Driving at night
 

I am having trouble driving my golf cart in the evening on the cart paths. They are very dark in some areas and if another cart is coming the other way, I can't see the path at all. When someone is coming, I have to guide my cart by keeping my eye on the curb. Is this a problem with others?:cry:

Do you have your lights on?

Is your windshield clean and scratch free?

The light colored curbs are there to help you guide your cart.

I sometimes find it difficult too. I adjusted my headlights, which helped quite a bit, but it still is difficult at times. Yes, my windshield is clean and in excellent condition.

I tend to avoid the darker paths and when I must use them I SLOW DOWN!

Has anyone ever used those amber colored glasses that are supposed to be for night driving?

I've used them. They really help with the headlights coming towards you by eliminating the glare. I didn't find them helpful with the darkness though. Worth a try, IMHO.

Its called night blindness and it is just something that we have to deal with as we get older. Welcome to the club.

Oh please don't frighten me like that ............
 

................ when I am driving home in the dark in my CAR, I often see golf carts wandering over the white line into the road, it is very frightening to the driver of the car and I imagine terrifying to the golf cart driver. I slow right down at night when passing carts, but so many cars just keep on going.

Also, please watch out for golf cart drivers who don't signal a left, but just come straight out onto the road to turn left.

simple solution, will cost a few $$
 

I am young, don't have night vision problems and you are correct. Your car drives on relatively well lit roads with street lights and raised light colored curbs and lots of cat's eyes or Botts dots in the road (those reflectors enbedded in the roadbed). The roads are relatively straight and don't have islands in the middle of the roadway that require that you move right to stay in the driving lane (or at least not often) None of these comments are applicable to the cart paths. The paths have no lighting, are designed to be wavy and have lane diverting islands and no reflectors or curbing (which might be worse as people would hit the curb and flip rather than go into the grass). I have seen the occasional cat's eye on curves. It would be helpful if there were cats eyes everywhere on the paths. I don't know the $$ but it shouldn't be prohibitive. No matter how clear your windshield, your pupils which are wide open driving in the dark will constrict when an oncoming cart shines its lights at you thus reducing significantly your ability to see. Alternatively a bright reflective white stripe could be painted on the right edge of the entire path giving your eye a guiding line in the dark. Save a life, prevent an injury

When I first moved here, golf carts were not allowed to be driven after dark. Everybody would be scooting home about six o'clock to get home before dark. That was changed about ten years ago. Perhaps we'll have to go back to the old rules.

Lots of people get the tinted windshield when they first buy a cart. They really don't help that much when it's sunny, but they do make it vary hard to see at night. Try driving one that has the clear windshield that isn't scratcged up. You may want to change our's out if it's smoked colored and has swirls and scratch marks.

There were some threads last month about caring for the plexiglass windshields that are helpfull.

I only use Meguare's Cleaner & Wax for my cart. I only use damp sponge to apply it, and a micro fiber cloth for buffing. It keeps it new.

Night blindness probably has something to do with it but I think the crappy headlights on golf carts has more to do with it. I don't have a problem driving a car at night, even on dark mountain roads but the cart paths are sometimes difficult.

Yes I agree it's an age thing! On a positive note, in the summer and with daylight savings time, you can usually be home safe before the sidewalks roll up for the night!

If you have cataracts this can be a factor for driving at night. I'm with the OP in that I HATE to drive at night these days. Never mind the golf cart paths. Even on the streets, meeting cars along with the carts can be "blinding". Our golf-cart lights have been adjusted so as not to shine directly into the eyes of the folks we meet along the way---wishing everyone would do the same.

There are reflectors along the way, which are appreciated as otherwise I'm sure it would be alot worse in those dark areas.

One too many at the town square?? Sometimes I can't even find my cart! Just kidding..........:a20: