Article: Street legal golf cart hits bumps

COLTON - Patricia Pierce wants to fight high gas prices and do her part to go green and reduce pollution.

She's part of what could become a growing trend - using an electric golf cart to navigate city streets.

"When people see me parked, they come to me and say, 'This is the best idea,"' Pierce said. "I'm trying to go green - Colton needs to go green."

Pierce began using the cart to navigate Colton's streets in July. High gas prices were her main motivation.

"I drive a big (Chevrolet) Blazer and gas was just too high," she said. "Gas prices and the economy sparked the idea."

But soon after she began using the cart, she was stopped by police while driving home from the Colton Civic ...

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