[Velvet]

But.... TV is built around the golf cart. Practically nothing is accessible by walking. What happens when you lose your right to drive a cart?

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Velvet

But.... TV is built around the golf cart. Practically nothing is accessible by walking. What happens when you lose your right to drive a cart?

They buy an automobile and drive through every roundabout in TV...multiple times per day.

[Vikingjunior]

Yet Florida is one of the few states you can get a DUI riding a bicycle.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Vikingjunior

Yet Florida is one of the few states you can get a DUI riding a bicycle.

You can get a DUI driving a golf cart too, if you're doing it on a public road (which most roads in the Villages are).

[OlifOlif]

I may know of the driver as I have recently seen the cart with the damage.

Please call me to discuss what I can provide!

-Edgar

[Chatbrat]

You can get a DUI on a MMP, there was a fender bender, involving 2 golf carts, the police were called, one driver got a DUI, also your doctor can call the DMV if he feels you are not able to drive, after having a stroke, etc.

[Jbmrtinker]

Originally Posted by kathyspear

This will probably make me very unpopular, but I really believe that carts should all be licensed and that anyone driving one anyplace other than on his or her own private property should be required to have a drivers license. The idea that young teenagers and seniors who have had to give up their licenses due to poor vision or physical condition can drive golf carts is ridiculous. It is a miracle that more people are not injured in cart accidents.

kathy

How do 14 hear old kids know the rules of the road to mix with traffic? They don't.

[Chatbrat]

on the job training, aka, crash & burn

[hhogamier]

Look in the Talk of the Villages Classifieds, I think the cart your looking for is listed. There can,t be too many Yamaha carts painted with Baltimore Ravens colors.

[Joanne19335]

Great post. I agree 100%.

[xcaligirl]

I feel the same as you!! I've always asked why it's okay for teens/grandkids or senior who have lost their license to be able to drive a golf cart! I don't understand the way people think. And golf carts should have a certain ID on them. So much more that I could say but I won't.

[Velvet]

The problem that I see is that everything in TV needs a car or a golf cart to access and if you lose the chance to drive them to get groceries, go to the doctor etc, what are your alternatives? How do you age in place in TV?

Most places have public transportation.

[grivasellen@gmail.com]

I totally agree with you

[Viperguy]

No laws or new resrictions will prevent the action of jerks. Insurance is the answer. BTW if you have a cell phone and you witness one of these events, turn it in take a picture and send it to the Sheriff. JMHO

[vermonster]

A couple of weeks ago, I was walking with my dog along the recreation path that parallels the Hacienda Hills golf course. I was about to cross Martinez, but had to stop as a garbage truck went by. After it passed, I began to cross the street, but a golf cart with a rather young woman driving, came right at me, accelerating at full speed, from the opposite direction. I shouted "watch out" just in time to cause her to see me. (She was looking to the left, up the street, watching the truck recede into the distance.) She narrowly missed me, not slowing down at all, and shouted "I was watching the garbage truck," as if that justified her nearly killing me. Shouldn't you look straight ahead before accelerating your golf cart? I have encountered other near misses. Golf cart hits car=property damage; golf cart hits pedestrian=serious injury or death!