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Article: Ex-village president: Embrace golf carts
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- Wheeling Countryside (IL)
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- June 19, 2008
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To combat congestion and skyrocketing fuel prices, former Wheeling Village President Bill Hein would like to see cars sharing village roads with golf carts.
Hein pitched the golf cart idea -- which is based on a community in Georgia -- to the Wheeling Village Board June 9 in hopes that village staff will look into its viability.
"It's important that we start to look at this," he said. "We need to control our own destiny."
Citing a portion of the Illinois vehicle code, Hein said properly equipped golf carts -- those with hydraulic breaks, front and rear lights, horns and turn signals -- are allowed on the road if the local municipality approves a similar ordinance.
Hein said residents could ...