[looneycat]

Originally Posted by cappyjon431

You are wrong on several levels:

1. On a literal level. I do not play golf and my cart is not equipped for golf (wrong tires and no golf bag holders or score card clips).

2. On a legal level. As you know LSVs REQUIRE license, registration and insurance. LSVs are permitted to go faster than 19 mph legally. LSVs are allowed to go on streets where the speed limit does not exceed 35 mph, legally (such as Morse, Buena Vista, and Camino Real), golf carts cannot. Fourteen year olds are not permitted to drive LSVs, but they can drive carts (this brings up a totally separate safety issue--I'll take my chances on the street with licensed drivers instead of running the risks on the paths with some of the 14 year olds (and younger) I see driving gramp's golf cart on the paths. LSVs can legally cross 441 & Rolling Acres, golf carts cannot.

3. On a structural level. LSVs have seat belts and wipers. They have enhanced braking capacity. They have a lower center of gravity and they have a structurally sturdier frame than golf carts.

I don't think anyone is arguing that LSVs are as safe as a car, only that they are safe enough to be used in the manner that they are legally designed for. You seem to believe "evidence" is important to you as far as this debate--how about some evidence showing a higher incidence (proportional, of course) of accidents with LSVs on TV streets? I haven't seen any evidence in print nor anecdotally. I read the POA newsletter (the only media which actually reports golf cart/LSV accidents) and have yet to see a report of an accident with a LSV using the streets.

1. If it walks like a duck and swims like a duck its a duck.
2. Yep, if your golf cart has hydraulic brakes and seat belts and you want that extra 6 miles per hour you must register it and pay more for insuring it so you can be an impediment to the regular traffic flow.
3. lower center of gravity? structurally sturdier frame? I thought we were using facts..that is fiction. Golf carts have all of that equipment available and on some standard In a low speed impact with a little bitty smart car a GEM folded like an accordion This horse is dead, a litlle LSV elitism doesn't make them safe.

[jgbama]

Originally Posted by looneycat

1. If it walks like a duck and swims like a duck its a duck.
2. Yep, if your golf cart has hydraulic brakes and seat belts and you want that extra 6 miles per hour you must register it and pay more for insuring it so you can be an impediment to the regular traffic flow.
3. lower center of gravity? structurally sturdier frame? I thought we were using facts..that is fiction. Golf carts have all of that equipment available and on some standard In a low speed impact with a little bitty smart car a GEM folded like an accordion This horse is dead, a litlle LSV elitism doesn't make them safe.

I can see the horse's hoofs just above ground!