Under a new bill signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida teens won’t be able to drive golf carts without proper identification. The new bill is affecting communities across the state, including in our own backyard.
That is what drivers' education is for! You also learn the laws, parallel parking, driving etiquette, and getting used to a heavy vehicle at various speeds. Golf carts are an adult toy which provides some convenience. It also is not allowed in traffic conditions that a student would be experiencing in a driver's ed class. A go- cart on your property would have taught as much and at higher speeds. But, again, no real driving experience. The reason your son did well is due to self distant maturity and respect for others. There's nothing to do with a golf cart!
@@waterisgoodforu3729 what are you talking about? This topic is about teens and kids driving golf carts on the road. They do not have the years of driving that you needlessly commented about!
@@jamesderrico719 ok I guess I got to break it down for you. Driving golf cart for multiple years = better driving experience. Let me rephrase, my argument was that if we let teens drive golf carts it could give them more driving experience so they are better drivers in the future.
They are hazards on the road. Evan adults do not obey the traffic laws. Children should not be allowed on the carts unless a adult with a license is driving
They have to drive on roads in lots of communities so the drivers need to be mature and of driving age to be out there with cars. It’s a great law and a long time coming!
Yes, they were originally built for exclusive use on golf courses but now people are using them as a poor man's electric vehicle for errands and other similar uses normally done with regular cars.
@@BobRossRulez big difference in an agricultural piece of equipment and a vehicle designed for use on private property golf courses . It used to be that if a vehicle had 4 wheels and is able to carry a driver and passengers , it needs to be equipped with the same safety features as an automobile. Seat belts,sufficient roll over protection and operational lights and signals. Golf carts have none.
I work in an upscale community in Boca Raton FL. These well to do kids have access to these carts...I watch them speed by and have little children in them... whizzing around like it's a toy! Many young teens! where are these parents??? 6,500 kids get injured and serious injuries a year? Why? Total neglect and ignorance of the dangers! Thank you for the new law! Great one !!! Prevention is greatest medicine! Who needs a paralyzed child for a spin around the block to show off! Its bad enough they do it in an automoble to have fun and kill. Its a weapon .....😢 😊
I live in a community where people use their golf carts a lot. I see little kids all over them, mothers holding their toddlers. Having golf carts anywhere cars also are is a stupid and deadly idea.
Why the age of 16? Why did you arbitrarily contrive a number? Maybe people with three letter n's in their name shouldn't be allowed out of the house? Are you with me? Seriously, why should you not be placed on a mild form of house arrest? I mean, we don't know what you're capable of or what you might do next.
@@anneacosta789 You don't say. That's the age in every state when you can get a license. It sounds like a magical formula to arrive at that age for a driver's license. Ya think? Maybe you could explain in great detail the science behind the magic. I mean, go all day and into next week with the details. Oh, you don't have any details? Ever notice how no Trump tards ever have any details? 60 courts have.
In stead of making new laws why not enforce the existing laws? Golf carts are not to be on roads unless registered for road use! Head lights, turn signals, break lights horn, tag, and most important insurance! So then when someone lets their kids ride off with a registered street legal cart, they can get in the same trouble as letting their kids drive off with an actual car. Common sense, you know the thing that people seem to be lacking these days.
"Safety features"? "Rearview mirror"? What is she talking about. Plan and simple golf carts do not belong on the roads. Their called golf carts for a reason.
I agree 1000%. They hold up traffic and refuse to move over for actual cars that belong on the road. Sometimes i feel like i wanna drive my car on a golf course.
Some farm equipment like Mahindra and Gator are piston driven. Not all electric carts are for golf. These vehicles are very useful, practical, and economic to drive in cities like Englewood, Boca Grande Beach, Manasota Key Beach. I do agree. Kids shouldn't be allowed to operate these vehicles and if they do, parents are liable.
Good these rich snobs in the neighborhoods think they can use them all over the place now and it's getting ridiculous. I see 9 10 year old kids out driving around without supervision and on main roads and it's getting out of control. People have to ruin everything and push it as far as they can.
Yep, I'm over it. Imo, golf carts belong on golf courses, not our neighborhoods! And certainly not on roads with traffic. I have nosey neighbors that just drive their carts around the neighborhood every evening peering into everyone's property for lack of interest in their own lives. Good grief, find something better to do😑
They drive through my subdivision at night...without lights. It's scary because I almost collided with one. They're often driven by unsupervised children who feel very proud of their new found freedom.
It's funny how you will get a ticket for not wearing a seat belt or securing a child in a safety child seat,but they'll let all this go ,while in a golf cart? They need to stay on the golf course!
SEAT BELTS should have been what they passed b/c all they did w/ this stupid law was raise the age from 16 to 18 or w/ a driver's permit. It's always been in the DMV manual that we are suppose to read in order to get a license. Can't figure out why everybody thinks this is so great???? We need a law for SEAT BELTS to protect the children!!!! And then law enforcement to do thier job.
About time! We have in our neighborhood a bunch of kids who pile in the golf cart they use, and drive it as fast as it can go up and down the street. Times they are riding with no hands on the wheel, swerving and just not caring how they drive. Mind you these kids are young maybe in the ages of 9 or 10. Glad this law is taking affect!
They are newly created nuisance on some roads becoming moving roadblocks, holding up traffic flow especially in already highly congested areas around tourist attractions.
They are only permitted to be on public roads if the have had required safety improvements made, gave been inspected, have insurance, and have been registered with DMV and given a FULL SIZED license plate. These improvements are not required in a designated and properly signed Golf Course Community
Seems like a good idea. Young children shouldn’t be driving golf carts on public roads. They don’t have the coordination or the ability make good choices. They will choose fun over safety every time. Kids will be kids so don’t give them a loaded gun per say.
It's as dangerous as Amish buggies...and the being driven by children is also a problem. More and more folks are putting aftermarket lights on golf carts, but not proper location,intensity, or angle to illuminate the road...the other night I was approached by a single centered "High" beam you couldn't make out what was approaching ...I stopped as I was on a small two lane residential road (no on street parking). There definitely needs to be some further tightening of the rules for these motorized vehicles. Electric vehicles are becoming more prevalent so they should meet the standard rules of the road for all lighting and indicators...it tooks years and terrible fatal collisions until the Amish finally put a flashing light on the back of buggies, not just a reflective placard... collisions still occur, especially on the hilly winding country roads.
Nice, someone just slapped the stupid blue shirt for lying to the public. They need to be accountable and stop lying to the public. Thank you for pointing out how stupid this blue shirt really is.
We live in a golf community in the southwesr. Our HOA said ONLY people that have Driver's License can drive golf carts. I don't see snything wrong with Desantis making it a law. Some seniors let their visiting grandchildren drive their golf carts which is wrong.
Another stupid Law allowing golf carts on roads with cars and trucks with no helmets and no seat belts with children. This is insane and wrong in so many ways.
Parents need to install in their children that a golf cart is now treated like a car, they need to keep the key in their possession at ALL times because children under 18 occasionally do what they want to regardless of the rules of law on automobiles/golf carts, it is up to parents to teach and train children the rules, also if children under 18 wish to drive the gold cart then they are required to obtain a learner’s permit and the parents need to drive with them for a certain amount of hours to ensure they are safe
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I do nor agree. The law is justified. One good apple does not make the case. Drivers education is for teens! Not golf carts! It may be different if you have 20 acres for your son to practice on. But, never on public roads!
@@jamesderrico719 one good apple does not make the case? What flipping metaphor is that!? Kids these days, is it possible you mean, one bad apple spoils the whole bunch? The massacre that the youth of today is perpetrating on our language, it's painful and nearly inexcusable what they're doing, decimation for sure..we are so freaking doomed 😆 🤣 😂 😹
So? Have their been any problems? No. Cry more, tard. Tards love to cry. It's all they're capable of doing, as the world is a big, scary place when you have the mind of a kindergartner.
Since you allow your 7 year old to drive a golf car, and you claim he drive better than adult if he kills another child he would be good to be charge as an adult
So what I'm hearing is you would like officers to have quotas or something to make them more productive but then complain when they are more productive
They need to ban golf carts on roads period. "Golf" carts are meant for golf courses, does this mean i can drive my car on the course when i go golf? Its ridiculous people drive on the street. Should never been allowed.
I'm a local to gulf coast Florida and I still feel there need to be a lot more restrictions to this. We have sidewalks meant for golf carts but they aren't not used and law enforcement does nothing. I've seen so many wrecks in San Destin and Santa Rosa Beach because of golf carts. They shouldn't be on the road at all. Please poad of you car and drive it to the beach or get an Uber or something. You're endangering yourself and everyone else
As someone who’s traveled both to Santa Rosa and San Destin I agree I see people on golf carts on the road stopping traffic acting crazy it’s like a stroller on wheels
As a senior, who uses a golfcart, I do not have a driver's license, so this totally new law doesn't permit me to use my cart in Palm Beach county! Fortunately I live in Miami-Dade!
If the entirety of Miami-Dade has been officially designated as a Golf Course Community and has had signage erected that desigbates it as such, you are correct. IF NOT, you are mistaken.
See that's the problem you want to save $ ...but use the public roads in a slow moving vehicle...then are surprised by the fatalities in that occur...even where they are designated community for use fatalities happen...a just married couple in SC driving to their reception...short marriage, the wife is dead.
Not only do I think this is a good move, I think it should be a blanket law over the entire state of Florida, not just in palm beach and the surrounding areas. In my area, I have seen children driving these carts, and I have even seen small children ( 4 - 7 yrs old ) riding in the back ( back seat, facing traffic ) In my opinion, if you can't drive a car, you should not be allowed to drive a golf cart, and that goes for all adults who have lost their licenses. I also think, that anyone riding 4 wheelers/ATV's should also require some sort of learning permit. I have seen children not only riding these on the street, but I have seen them riding them at night.
But you have exactly ZERO evidence of any harm caused. Cry more, no-IQ Trump traitor. I've seen the harm caused by crying pansies like you. What do you think we should do about the problem that is you?
I bet your a hoot at parties. The same folks your complaining about can ride a bike. I would almost make a bet your a Yankee. Least sound like the idiots from North east
Kids should be able to ride they atvs for fun and it does nothing to people but cause fights because heppocreds can't let kids have fun When a kid is riding one of those they have all the padding for them to be safe Anyone who is against that can just move because atvs are legal for kids to ride/ drive
I disagree some people can’t get their licenses and driving a golf cart to get to A & B helps out alot. Why can’t they just put a age restriction on using without a license?
Then, do the same for common sense gun law. You Republican talk about the safety of the kids when we all know the number one killer for children is guns. No different than the law apply for owning a car.
Why dont you move to a gun free city like DC or $hitcago or any other gun free LibRETARDed 💩hole where you will be safe and never have to worry about those scary guns. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Never put one on and never will. When people understand they don't save lives smh. Cops will tell you they never unbuckled a dead person out of a seat belt. Think long and hard. It's a play on words. Leo don't unbuckle dead people. The coroner does
Safety features that are good for what? Ask the newlywed couple that lost the bride to a cart accident. Carts should not be sharing the road with vehicles
In the Florida DMV manual "the law" has been that you need to have a driver's license to drive a golf cart AND the cart needs to be registered and have a license plate and be insured to drive ON A PUBLIC ROAD. Roads in communities are just as public as main roads in your city or county. Sidewalks are not for golf carts but people. And why isn't the Government concerned about seat beats for the small children who ride unattended on the back of the golf carts? Kids driving golf carts HAS always been illegal but Law Enforcement doesn't enforce it so why is this law going to be any different? All it did was change the age from 16 years old to 18 years old. If you have a Florida driver's license then you should know this information b/c it is in your manual to read b/f taking the written test.
Golf carts on the road are a public nuisance. I have actually seen a young girl fall out of one with her 10-year-old brother driving. Where were the parents? Who knows. Maybe on their way to jail.
A golf cart is like a small car and made for relatively smooth surfaces and golf course terrain and most are battery powered. An atv/4 wheeler is gas powered and designed to go through places where a standard golf cart wouldn't/shouldn't go through.
I think this is going to harm some older people .some older people do not have driver's licenses. They do have a golf cart that they drive around but they never leave their community
Unfortunately, if they don't have a driver's license, there is a reason. While I empathize w/ their situation, these carts can go 35 mph and can be a deadly tool in the wrong hands. Those of us who drive legally have a 'license' for a reason.
Odd it feels like this is a good thing considering I've had one wreck into me while driving an since it isn't covered under insurance(Loop holes) I was screwed on damages. It's only not a problem till it messes with ur life. Meanwhile I'm watching 5 yr Olds up to 12-16 which I'm gona assume have no business driving alone OR without a permit/License.
Honestly I say leave golf carts as an option for people who cant get or, don't have a license anyway. Since they don't move that fast just restrict the governor device a little bit more and you won't have a problem. Something like that shouldn't go more than 20 miles an hour anyway. An example of that would be living in Arizona try walking around the block for your health you'll wind up with heat stroke.
Gee Wally, I heard that guns are not the problem. I know Beaver, those gun manufacturers sure have a lot of people brainwashed so they can sell more guns.
Uh-uh, better get Mayco... This change in the law was long overdue. I see children that are barely 10 driving these carts. All that needs to happen is for some child to run into an adult, and the adult will be left with the responsibility for the accident. I'd be interested in seeing what happens in my neighborhood. I saw youngsters driving yesterday. 😮
More laws for government to bother citizens.. So many laws getting passed, one can't even live free. You have to live worrisome because you might be breaking a law for anything and everything. Smh
Let's see how it gets enforced. Any fool can pass laws but a system to enforce is what is really important. Florida is at the top with uninsured vehicles so let's see how this is enforced...
You need to make all these people driving UTV’s on city and state roads to put license on them! They use the streets and highway’s everywhere. Let them pay like the rest of us.
As a responsible UTV owner I would welcome the opportunity to legally license my UTV. I have made numerous safety modifications to my unit and have traveled to my Regional Florida Motor Vehicle Inspection Location in Palmetto in an effort to get inspected. Sadly, Florida doesn't allow a vehicle manufactured for off highway use to become street legal. Many other states do. Florida doesnt
If you are disabled it counts as an other powered mobility device covered under the federal ADA law. Police are not allowed to ask your disability or make you prove it.
They need to do that with RTV'S too..I don't know how many times I've had kids shoot out on the road while I've been driving ...no license no drive it on the road
First time ever have AGREED with a new Florida law!!! Want the same law here in Indiana!, BUT also needs to cover 4-wheelers. Have seen powerful one being driven by 10-12 year old children. Several years ago a young teenager hit me in driver side front panel, he and even younger passenger went flying over car one hitting the windshield destroying it. Thankfully they got off with scrapes and bruises. But I was on the hook for nearly $2000.00 in repairs. If they had shot out of alley a few seconds soon I probably would have hit them, but they hit me AND the parents blamed me,!, which at least didn’t fly with police. Cops said their home owners insurance should cover damages , but of course they had no such insurance they were renters. Cops only gave kids and parents a scolding.
it is obvious that a golf cart is not used in a commercial capacity. it's not law it's CODE and STATUTES. why are so many ecstatic to have their rights infringed?
If he has a learner's permit he's OK to drive but make sure the cart is registered and insured, that's what this new law is really about. And it's always been the law to have a DL, just never enforced well. Government DeSatan just found another way to boost revenue when what people wanted the state to do was make seat belts mandatory for underage occupants.
In my Ga town, carts can’t drive over 20 miles an hour, 15 year olds with valid learners and 12,13and 14 year olds must have parent or guardian in the front seat.
They briefed over the part that said all golf carts will need what cars need. Did you catch that? Trying to find more details on what is going to need to be retrofitted onto golf carts.
You’ll need to register your golf cart to certify that it meets all vehicle requirements including seatbelts, turn signals, mirrors, horn, lights, etc. Basically you’re converting your golf cart to a LSV (low speed vehicle). It’s $25.00 per year for registration. Oh yeah, and insurance will be required too.
I wish they would pass this law where I live. It's like encouraging people to drive even without Driver's licenses. It also allowing children to think it's ok to drive without even being old enuff to obtain a driver's license. Parents allow children to get out on the streets, with them not knowing the rules of the road, and as soon as something happens to them, the parents want to hold the licensed driver's accountable and file charges. It's ridiculous. Golf carts aren't designed to be on roadways along with faster moving vehicles. And children surely have no right to be out driving in traffic. Next they should pass a law to keep pets from hanging out of windows and Obstructing visibility on streets, roads and highways. We all love our pets but there are times when they might need to be left at home when it puts motorists at risk. At least this is a start hopefully to better Laws to come.
Great law,we need this law in Mrytle Beach,North Mrytle Beach,Cherry Grove South Carolina, golf carts taking over our hwy. putting our legal law biding citizens in danger, please help
Your statement is stupid. You have to have a license to carry a gun in the state of Florida. Only people in Florida that do not possess a license with their guns, are most likely felons. Because felons can't purchase guns legally, so most likely will not have a license.
They are exempt from the law only if they have a gated community and then its considered private property. This law has been around for years! They only changed the age from16 to 18. Read your DMV manual....
The lady with the dog says that they don’t wait for you they will run you over with their golf cart. What makes you think that a licensed driver will not do that also? People in Florida can’t drive for crap. Even if you require a DL to drive a golf cart people will still drive bad. It’s another stupid law.
Most of those said people that can't drive for crap in Florida are from other states, so my question is how did they get their license back home where they are from, if they can't drive for crap. 85% of the people living in Florida is from some place else.
They shouldn't of made that law as it violates the peoples right to travel as the peoples Constitutional Due Process Right to Travel is violated by trying to get us to get a license,etc. Which is the seeking of the permission to exercise the right!
Um..... The public thoroughfares were intended for free private use. Your mode of harmless private transportation is not subject to regulation unless you endanger the public or to harm or damage property. They don't even have the lawful, constitutional Authority to require that you have a driver's license, insurance, or registration. Go read 18 USC section 31.6.
Pfff I drove a golf cart when I was 10, my gramps let me drive when we were on the golf course. Not a damn thing happened. Trust me, if I got crazy while driving it my gramps would unleash his wrath. He didn't play that nonsense. Now do golf carts belong on public roads? No of course not. I do agree with that.
i support it, usually there is a reason for it, and I have witnessed young people just driving very uncaring of road laws and tear up yards and the carts.
Seat belts/bumpers/insurance? Driving on sidewalks is tolerated in Palm Harbor, not sure if legal... Life threatening as theses carts cross the streets along US19 Highway...
Is it state wide or just Martin County? How about places like The Villages, where folks let their grand children take their carts out. I've seen kids as young as 10 driving around.
Good about time these people around here in Orange City driving around like Maniacs and golf carts thinking they're on the road all over the streets completely irresponsible I'm glad that the governor signs a bill it's about time these people learn a lesson these people who are driving them liners because the parents don't care what their kids do causing trouble all over the neighborhood