[dewilson58]

10 year old, driving, couldn't stop in time..............he said hello to me.

Good news, not a big bump and it was bumper to bumper.

Grandpa was sorry.
I asked the boy, how old are you????

Grands.............I know it's fun for the kids to drive, but remember.....THEY ARE KIDS.

[DaleDivine]

Spring break. I see lots of kids driving. Some just with other kids.

[camaguey48]

Don't be surprised. Happens more often than we like.

[Byte1]

Hmmm, hope granddad has extra cash to pay the fine for underage drivers when they get a ticket.

[asianthree]

Watched a golf cart merge from round about onto from Odell to Buenavista not a street legal with 4 kids, no adults. The driver was the oldest looked to about 11 youngest maybe 2-3. Horns honking, car came behind them, then a car in next lane, to get them safely off the road. Hope someone called the sheriff.

Grandparents need to be held accountable, grandchildren are only cute when they are still breathing.

[Spalumbos62]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Watched a golf cart merge from round about onto from Odell to Buenavista not a street legal with 4 kids, no adults. The driver was the oldest looked to about 11 youngest maybe 2-3. Horns honking, car came behind them, then a car in next lane, to get them safely off the road. Hope someone called the sheriff.

Grandparents need to be held accountable, grandchildren are only cute when they are still breathing.

Holy crap!!!

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Spalumbos62

Holy crap!!!

My words were much worse. I so applauded the two cars that tried to wrangle them to the next safe road to exit. Guessing Grandparents knew they were out in the golf cart, if they didn’t, should have their visiting right reviewed.

[Taltarzac725]

Those are scary sights here in the Villages.

Originally Posted by dewilson58

10 year old, driving, couldn't stop in time..............he said hello to me.

Good news, not a big bump and it was bumper to bumper.

Grandpa was sorry.
I asked the boy, how old are you????

Grands.............I know it's fun for the kids to drive, but remember.....THEY ARE KIDS.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by asianthree

watched a golf cart merge from round about onto from odell to buenavista not a street legal with 4 kids, no adults. The driver was the oldest looked to about 11 youngest maybe 2-3. Horns honking, car came behind them, then a car in next lane, to get them safely off the road. Hope someone called the sheriff.

Grandparents need to be held accountable, grandchildren are only cute when they are still breathing.

hard words but painfully true. A grandfather pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the accidental death of his grandchild on a cruise ship.
The safety of all children is all our jobs.

[Jdburns11]

The third word that pops into my head after “dangerous & illegal” is liability… can’t fathom any insurer would pay out the property damage or personal injury/liability for an accident with this going on…. Someone would be getting the bill and it may be larger than they expect based on the number of personal injury lawyer ads I’ve seen since arriving here last August.

Respectfully, DB

[VApeople]

Since we do not own a golf cart, we do not know what horrible things happen on the MMPs.

We do like to walk on the path around Hogeye Marsh where thankfully golf carts are forbidden. However, there is a short stretch where we have to walk along an MMP and we are very careful. As we were crossing the bridge, we saw a golf cart being driven by a child that looked to be about six years old or less.

We didn't say anything but we were glad to get back on the trail where golf carts cannot drive.

[gemini5001]

First of all a 10 yr old should NOT be driving.
Secondly in my opinion, gramps has no more sense than the grandson.
I believe at least an apology would have been in order.
IDIOTS.....and they live among us and reproduce !!

[Hape2Bhr]

Saturday AM in Lake Sumter Square we noticed several children driving/steering. One grampa had the boy sitting on his lap; he had a bit of difficulty making the turn at Johnny Rockets.

[BigSteph]

Last Thanksgiving day, we were riding along near dusk and heard a screeching and skidding sound behind us a ways off.

It kept getting louder until I saw the lights in my mirror. They were going fast, so I pulled into the grass as we were just cruising around.

The cart had three teen-agers in the front and they were doing "Fast and Furious" drifting in what is likely Grandpa's 15K+ golf cart.

We watched as they moved ahead of us and they tried "drifting" in the corners. I am sure that outing by the grandkids took a year or two of life out of that cart. I've never seen one abused like that in the Villages.

[Rose Ann Vinci Igoe]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

10 year old, driving, couldn't stop in time..............he said hello to me.

Good news, not a big bump and it was bumper to bumper.

Grandpa was sorry.
I asked the boy, how old are you????

Grands.............I know it's fun for the kids to drive, but remember.....THEY ARE KIDS.

The legal age is 16 yrs old to drive golf carts. They might feel because they are with an adult its ok. On the golf course playing golf with granddad to me is ok, BUT that is where it stops.