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Article: Golf carts moving beyond the course, Communities are being forced to decide how to regulate vehicles
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- July 5, 2005
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEVELAND - No, Fred Holdridge isn't looking for an errant golf
shot in downtown Columbus, Ohio.
The 81-year-old just prefers using his golf cart for trips into
that city.
"I'm in it right now, in the heart of downtown," he said from his
cell phone.
Golf carts are being used for far more than playing 18 holes.
Campers, boaters and folks with big yards use them to get around.
They're useful on construction sites or at large manufacturing
plants.
And, recreationally, brave drivers like Holdridge are even
venturing out onto public roads, which has posed problems for
communities struggling to regulate such low-speed and often
vulnerable vehicles.
Many states have ...