You could be drunk on a horse that knows its way home and still get one.

My city is very well known for the imbalance of the application of law. One part of town is assumed innocent until proven guilty and the other side is considered guilty simply by how you look. This leads to all sorts of systemic inequities.

If folks of color did this en-masse, it would be sensationalized and clamped down hard.

In college I got chunked in the drunk tank for riding my bike buzzed. Did the roadside aerobics perfectly, they cuffed me when I did the alphabet backwards and mixed up M and N. No shit.

Why, I never! Who, and I say WHO would ever operate a kayak after drinking?!

I'm appalled you would even make such an accusation.

Roller skating and bikes too.

Kayak? I'm really having trouble imagining how that works. Is that still normal police giving out the DUI or some kind of water police along a beach? Could you explain some more to put my imagination at ease?

If street legal in your area, golf carts should be treated like any other small vehicle like a moped. Restrict it to 35 mph or lower roads, keep it out of bike lanes, register it if needed... the list goes on.

You mention PTC. There, they treat it like any other vehicle. You absolutely can get a DUI (and they love to hand them out). But PTC is a cart community and was born with those laws in place. In a more urban setting where carts are mixing with other light EVs, of course you should hold them to the same rules, but the laws haven't been written yet.

Please don't condemn an inexpensive, more sustainable mode of transportation just because a few douche-nozzles are trying to ruin it. A cart seats 4, runs off cheap rechargeables, has a small footprint and low wear and tear on our roads, is a neighborhood level form of transportation and is an attainable EV for anyone who wants to dip a toe in.

Driving across a park in your cart and tearing up the grass while being a tool should always end in a clothesline.

Edit: Sorry, I just realized I replied to the wrong person. We are arguing the same point. No animosity to you. Thumbs up.

I sent a note to my electeds but it surely won't get fixed until a kid dies.

Update: A bill to regulate golf carts is now on the perfection docket.

I just think they need to be treated and regulated like cars due to their proliferation. Plate em, tax em, safe inspect them, etc. Put no motorized vehicle signs in parks, etc.

Shit in my state it's not just golf carts but those 4 door off road vehicles. Those things get fast!