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Driving Them?
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olf carts aren’t limited to the
golf course anymore. People
have started driving these
vehicles on college cam-
puses, gated communities,
retirement homes, private
property, parks, and hiking trails.
These carts have even found their way
onto public roads.
But why do people like driving golf carts
so much? Well, there are a few reasons.
Golf carts are leisure vehicles. And if you
have a leisure vehicle, you may as well
drive it any chance you have.
Golf carts also drive at a low speed. Many
golf carts can’t go over 15 MPH, and
“fast” golf carts don’t reach speeds higher
than 25 MPH. Because of these low
speeds, many people believe that people
of all ages can safely drive golf carts.
What these people don’t realize is that
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“children’s golf carts” aren’t always as safe The number of golf cart-related injuries
as they seem,
has gone up in the last several years.
Many of these injuries ranged from mod-
Should Children Drive Golf Carts?
erate to severe.
Children should NEVER drive any kind of
golf cart on their own, especially without
supervision.
Kids don’t have the right judgment and
motor skills needed to operate a vehicle,
even a slow one. Giving a child per-
mission to drive a golf cart can result in
serious injury.
Golf carts aren’t like bikes. They don’t
make good toys.
While it might not look like a car, you
should always treat a golf cart like a car.
No one under the age of sixteen should
ever get behind the wheel of any motor
vehicle, and that includes a golf cart
What Kind of Injuries Result from Golf
Cart Accidents?
The injuries were actually worse in older
children. So people who think to let their
older kids drive golf carts is a perfectly
safe idea are mistaken.
Golf carts don’t have doors or sides like
traditional cars. Because of this, the most
common cause of injury was getting
thrown from the cart. Another common
cause of injury was overturning the cart
altogether.
Some of the resulting injuries include the
following:
Bruises
Lacerations
Fractures
Internal Injuries
Concussions
Respiratory Compromise
Subdural Hematoma