[Joeg180]

Is there an update on the gentleman’s condition?

Was the driver of either vehicle ticketed?

[thetruth]

Originally Posted by Chi33

I have a couple thoughts and questions after reading all these posts...

Many golf cars in the villages are throttled at 24 MPH. I don't know where that comes from, but it is what I see.

Not all golf carts have speedometers so how do slow people know how fast they are going?

If you don't have insurance you probably shouldn't be driving a golf cart.

Your under 14 year old grandchildren.should not be driving on a road with car traffic active.

I am sorry for the injury and I understand fears. maybe not driving a golf car is the right thing for you. Can't get injured in a golf car if you aren't in a golf car. Problem solved.

Now my question....

If you are a licensed driver with insurance, how hard is it to get a license for your golf car? Is it just go pay a fee for the license and show proof of insurance? Looks hard. Many people have old plates from other states and countries to show their retirement lifestyle. How do police police this?


And this

I'm not sure what I think. Every view has plusses and minuses.

As to insurance. We have insurance on our golf cart and it is rather inexpensive. Perhaps that is due to both statistical risk and the fact that it is not manditory. Insurance does not eliminate your liability what it does do is that if you cause a problem an insurance company will pay the damage due to the amount of insurance you have paid for.

As to plates-registration. If you have a golf cart that does over 20mph, the law is it needs both plates and insurance.
An expected reply is but everyone is doing it. That is like telling a judge I was doing 75 in a 60mph zone but the guy ahead of me was doing 80.

We, including me, notice the fools. Most drivers in golf carts drive reasonably. I do my best to ntice the fools.
I BET WHAT THE NEXT STUPID THING THAT THEY WILL DO IS.

For each golf cart to need to have a number on it as is true with a boat, a car, or any motorized vehicle might be a good idea. A red Yamaha, since there are so many of them is not an identifier-perhaps that contributes to issues.. .

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

The trouble with Golf Cart Safety classes is that the people who need them the most will not show up.

People who drink too much and drive anything are on my **** list and to blame for a lot of accidents here in The Villages and everywhere, add the marijuana smokers who may not lose their reaction time, but they are too mellow to be safe. Whatever...…………..

How about the meth heads? now that makes stoopid look good.

[joldnol]

It helps NOT turning in front of an suv that has right of way.

[joldnol]

Originally Posted by Joeg180

Is there an update on the gentleman’s condition?

Was the driver of either vehicle ticketed?

he was, he turned in front of an suv

[Mama C]

You would wonder why someone would move to a golf cart community----I have seen many close calls from cars not yielding or staying in their lane--it is not just golf cart drivers-----yes, golf cart safety classes are offered--I think they should be a requirement for all residences---to educate them before they give opinions and ill advise to others..........just my opinion--i love TV!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Mama C

You would wonder why someone would move to a golf cart community----I have seen many close calls from cars not yielding or staying in their lane--it is not just golf cart drivers-----yes, golf cart safety classes are offered--I think they should be a requirement for all residences---to educate them before they give opinions and ill advise to others..........just my opinion--i love TV!

Whenever you make something a requirement or want to require numbering all carts or licensing them, then you add millions of dollars and many, people to the mix. We would have to decide if the benefit warrants the expense which would come out of our pockets, yours and mine.

PLUS. We can't vote. Which is fine with me.

[bbbbbb]

[QUOTE=EdFNJ;1576739]I understand your fears but (IMO) they are unwarranted. You have more of a chance getting

Yes it is too bad and sad, the Golf Cart dangers. And so, Who will take a step to do something? Well, a small fee, for a registration and Identifying Number, posted, would go a long way so we could report the crazy ones we do have some..If we could report a wild one, it might help. Also, pardon me, HOW CAN WE HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHEN THE HAPPY HOURS START EARLY AM? DRINKING AND DRIVING IS UNLAWFUL IN A CAR BUT NOT IN A CART. SO, SURELY I CANNOT STOP IT, BUT IT COULD BE DONE. We recently found a gated community, really gated, all carts must be fixed at 20 mph, it is monitored and ENFORCED. Of course the money making at the bars is a big priority here. The dollar rules here.


.................... bbbbbb

[Chatbrat]

Drinking & driving is illegal on any motor vehice

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by bbbbbb

...The dollar rules here...

There's a word for that...

Capitalism.

[graciegirl]

[QUOTE=bbbbbb;1578089]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

I understand your fears but (IMO) they are unwarranted. You have more of a chance getting

Yes it is too bad and sad, the Golf Cart dangers. And so, Who will take a step to do something? Well, a small fee, for a registration and Identifying Number, posted, would go a long way so we could report the crazy ones we do have some..If we could report a wild one, it might help. Also, pardon me, HOW CAN WE HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHEN THE HAPPY HOURS START EARLY AM? DRINKING AND DRIVING IS UNLAWFUL IN A CAR BUT NOT IN A CART. SO, SURELY I CANNOT STOP IT, BUT IT COULD BE DONE. We recently found a gated community, really gated, all carts must be fixed at 20 mph, it is monitored and ENFORCED. Of course the money making at the bars is a big priority here. The dollar rules here.


.................... bbbbbb

Someone COULD pay for a company to come in and study the problem, (millions) and perhaps hear that a large percentage of accidents were caused by negligence.

There could be marches against liquor sales at the squares and requiring anyone over 65 to have restrictions on their drivers licenses, yearly driver tests and liquor locks on all golf carts.

Each new resident and visitor could be required to go to a safety class. Each resident and visitor would have to drive a car licensed by The Villages with a new sticker required each time a renter uses a cart or a person moves in or out of a home. Golf cart cops would need to patrol the cart paths to see that carts were licensed properly and to report a speeder, or any other breaking of rules. People would have to decide on what the rules are, and whether a cart could have children with or without seat belts or a child car seat. When a person broke the rules it would have to be decided whether they lost their cart license or had to turn in the tag for three months or be fined and someone would have to enforce this.


Perhaps after several years it would be discovered that we still had speeders and drunks and accidents.


NO one EVER wants to hear that all problems do not have a solution when it involves humans.

AND THE DOLLAR RULES EVERYWHERE. Especially when it is OUR dollar.

[Chatbrat]

who wants to be the first grandparent to lose a child in a golf cart crash ? No-one should have to comptemplate this. But one day it will happen. If things continue the way they are going, it will be an inevitable happening-please stop trying to be "cool" ,if you can not have a child in a car without an approved child seat-the child should not be in a golf cart.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

who wants to be the first grandparent to lose a child in a golf cart crash ? No-one should have to comptemplate this. But one day it will happen. If things continue the way they are going, it will be an inevitable happening-please stop trying to be "cool" ,if you can not have a child in a car without an approved child seat-the child should not be in a golf cart.

Maybe the reason that it has not happened, just as there have been no accidents on the Morse bridge on those "skinny" cart lanes is that both situations make many of us hyper aware of the danger and cause us to drive very carefully.

[NotGolfer]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Maybe the reason that it has not happened, just as there have been no accidents on the Morse bridge on those "skinny" cart lanes is that both situations make many of us hyper aware of the danger and cause us to drive very carefully.

Not about an accident per se but heard on WVLG last week, the announcer observing a small girl driving a cart around the square with the grandparent sitting next to her. She wasn't 14---he thought her to be between 7 and 9 and stated how crazy that is to have going on. TOO many leave their common sense behind them. NOT cool grandparents to let your babies behind the wheel!!!!

[Fredman]

[QUOTE=graciegirl;1578109]

Originally Posted by bbbbbb

Someone COULD pay for a company to come in and study the problem, (millions) and perhaps hear that a large percentage of accidents were caused by negligence.

There could be marches against liquor sales at the squares and requiring anyone over 65 to have restrictions on their drivers licenses, yearly driver tests and liquor locks on all golf carts.

Each new resident and visitor could be required to go to a safety class. Each resident and visitor would have to drive a car licensed by The Villages with a new sticker required each time a renter uses a cart or a person moves in or out of a home. Golf cart cops would need to patrol the cart paths to see that carts were licensed properly and to report a speeder, or any other breaking of rules. People would have to decide on what the rules are, and whether a cart could have children with or without seat belts or a child car seat. When a person broke the rules it would have to be decided whether they lost their cart license or had to turn in the tag for three months or be fined and someone would have to enforce this.


Perhaps after several years it would be discovered that we still had speeders and drunks and accidents.


NO one EVER wants to hear that all problems do not have a solution when it involves humans.

AND THE DOLLAR RULES EVERYWHERE. Especially when it is OUR dollar.

Well said