[dbussone]

Originally Posted by OldManTime

ANY ONE Driving a Golf Cart MUST have a Drivers License ! !

Not true. It is permissible for a 14 year old to drive a golf cart.

And do you have any idea how many adults here drive carts without having a license? Some are legally blind, some have lost their licenses, and others never got one. I personally know at least one in each category - and there are probably other categories as well.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Mickedamouse24

Who ever said a child aged 14 is responsible enough to drive a golf cart in the first place!!! Maybe age should be bumped up to legal driving age and a driver's license in their possesion!!!! Just Saying!!!

The people you voted into state government....................

[village dreamer]

how old does a dog have to be to drive a cart????

[DonH57]

Originally Posted by village dreamer

how old does a dog have to be to drive a cart????

I think it would be 2. Mydog's 9 but not great at driving golf cart yet. Zero attention span.

[Fraugoofy]

Originally Posted by Jim 9922

Yup. Sometimes it seems The Villages is full of people who want to wrap me and all others in their version of bubble wrap. I just try to watch out for my own, avoid the careless, and trust in Darwin's Law to eventually take care of the rest.

True, so true.

[Fraugoofy]

Originally Posted by gerryann

There is a reason that a drivers license is not allowed until age 16......and yet at 14 kids can legally drive a golf cart?? That's so ridiculous! Think of how much more dangerous a golf cart is. No protection whatsoever! No seat belts!

You should thank the gate guard for caring enough to yell at him.

He can drive a cart at age 14 according to Florida State law, right? So what exactly would I be thanking the guard for? Her ignorance?

[Fraugoofy]

Originally Posted by dbussone

Not true. It is permissible for a 14 year old to drive a golf cart.

And do you have any idea how many adults here drive carts without having a license? Some are legally blind, some have lost their licenses, and others never got one. I personally know at least one in each category - and there are probably other categories as well.

Yeah, drunk ones...

[justjim]

Originally Posted by Mickedamouse24

Who ever said a child aged 14 is responsible enough to drive a golf cart in the first place!!! Maybe age should be bumped up to legal driving age and a driver's license in their possesion!!!! Just Saying!!!

My Mom use to say "careful what you wish for".

[gerryann]

Originally Posted by Fraugoofy

He can drive a cart at age 14 according to Florida State law, right? So what exactly would I be thanking the guard for? Her ignorance?

No, her caring.

[goodtimesintv]

Originally Posted by Jim 9922

Yup. Sometimes it seems The Villages is full of people who want to wrap me and all others in their version of bubble wrap. I just try to watch out for my own, avoid the careless, and trust in Darwin's Law to eventually take care of the rest.

No, we don't want the sights and sounds of infant or toddler bones or an eight-year-old's skull under our car wheels when they fall out from riding-standing in the golf bag tray in back, or from dopey Grandma/Grandpa holding onto 2 little ones in the passenger seat with a "legal" 14-year-old driving and he hits a curb or deep gutter grate and the little ones go flying.

Who would want to live with those memories, regardless of whose fault it is!???!??

[asianthree]

Those who allow children to drive their cart, think they can do no wrong. Let's hope angles smile on those children who have zero guidance.

[Chatbrat]

Don't know if its true, because I heard it second hand-A few years ago a grandfather nicked the curb, his grandchild was thrown from cart & killed--supposedly it was in the neighborhood adjacent to the Fishhawk rec Center

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by OldManTime

ANY ONE Driving a Golf Cart MUST have a Drivers License ! !

Nobody is required to have a license to drive a golf cart. It is required that the driver be 14 years old or older. From what I heard, the owner of a cart that has a driver under 14 can be cited and the driver can have a notation put on their record when they do get a drivers license of a violation.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

The people you voted into state government....................

Not me, I wasn't here then!

[fred53]

Originally Posted by JoMar

As with most things Villages.....there is no enforcement. So following rules is not on many peoples to do list.

the villages where this is true. It's everywhere.