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Golf cart donation helps woman get around Viera
There are two dates Pamela Bridges will never forget
— Dec. 23, 2016 and April 4, 2019. started the company in 2010, and they have three loca-
tions — The Avenue Viera, Melbourne and Titusville.
The first date is when the 10-year Viera resident suf-
fered a stroke that left the right side of her body par-
alyzed. As a result of the stroke, Bridges suffers from
aphasia. Aphasia affects a person’s ability to express
and understand written and spoken language. Once
the underlying cause is treated, the main treatment
for aphasia is speech therapy. “For some people, golf carts are their only means of
transportation,” he said. “We try to help our commu-
nity, especially police, fire and military personnel.
When I heard about Pamela, I wanted to help. We
help individual people in need.”
Because she lost her ability to drive a vehicle fol-
lowing her stroke, Bridges was forced to use a bat-
tery-powered golf cart to get around Viera from her
Sunstone home and drive her son, Kye, to and from
the Viera Charter School, her volunteer work at the
Viera Pro-Health and Fitness Center and her part-time
job at the Viera Children’s Academy.
At around 11:30 a.m. on the second date, Bridges was
involved in a crash with her golf cart and a vehicle
near the fitness center crosswalk along Stadium
Parkway. The accident destroyed her golf cart, and
she suffered a contusion to her head and injuries to
her right foot that forced her to be treated for three
hours at Viera Hospital.
“I thought I was lost after the accident,” Bridges said.
“I didn’t know how I would get my son to school and I
couldn’t work. I was desperate.”
Following the accident, 10-year-old Kye, a fifth grader
at the Viera Charter School, told his teachers what
had happened to his mother. Word got around the
Viera community that Kye’s mother needed help. The
help came from Robbie Rosenberger, the chief finan-
cial officer for GolfCarts Unlimited.
Bridges received a Yamaha, four-passenger gas golf
cart, which retails for about $5,000, from Rosenberg-
er. The golf cart can travel 150 miles on a tank of gas,
as opposed to the 15 to 20 miles on a battery-pow-
ered cart. Other unique features include street tires,
seat belts, turn signals, brake lights, a horn, a wind-
shield and an expandable rear compartment that can
hold groceries and other items.
Rosenberger said the golf cart is legal to drive around
the sidewalks in Viera. Rosenberger said his parents
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Rosenberger said the company offers a golf cart wash
day once a month. “People can bring their golf carts
to our locations and we will wash them, check their
tires and do safety inspections,” he said. “We are con-
cerned about safety.”
To reduce the number of golf cart and vehicle crash-
es, Rosenberger said the company also will install
LED safety lights to the roofs of any golf cart that was
purchased from GolfCarts Unlimited.
In a further attempt to improve golf cart safety in
Viera, Rosenberger said his company, in cooperation
with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office and Brevard
Public Schools, will offer four golf cart safety classes
at Viera High School beginning in mid-August.
“There are about 100 golf carts that are driven by stu-
dents to Viera High School,” Rosenberger said. “These
kids need to know about safety.”
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