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tucson 01-04-2013 09:59 AM

When will the people who allow small children to sit behind steering wheels and ride/drive golf carts, cars, etc. wake up??? To me that is a definition of child neglect. A grandmother where I used to live up north let her grandson drive her car and she was sitting opposite him in the passenger seat. When he "accidently" slammed his foot on the brake and crashed and was killed!

BobnBev 01-04-2013 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by NotGolfer (Post 603716)
A week or two ago we were out and about when we saw a "grandma" with a boy of about 3 sitting on her lap while she was driving her golf-cart! Or maybe she was letting him steer...couldn't tell for sure. Regardless, THIS too looked to be an "accident waiting to happen".

Are you sure it wasn't a little, white toy poodle? :crap2:

2BNTV 01-04-2013 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeC1947 (Post 603407)
Let me be the first to say........:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

Let me second it. :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

Seriously, I don't even trust myself to be safe let alone a child. :smiley:

paulandjean 01-04-2013 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BobnBev (Post 603783)
Are you sure it wasn't a little, white toy poodle? :crap2:

Now thats funny, Forget about seeing kids on gramps lap. Cannot count the number of dogs I have seen on peoples laps. Now thats a accident ready to happen. Sparkey,another dog bone, "Crash".

buzzy 01-04-2013 04:26 PM

Well, since golf carts don't have airbags, maybe a fluffy pet will do the trick

Warren Kiefer 01-04-2013 04:47 PM

Children
 
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Originally Posted by Penguin (Post 603391)
There was a long line of golf carts on a path and I wondered why. Seems that the lead car was going around 5 mph. After everyone managed to pass I saw what seemed to be a 10 year old girl driving. Is this allowed. There was an adult in the cart.

Absolutely not right and the sad part is the Villages probably know it is wrong but still flaunt the laws. I don't recall living anywhere where the residents ignore laws and rules like they do here in the Villages. For instance, everyday I see walkers walking in the same direstion as the traffic. This is not only a violation but is very unsafe because the walkers cannot see vehicles approaching them from behind as they would if walking against the flow of traffic.


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