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Article: Parkland pulls the plug on golf carts: They are no longer street-legal.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- December 10, 2005
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Byline: Sallie James
Dec. 10--PARKLAND -- In this pricey community where many homes sit on multi-acre lots, it's a long way to the end of the road. But with a golf cart, you can get there in a snap, and for years families here have used them for everything from trick-or-treating to visiting neighbors. Some even drape their carts with lights and drive them in an annual holiday golf cart parade, set this year for 5 p.m. Sunday.
But the city's quirky love affair with golf carts appears to be over. Effective immediately, they are illegal on city streets.
Worried that Parkland's increasingly congested streets might no longer be safe for golf cart ...