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twoplanekid 09-18-2015 08:55 AM
Love some of the comments on this YouTube video. Speed is 31 MPH for the test.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGaiYaHQwEo

looneycat 09-18-2015 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by twoplanekid (Post 1115921)
Love some of comments on this YouTube video. Speed is 31 MPH for the test.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGaiYaHQwEo
which is equivalent to a head on between 2 carts each going about 15 mph. To those who have visitors carrying babies on their laps, think you can hold a baby?

thanks twoplanekid for a more graphic depiction of the forces involved.

tomwed 09-18-2015 11:29 AM
I watched the crashes as best I could because I can't find my glasses this morning. Boy oh boy, that's the worst driver I have ever seen.

Average Guy 09-18-2015 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tomwed (Post 1116017)
I watched the crashes as best I could because I can't find my glasses this morning. Boy oh boy, that's the worst driver I have ever seen.
I guess you could say that there was a real dummy behind the wheel.

rogerz 09-18-2015 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1115607)
When a sudden blown tire at 70 mph on an interstate caused my TR6 to lose control, bottom out in the median, take to the air across two lanes of opposing traffic and land up against a billboard, the people who stopped to help knew exactly how to pinpoint my location to the EMS by the mile marker.

Also, the quicker you can get disabled vehicles off the highway, the safer it is for motorists and occupants of the disabled vehicle.

I am not a careless driver, speeder, drunk driver, any of those things some are saying "Too bad, stay off the road" to. To this day I wonder if in my shock I ever even stepped on the brakes. I don't remember.

To me it's a matter of making the roads as safe as possible for every kind of driver. Back in the '70s it was a big deal to tally up the road deaths after holiday weekends. Cars and the roads have been made so safe you don't hear that much anymore.

And as for the poll... pick a torrential downpour after dark, take the pollsters out and let them navigate both marked and unmarked trails. Then let them vote.
Excellent comments! Your last paragraph was spot on. My recent trip on Buena vista in rain after football game was harrowing and I am not visually impaired!

billethkid 09-18-2015 05:05 PM
Torential down pours.
After dark.

When the golf cart was moved from the golf course to being the daily driver/transportation, what modifications other than turn signals, head lights and brake lights were made to accomodate such conditions?

Does anybody wonder why they did not include windshield wipers? Why not?
Since there are many comparisons to the highways and the autos on them.....they must have windshield wipers. Why is that?

CFrance 09-18-2015 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1116178)
Torential down pours.
After dark.

When the golf cart was moved from the golf course to being the daily driver/transportation, what modifications other than turn signals, head lights and brake lights were made to accomodate such conditions?

Does anybody wonder why they did not include windshield wipers? Why not?
Since there are many comparisons to the highways and the autos on them.....they must have windshield wipers. Why is that?
I've often wondered that myself. I was riding on St. Charles during the day in a torrential downpour, and the driver and I couldn't see a thing.

Barefoot 09-18-2015 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1116178)
Does anybody wonder why they did not include windshield wipers?
I've wondered why only street legal carts have wipers. I really don't know, but normally people don't golf in the rain. And if rain is forecast, especially at night, perhaps it's assumed that people will use their cars rather than carts?

virgind 09-18-2015 06:22 PM
So if it was raining that hard I assume you pulled over to wait the rain out. (common sense) You think side lines would help.

CFrance 09-18-2015 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by virgind (Post 1116203)
So if it was raining that hard I assume you pulled over to wait the rain out. (common sense) You think side lines would help.
Sigh.

asianthree 09-18-2015 07:05 PM
Do Street legal have glass windshields. Maybe that's the reason why they can have wipers

Mleeja 09-18-2015 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1116178)
Torential down pours.
After dark.

When the golf cart was moved from the golf course to being the daily driver/transportation, what modifications other than turn signals, head lights and brake lights were made to accomodate such conditions?

Does anybody wonder why they did not include windshield wipers? Why not?
Since there are many comparisons to the highways and the autos on them.....they must have windshield wipers. Why is that?
What type of safety equipiment have you installed on your cart? Seat bealts? Running lights? Wipers? High beam LED headlights?

dbussone 09-18-2015 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 1116214)
Do Street legal have glass windshields. Maybe that's the reason why they can have wipers
They are supposed to have a single pane windshield with a wiper per USDOT standards, but I have seen 2 piece windshield as well. Maybe there is an exception for "low speed vehicles."

dbussone 09-18-2015 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mleeja (Post 1116221)
What type of safety equipiment have you installed on your cart? Seat bealts? Running lights? Wipers? High beam LED headlights?
I have added seat belts and running lights. The carts I have seen with high beam LED headlights are blinding as you approach them. I have also added a fan for Summer and heater for Winter.

billethkid 09-18-2015 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Mleeja (Post 1116221)
What type of safety equipiment have you installed on your cart? Seat bealts? Running lights? Wipers? High beam LED headlights?
A common sense, not in a hurry, patient driver. That solves 98% of the problems/issues.


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