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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:

Jim Wilkins wrote:

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They have a place. Around here (well, not actually in the town I
live
in) many drive golf carts. The grocery stores all have cart spaces
(closer than the handicapped spaces). Even the high school has a
golf
cart parking lot (cart driving age is 14). As a car replacement,
it's
a stupid idea.

But a golf cart saves many hundreds of dollars a year by not requiring
registration and insurance, which can destroy the savings potential of
having a second limited-range electric car. They solve a problem that
is social rather than a technical.


You see a lot of people with nothing but a golf cart in some large
retirement communities, They can go anywhere, including to their
doctors on the carts. 'The Villages" is one of the largest, and you see
a lot of golf carts, but very few cars.

There is an area on Duck Key in Fl where they actually post (and
enforce) golf cart speed limits. These are an option but only in certain
areas, at least so far.
--
America is at that awkward stage. It's too late
to work within the system, but too early to shoot
the *******s."-- Claire Wolfe