart your a public safety hazard by blinding on coming traffic. If it hasn’t already happened these blinding lights are going to cause a serious accident possibly a head on accident. Save those lights for when you go into the wilderness, totally unnecessary for a cart driving at 20 - 25 MPH

CarlR33 01-31-2025 09:53 PM

Or you get the opposite, a cart with a ton of the optional parade lighting taking the place of the actual headlights and they never turn on their actual headlights so no taillights going up Meggison with cars approaching a dark cart at 30mph. Seen it on three carts just last night usually around an hour before the square closing.

CFrance 01-31-2025 10:16 PM

These lights are blinding to people driving in a car, even.

tophcfa 01-31-2025 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by nordic tug (Post 2406012)
For those who have added these super bright add on lights to the front of your golf cart your a public safety hazard by blinding on coming traffic. If it hasn’t already happened these blinding lights are going to cause a serious accident possibly a head on accident. Save those lights for when you go into the wilderness, totally unnecessary for a cart driving at 20 - 25 MPH

The problem isn’t necessarily the lights, it’s that they aren’t correctly aligned. That being said, they are only necessary on older carts that don’t have the new technology LED headlights.

Topspinmo 01-31-2025 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by nordic tug (Post 2406012)
For those who have added these super bright add on lights to the front of your golf cart your a public safety hazard by blinding on coming traffic. If it hasn’t already happened these blinding lights are going to cause a serious accident possibly a head on accident. Save those lights for when you go into the wilderness, totally unnecessary for a cart driving at 20 - 25 MPH

Sorry to say IMO they don’t care. Those are off road lights and are supposed to be covered up on streets/roads. But, hardly no traffic enforcement in 70% of villages.

Topspinmo 01-31-2025 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2406046)
The problem isn’t necessarily the lights, it’s that they aren’t correctly aligned. That being said, they are only necessary on older carts that don’t have the new technology LED headlights.


Off road light bars can not be properly aligned cause they shine all over. You would actually have to point them to ground to not shine ahead.

Topspinmo 01-31-2025 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 2406042)
These lights are blinding to people driving in a car, even.

Counties won’t hardly enforce traffic laws. I seen truck with light bar mounted on hood above grill totally against law if not covered up on roads. Vehicles are only allowed 4 headlights to be on at one time on highways. Light bars have several individual lights in bar.


Quote from Google

“ 2) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with headlamps, as herein required, is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spot lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of intensity greater than 300 candlepower, not more than a total of 4 of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted“

Lovey2 02-01-2025 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by nordic tug (Post 2406012)
For those who have added these super bright add on lights to the front of your golf cart your a public safety hazard by blinding on coming traffic. If it hasn’t already happened these blinding lights are going to cause a serious accident possibly a head on accident. Save those lights for when you go into the wilderness, totally unnecessary for a cart driving at 20 - 25 MPH

So Agree!! They are a definite hazard for oncoming traffic.

gorillarick 02-01-2025 07:41 AM

" But, hardly no traffic enforcement in 70% of villages. "

More like 100%

Yes, those lights are not directional. Headlights slope toward the ground so that they only light ~100 feet ahead as the beam hits the pavement.
Do these inconsiderates really need to light rooftops and shine their beams into living rooms?

Give 'em the brights. Flash Flash Flash
I think I'll start carrying my torch lantern when I walk at night.

Bilyclub 02-01-2025 08:12 AM

Since we’re going down that road… Blue or red lights in the front of a cart are also illegal.

Dotneko 02-01-2025 08:45 AM

I want to put a giant mirror on the front of my cart and reflect their blinding headlights back at them. We call them cyclops carts.

MrFlorida 02-01-2025 09:21 AM

Better bright lights than no lights. I saw a guy yesterday driving down Canal in the dark, with no lights at all !!!!

Bay Kid 02-01-2025 09:21 AM

It would be nice if the bright lights were cut off when approaching on coming traffic just like dimming the bright lights in your car. Common courtesy.

mraines 02-01-2025 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 2406042)
These lights are blinding to people driving in a car, even.

And cars have blinding lights as well.

mraines 02-01-2025 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Bay Kid (Post 2406107)
It would be nice if the bright lights were cut off when approaching on coming traffic just like dimming the bright lights in your car. Common courtesy.

Like people actually do that?


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