wow, if you truly look at how they are built, most have a canopy but open sides. even if you had seatbelts, it does not matter, because if it tipped over, your exposed. it’s a matter of experience and proper skills of driving, like an atv! how many of these are ridden in the backyard without helmets? how many of them don’t have seatbelts? yet, we are so worried about this low speed vehicle! granted a loss of life at that age is tragic, but you are not going to make a golf cart safer.
Good points. The worst part is the Fed Gov’t gave tax credits for “qualified” vehicles so some company out of SC took a standard golf cart and increased the speed in order to qualify. No other safety inprovements. In order to qualify for the tax credit the LSV (ie golf cart) has to be licensed & registered. This of course disqualifies it to be insured under most golf cart policies and it must be insured under a PPA policy. Most carriers don’t want to write BI/UM etc. on vehicles that don’t have airbags, doors, etc. The Fed gov’t really screwed this one up with the tax credits & licensing requirements.
My heart felt condolances go out to the Wiegerts. However, when will we as citizens accept the fact that regulations and enforcements will never take the place of responsible parenting and supervision. We should all take into account the fact that we not the government are responsible for our safety.
Seat belts and helments are great if used. I see hundreds of children weekly not fastened in seatbelts in automobiles as Florida State law requires. I see plenty of children under the age of 16 riding bicyles without helments which are required again by Florida State law.
So as a grandparent of 6 children all under the age of 10 years old we make it our responsiblility to insure the safety of this children on our bicycles, golf cart, four wheelers, boat, and automoblies. No one can do it for us with regulations or safety equipment.
Fact: golf carts don’t belong on public streets unless their within a senior housing development. It they want to travel beyond that, they get in a car.
Fact: golf carts aren’t toys and shouldn’t be entrusted to children and teenagers.
Fact: the handling characteristics of golf carts is vastly different from other vehicles.
Fact: Shannon Wiegert was a negligent old fool to allow a teenager to drive a cart with a 6 year old as a passenger. He should feel like crap. But that’s a little late for the 6 year old.
Fact: Whover allows carts on public thoroughfares should be beaten and thrown out of office for gross stupidity. Sometimes decision makers need to pull other idiots back from their list of “wants” that could injure or kill them.
someone said it perfectly – what happened to your own personal responsibility of safety? why does it have to be regulated? why do we have to find a solution by trying find someone else at-fault? our society has become nothing but suit and get happy by digging into someone’s pockets, even when it was not them operating the device. when will parents take responsibility for their own actions and the actions of their children?
We have far to many wimps in this country. I am sorry for the little girl, but the dad ought to be responsible. It is not stated about the older daughter driving the cart and how responsible she might be. And this jerk off (father) wants every one to pay for his stupidity. What was the older girl doing when the younger one fell out, and was the little one playing around, or were both of them doing so? We have a populace that always has great ideas of safety for others and they do not have an ounce of common sense. They along with politicians ought to have to take (and pass) a common sense test before they are allowed to take any actions. We have a golf cart, and we have an 11 year old grandson. He is responsible enough to safely operate it on the street, and we are responsible enough not to allow it. We had a very dear friend of my grand daughter killed while operating one, she was 22 irresponsible and drinking and crashed it. What does smart father say about that?
Right on. Those suggesting seat belts and helmets ought to have to wear one where ever they go. Why not seat belt and helmets for the scooters in grocery stores, Wal-Mart, Costco, and such. Perhaps one ought have to wear a helmets when using a walker, or while sleeping, after all they might fall out of bed. it is hard to regulate stupidity.
next thing we will see is another bill to state, no cellphone usage while driving a golf cart, including texting. this will include not being able to use hands-free. anything to get my name on the bill to state i am as an elected official to get re-elected for the safety of my constiuents…
NOT! i think we have found that lawmakers are trying to think they are helping when in fact, they are not looking at the total picture. there are more issues at hand in resolving state budgets. so let’s help them w/that… don’t elect or re-elect this individuals because it save you money!
I don’t see anything wrong with what this guy is trying to accomplish. It’s not like he’s suing the manufacturer of the golf cart like so many others playing the lawsuit lottery. He’s merely trying to get stricter safety measures in place for these golf carts so it doesn’t happen to someone else’s child. The article states that many children have been injured or killed in accidents involving golf carts. Many people may not realize these safety issues. Before I read this article, I wouldn’t have thought anything of taking my child on a golf cart at a park, now I realize the dangers of doing so.
I agree. It is not the carts, but the people that use poor judgement while using them. The carts are not designed to be road worthy and driven around by kids, while other kids are on board. Driving them any where BUT on a golf course during a game of golf, is really NOT what what their initial ‘USE’ was intended for. Many products or devices have the potential that can be dangerous when you have people that use poor judgement. In this case, I believe if the children were “properly” supervised, and the proper judgement call was made by the parents or adult supervisor, the accident wouldn’t have happened. How sad. My condolences go out to the family. What a terrible thing to have to live with. Parents, Just Say No! when you kids ask permission for these kinds of things! Quit trying to be their “friends”.
wow, if you truly look at how they are built, most have a canopy but open sides. even if you had seatbelts, it does not matter, because if it tipped over, your exposed. it’s a matter of experience and proper skills of driving, like an atv! how many of these are ridden in the backyard without helmets? how many of them don’t have seatbelts? yet, we are so worried about this low speed vehicle! granted a loss of life at that age is tragic, but you are not going to make a golf cart safer.
Good points. The worst part is the Fed Gov’t gave tax credits for “qualified” vehicles so some company out of SC took a standard golf cart and increased the speed in order to qualify. No other safety inprovements. In order to qualify for the tax credit the LSV (ie golf cart) has to be licensed & registered. This of course disqualifies it to be insured under most golf cart policies and it must be insured under a PPA policy. Most carriers don’t want to write BI/UM etc. on vehicles that don’t have airbags, doors, etc. The Fed gov’t really screwed this one up with the tax credits & licensing requirements.
My heart felt condolances go out to the Wiegerts. However, when will we as citizens accept the fact that regulations and enforcements will never take the place of responsible parenting and supervision. We should all take into account the fact that we not the government are responsible for our safety.
Seat belts and helments are great if used. I see hundreds of children weekly not fastened in seatbelts in automobiles as Florida State law requires. I see plenty of children under the age of 16 riding bicyles without helments which are required again by Florida State law.
So as a grandparent of 6 children all under the age of 10 years old we make it our responsiblility to insure the safety of this children on our bicycles, golf cart, four wheelers, boat, and automoblies. No one can do it for us with regulations or safety equipment.
Fact: golf carts don’t belong on public streets unless their within a senior housing development. It they want to travel beyond that, they get in a car.
Fact: golf carts aren’t toys and shouldn’t be entrusted to children and teenagers.
Fact: the handling characteristics of golf carts is vastly different from other vehicles.
Fact: Shannon Wiegert was a negligent old fool to allow a teenager to drive a cart with a 6 year old as a passenger. He should feel like crap. But that’s a little late for the 6 year old.
Fact: Whover allows carts on public thoroughfares should be beaten and thrown out of office for gross stupidity. Sometimes decision makers need to pull other idiots back from their list of “wants” that could injure or kill them.
someone said it perfectly – what happened to your own personal responsibility of safety? why does it have to be regulated? why do we have to find a solution by trying find someone else at-fault? our society has become nothing but suit and get happy by digging into someone’s pockets, even when it was not them operating the device. when will parents take responsibility for their own actions and the actions of their children?
We have far to many wimps in this country. I am sorry for the little girl, but the dad ought to be responsible. It is not stated about the older daughter driving the cart and how responsible she might be. And this jerk off (father) wants every one to pay for his stupidity. What was the older girl doing when the younger one fell out, and was the little one playing around, or were both of them doing so? We have a populace that always has great ideas of safety for others and they do not have an ounce of common sense. They along with politicians ought to have to take (and pass) a common sense test before they are allowed to take any actions. We have a golf cart, and we have an 11 year old grandson. He is responsible enough to safely operate it on the street, and we are responsible enough not to allow it. We had a very dear friend of my grand daughter killed while operating one, she was 22 irresponsible and drinking and crashed it. What does smart father say about that?
Right on. Those suggesting seat belts and helmets ought to have to wear one where ever they go. Why not seat belt and helmets for the scooters in grocery stores, Wal-Mart, Costco, and such. Perhaps one ought have to wear a helmets when using a walker, or while sleeping, after all they might fall out of bed. it is hard to regulate stupidity.
next thing we will see is another bill to state, no cellphone usage while driving a golf cart, including texting. this will include not being able to use hands-free. anything to get my name on the bill to state i am as an elected official to get re-elected for the safety of my constiuents…
NOT! i think we have found that lawmakers are trying to think they are helping when in fact, they are not looking at the total picture. there are more issues at hand in resolving state budgets. so let’s help them w/that… don’t elect or re-elect this individuals because it save you money!
I don’t see anything wrong with what this guy is trying to accomplish. It’s not like he’s suing the manufacturer of the golf cart like so many others playing the lawsuit lottery. He’s merely trying to get stricter safety measures in place for these golf carts so it doesn’t happen to someone else’s child. The article states that many children have been injured or killed in accidents involving golf carts. Many people may not realize these safety issues. Before I read this article, I wouldn’t have thought anything of taking my child on a golf cart at a park, now I realize the dangers of doing so.
I agree. It is not the carts, but the people that use poor judgement while using them. The carts are not designed to be road worthy and driven around by kids, while other kids are on board. Driving them any where BUT on a golf course during a game of golf, is really NOT what what their initial ‘USE’ was intended for. Many products or devices have the potential that can be dangerous when you have people that use poor judgement. In this case, I believe if the children were “properly” supervised, and the proper judgement call was made by the parents or adult supervisor, the accident wouldn’t have happened. How sad. My condolences go out to the family. What a terrible thing to have to live with. Parents, Just Say No! when you kids ask permission for these kinds of things! Quit trying to be their “friends”.
Does anyone know any studies citing COLOR as a safety factor?? POA says can only have white or beige carts because of safety issues…