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Article: Golf carts on city streets: Yes or no?: Further discussion next month.
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- The Destin Log (Destin, FL)
- Article date:
- September 16, 2006
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Byline: Fraser Sherman
Sep. 16--Although Florida law clearly says golf carts cannot be driven on city streets, many people in Destin don't realize that, Sandy Trammell of the city's Public Works/Public Safety Committee says.
"We have a lot of confusion out there," Trammell said at Tuesday's committee meeting. "I've got two 12-year-olds in my neighborhood driving golf carts up and down my street, and they're pulling kids on skateboards."
State law says golf carts can qualify as low-speed vehicles -- legal on roads with speed limits of 35 mph or less -- if the owners make modifications including headlights, stoplights, turn signals, a rearview ...