Article: Albany turns to golf carts to save money

ALBANY, Mo. -- Norman Davis uses a golf cart for his grocery shopping, to go to the post office and to haul sacks of pet food.

Of course, it's all accomplished with burning less fuel than an SUV. It's opened up a new front in the war on high gas prices.

Mr. Davis and other Albany residents are free to run golf carts for errands and any other need on the city's streets. City officials enacted a new law July 1 that allows golf carts to legally cruise the streets just like any other authorized vehicle.

He waves to other motorists stopped at a four-way intersection near City Hall, preparing to head toward the Gentry County Courthouse. He was the first in town to receive a golf cart permit.

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