[twoplanekid]

Love some of the comments on this YouTube video. Speed is 31 MPH for the test.

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

[looneycat]

Originally Posted by twoplanekid

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]

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]

Originally Posted by tomwed

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]

Originally Posted by CFrance

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]

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]

Originally Posted by billethkid

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]

Originally Posted by billethkid

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]

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]

Originally Posted by virgind

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]

Do Street legal have glass windshields. Maybe that's the reason why they can have wipers

[Mleeja]

Originally Posted by billethkid

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]

Originally Posted by asianthree

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]

Originally Posted by Mleeja

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]

Originally Posted by Mleeja

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.