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Article: Golf cart injuries picking up speed; 132 percent rise reported.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 12, 2008
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Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
It's not just fast cars and poor judgment that could send the unwary to the hospital this summer: It's golf carts.
Injuries are up by 132 percent among those who favor the diminutive four-wheelers, according to research released Tuesday by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, which tracked 150,000 golf cart-related injuries among infants as young as 2 months to nonagenarians.
Golf carts are no longer the docile little vehicles of yore. Some can hit 25 mph , go 40 miles on a single $1 battery charge and make for a snappy transport at sporting events, hospitals, airports, national parks, ...