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Sandtrap328 11-07-2015 11:05 PM

Last year I saw a golf cart with two kids around 6 and 9 standing up in the back of the cart like two golf bags and had the bag straps around them so they "would be safe". Grams and Gramps were driving the cart at full speed.

Amazing!

Topspinmo 11-08-2015 12:06 AM

Who says you have to drive With the foot to the floor. Slow down and keep your eyes on the road and there won't be not abrupt stops.

rick@sundstrom.com 11-08-2015 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sable99 (Post 1142115)
Okay, I give. Mom, my aunt and I are coming down in December with my puppy. The home we are renting comes with a 4-seat golf cart. I've driven a cart many times but never with Lexi. Lexi always wears both her collar (with her ID and tags) and her harness when she is outside. She rideis in a Snoozer car seat in my Flex but what do you attach the harness to in a golf cart? Just curious. I don't want her or my 91 year old mother to fly out of the cart!

You might want to check to make sure the golf cart is insured for rental coverage or you could find yourself in a mess of trouble in the event of a mishap. Ask to see the policy.

fred53 11-08-2015 07:06 AM

I once saw and heard...
 
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Originally Posted by outlaw (Post 1142069)
I once witnessed a young father cradling his few-months-old baby in his LEFT arm while steering his golf cart with his right hand going what seemed to be pretty much full speed. I think his father or father-in-law was riding in the passenger seat. Very scary.

a very loud motorcycle go by thinking he was safer, but he didn't have on leathers, helmet, boots or gloves...all recommended by the motorcycle club of america...will foolish never cease?

Railcruiser 11-08-2015 07:40 AM

Glad people are reading. PLEASE remember to pass it on. Can't fix stupid is correct but you maybe able to help the children/ other living creatures that have to be with them

TNLAKEPANDA 11-08-2015 08:28 AM

You can't fix stupid not even with duck tape!

villagetinker 11-08-2015 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by TNLAKEPANDA (Post 1142311)
You can't fix stupid not even with duck tape!

I agree, but it will slow them down..........

dbussone 11-08-2015 08:55 AM

please inform newbies
 
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Originally Posted by Sable99 (Post 1142115)
Okay, I give. Mom, my aunt and I are coming down in December with my puppy. The home we are renting comes with a 4-seat golf cart. I've driven a cart many times but never with Lexi. Lexi always wears both her collar (with her ID and tags) and her harness when she is outside. She rideis in a Snoozer car seat in my Flex but what do you attach the harness to in a golf cart? Just curious. I don't want her or my 91 year old mother to fly out of the cart!

I use a short leash and use the basket to loop the leash through. Then hook it to my dog's harness. He can move around a little but not enough to fall out of the cart. Over time he has learned his boundaries and usually just sits there enjoying the breeze.

I should note my dog weighs 16 pounds. For a heavier dog I would use a support post or a structural piece of the cart.

Chatbrat 11-08-2015 11:35 AM

Darwin is being proven right every day--stupidity thins the herd. You would put your grandchild in your car without a child seat--its the law. Guess its ok to jeopardize junior or your puppy because it isn'r against the law. We all know how safer a 500lb golf car is.
Bet most of the people in the Villages never took courses in physics- a 20 lb object @ 20mph-weighs close to 400lbs. Who has the strength to prevent a 400lb object from flying out of their hands ?

Sable99 11-08-2015 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1142328)
I use a short leash and use the basket to loop the leash through. Then hook it to my dog's harness. He can move around a little but not enough to fall out of the cart. Over time he has learned his boundaries and usually just sits there enjoying the breeze.

I should note my dog weighs 16 pounds. For a heavier dog I would use a support post or a structural piece of the cart.

Thanks. Lexi weighs just over 10 pounds.

Barefoot 11-08-2015 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 1142138)
Our pups love to ride in our carts and there is no reason why anyone shouldn't be able to do that with theirs, provided the dogs are strapped in securely. Ours have body harnesses which we run the seat belt through and then we have leashes attached to the basket frame than straps to their harnesses also. They are not coming off that seat.

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Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1142328)
I use a short leash and use the basket to loop the leash through. Then hook it to my dog's harness. He can move around a little but not enough to fall out of the cart. Over time he has learned his boundaries and usually just sits there enjoying the breeze. I should note my dog weighs 16 pounds. For a heavier dog I would use a support post or a structural piece of the cart.

We've always secured our dogs the same way as dbussone and kcrazorbk, with a harness.
If you're lucky, your dog has never jumped or fallen from your golfcart, but it could happen in an instant.
Please keep your dogs safe, they depend on us.

outlaw 11-09-2015 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Chatbrat (Post 1142415)
Darwin is being proven right every day--stupidity thins the herd. You would put your grandchild in your car without a child seat--its the law. Guess its ok to jeopardize junior or your puppy because it isn'r against the law. We all know how safer a 500lb golf car is.
Bet most of the people in the Villages never took courses in physics- a 20 lb object @ 20mph-weighs close to 400lbs. Who has the strength to prevent a 400lb object from flying out of their hands ?

Actually, it still only weighs 20 lbs. But I get your point.


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