[patfla06]

Dear Grandpa or Grandma,

Since you obviously have no common sense let me ask you a
question.
How will you feel when that precious grandchild is killed?
How will your Son or Daughter feel?

We, the grandparents, should have THE MOST SENSE, and
lead by example.

Golf carts are NOT TOYS.

[coffeebean]

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 Cannoli !!!!!

[mgkw1]

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.

Legal age 14. Gramps can be held liabel

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by 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.

No problem, the golf car probably came with the rental home the grandparents were living in.

[GOLFER54]

Grandpa is so kool, till the child driving either hurts someone or himself. Then it’s time for serious problems.

[meme5x]

Thought it was 14

[Garywt]

I always thought you needed to at least have a license but I guess it is 14 yo. I guess that fits as you don’t need to insure the carts so why not let anyone drive them.

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by Garywt

I always thought you needed to at least have a license but I guess it is 14 yo. I guess that fits as you don’t need to insure the carts so why not let anyone drive them.

Oh what a misconception. You better have insurance on your golf cart because if you have an accident they will own everything you have, and I know this from someone who sued a driver for everything they had, and almost won.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by Byte1

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

Who’s going to stop them? SCSO Deputies? Pfft, I never see them stop anyone. We really need a Sheriff that’s proactive, not reactive.

[CountryFox]

Grandpa needs to go take the Sumter county golf car safety course. Sheriff's office will set him straight about letting an unlicensed driver operate golf cars. Golf cars are not toys. If a minor is the cause of an accident they will be charged along with grandpa. Oh and forget trying to flee the scene of an accident with a minor. They will track you down and that list of charges only grows. Kiss your future good by as well the grandchild's future.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Aside from the obvious dangers, why would anyone in their right mind let a kid drive something that costs close to $20 grand to replace with about a 6 month wait time? They aren’t children’s toys, they’re dangerous sources of transportation.

What makes you think they are in their right mind? All evidence points to "not" as far as I'm concerned. The grandparents should have the right to drive ANYTHING taken from them. They've proven a decisive lack of judgment.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by CountryFox

Grandpa needs to go take the Sumter county golf car safety course. Sheriff's office will set him straight about letting an unlicensed driver operate golf cars. Golf cars are not toys. If a minor is the cause of an accident they will be charged along with grandpa. Oh and forget trying to flee the scene of an accident with a minor. They will track you down and that list of charges only grows. Kiss your future good by as well the grandchild's future.

You don't have to have a drivers license to drive a golf cart. That is WHY some of the residents drive them - because they're not legally allowed to drive cars for whatever reason. They think that if they get "too old" (I hate that term but there it is) and have to give up their license, they're not "too old" to drive a golf cart.

Here's some news for ya: if you are no longer capable of driving a car, navigating corners, parking, noticing lights changing from red to green or vice versa, don't notice stop signs anymore, don't remember what "yield" means, then you should not be driving anything.

And if you think it's a fun thing to give a death machine without doors to a pre-teen, you shouldn't own a vehicle, let alone be allowed to drive it. You shouldn't even have possession of the thing.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

Oh what a misconception. You better have insurance on your golf cart because if you have an accident they will own everything you have, and I know this from someone who sued a driver for everything they had, and almost won.

"Almost" only count's in horse shoes, hand grenades and atom bombs...

[Bay Kid]

16 is the age it should be, with a drivers license.

[EviesGP]

Like many have said here, we(grandparent) want to be doting and accommodating, and have them visit. I would consider letting my little ones drive around my closed neighborhood(with an adult), but NEVER let them on the open road(MMPs, etc)?!