Reporting golf cart accidents
 

I would think that if the Daily Sun were an independent publication, it would have, at some point, run a feature article on the subject of golf-cart accidents since the topic is of great interest and relevance to its readers. But news stories like that don't sell houses.

Boy howdy.

Actually, according to the driver of the low speed vehicle, the hair in the potato salad was the cause of the accident. He was finally apprehended about 2 miles from the scene of the accident. The excuse he gave for speeding: "Officer, I found a hair in my potato salad and was on my way to return it to the supermarket deli; I was trying to get there before closing time." Whereupon the officer thanked him for the wonderful excuse: :mademyday:

:)

Don't cha think some of our officer friendlys thought that this would be a do nothing area. We do have a lot of interesting folks here. Better than juvenile delinquents any day of the week. Hair in my potato salad. Writing that down.

Accident waiting to happen
 

As I drove the cart path from Colony, alongside the golf course in the direction of Hadley, I came upon a woman in a golf cart. She was repeatedly trying to drive her cart between the three posts planted in cement, put there to PREVENT carts from entering the road. I stopped to tell her that she needed to drive around the curve, then cross at the designated area. She was not listening, and kept repeating "my cart won't fit, its too wide"... When she eventually listened to me, she said "OH!" and then without looking, put the cart in reverse, mashed on the excellerator, and instantly collided with a cart patiently parked behind her (a few feet). Amid the screams and yells, and sound of cart parts breaking, I left. The were plenty of folks to take statements, but you can rest assured I drove the remainder of my trip VERY CAREFULLY. PS. I chose to drive the looooong way round from my residence in Buttonwood, to Hadley, in order to drive on designated cart paths - all the way around Turtle Mound, across to 466a and back across under the tunnel to Morse. Sigh.....

Downright amazing what we see on the golf cart scene. Well, I make sure mine stays at 19.5 mph - checked every now and then with my GPS, insurance is paid up, and looking out for those darn snowbirds from New York with their carts. (just kidding about the last part - no hate mail please).

Won't be too long before Easter break and the grandkids will be on the trails with Gramp's cart. That is the real time to watch out. Hope Gramps watches the age limit for kids driving and has insurance paid up, too. He could lose everything if Jr. is under 14 and there is no insurance on the cart.

Another accident happened about 9:00 PM at the Santiago gate on Wed. the 8th. Looked serious... cart ended on it's side with the operator pinned under it. Don't know how it happened or how it turned out... will be surprised if you see anything in The Sun!