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Parking a company vehicle on 30A????

Beach Buggys avatar
Beach BuggysBeach Lover
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I just want to get some opinions on whats acceptable for parking a company vehicle on 30A. Today my business partner had to pick a golf cart up in rosemary beach, I was on my way through with my boat headed to crab island, so our paths crossed in grayton and since we had to come back he jumped in and rode with me to go enjoy a few hours on the water. He parked in the parking lot between pandoras and the corner store. when he parked he was the ONLY vehicle in the parking lot, and less than 4 hours later when we picked it up again his was still the only vehicle in the parking lot. when we got back he had a very nasty hand written note stuck on his windshield. We frequent both these locations regularly and were kindof offended at the note.
Being local businessmen we want to keep a good relationship with all other local businesses if possible, We do keep our magnets on our truck doors because obviously every bit of exposure we can get is good for us. we rarely park like this, it is definitely not in our business plan to advertise this way.
we would appreciate any opinions on this matter,

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Zebraspots avatar
ZebraspotsBeach Fanatic
#27
Watched a deputy stop traffic on 30A today so a teenager in a golfcart could leave the beach access and cross the road. Hope he got a ticket, but doubt it.

I think golf carts need to stay on golf courses.
30A Skunkape avatar
30A SkunkapeSkunky
#28
True story-Sunday I'm heading west on 30-A in Blue Mountain/Dune Allen area. I come up behind a street legal golf cart on the long straight portion around Lake Allen and Oyster Lake. Road is empty, and indeed, the cart was going a brisk 23 MPH in a 35 MPH zone. I would have been perfectly within my right to pass this fellow, but he had his left turn signal on. So I followed him at the maddening pace long enough to figure out he had no clue the blinker was on. Finally, just as the cart's left turn signal went off, it was replaced by the right turn signal and he turned off to the right. Arrgghh! Yes, it did set me back 45 seconds which I will never recover and that makes me mad.
30A Skunkape avatar
30A SkunkapeSkunky
#29
Watched a deputy stop traffic on 30A today so a teenager in a golfcart could leave the beach access and cross the road. Hope he got a ticket, but doubt it.

I think golf carts need to stay on golf courses.

I don't think it is illegal to cross a roadway that would otherwise be illegal for them to putt-putt around on.
lenzoe avatar
lenzoeBeach Fanatic
#30
Are the people that rent these things parking them around the neighborhood beach accesses? I could seem them parking at the public access with available parking, but I would think parking these at most of the neighborhood accesses would not be a good thing.

And if they use these to get people to/from Grayton, where are they parking them?
Zebraspots avatar
ZebraspotsBeach Fanatic
#31
Yes, they park them at the neighborhood accesses. Very annoying having to climb over a golf cart to get to the beach.
lenzoe avatar
lenzoeBeach Fanatic
#32
So is that considered legal, or is this another instance where the laws are ignored?
Zebraspots avatar
ZebraspotsBeach Fanatic
#33
It is not at all legal - not only is there not space to park them, in order to reach the access they have to drive a non-street legal cart on roads or down the multi-use path (where carts are also specifically prohibited) to get to the access.

But "legal" and "golf carts" are 2 concepts rarely combined except by the people selling or renting the damn things.
rdelong43065 avatar
rdelong43065Beach Fanatic
#34
True story-Sunday I'm heading west on 30-A in Blue Mountain/Dune Allen area. I come up behind a street legal golf cart on the long straight portion around Lake Allen and Oyster Lake. Road is empty, and indeed, the cart was going a brisk 23 MPH in a 35 MPH zone. I would have been perfectly within my right to pass this fellow, but he had his left turn signal on. So I followed him at the maddening pace long enough to figure out he had no clue the blinker was on. Finally, just as the cart's left turn signal went off, it was replaced by the right turn signal and he turned off to the right. Arrgghh! Yes, it did set me back 45 seconds which I will never recover and that makes me mad.

Wow! I think I followed the same cart last night coming from 30A at Watersound (45 mph speed limit by the way) all the way to Seagrove with the left blinker on going 20 mph with people hanging off the back and it was swerving all over the road. Then suddenly, they turned off the road to the right, left blinker still on of course and went into a gated place. Welcome to idiot paradise.
SHELLY avatar
SHELLYSoWal Insider
#35
First it was the year of "Trash on the Beach"
Next it was the year of "Plastic Toy Junk on the Beach"
Followed by the year of "Giant Holes on the Beach"
Then it was the year of "Tent Cities on the Beach"

Looks like 2012 is "Golf Carts at the Beach"

Need to start a new thread called: "Golf Cart Horror Stories"

In preparation for the upcoming season--just who should the attorneys contact to serve papers for wrongful injury/death & damage as a result of misuse of these vehicles?
Bob Wells avatar
Bob WellsBeach Fanatic
#36
As I was leaving work yesterday, on Mack Bayou, I saw a golf cart with a license plate on it, don't know whether it was legal or not, it was riding on the south bound bike path going north bound which if it was legal the way it was being driven is not. Also folks tell your kids when an emergency vehicle approaches with lights, sirens and horns going please move to the right in stead of waiting to reach your turn. Oh that includes drivers of other vehicles too, it may be your house they are going to.
Zebraspots avatar
ZebraspotsBeach Fanatic
#37
Motorized vehicles are NOT allowed on the path.
Jim Tucker avatar
Jim TuckerBeach Fanatic
#38
First it was the year of "Trash on the Beach"
Next it was the year of "Plastic Toy Junk on the Beach"
Followed by the year of "Giant Holes on the Beach"
Then it was the year of "Tent Cities on the Beach"

Looks like 2012 is "Golf Carts at the Beach"

Need to start a new thread called: "Golf Cart Horror Stories"

In preparation for the upcoming season--just who should the attorneys contact to serve papers for wrongful injury/death & damage as a result of misuse of these vehicles?

Otherwise known as white peoples' problems - WPP. Or for South Walton maybe RPP, rich peoples' problems.

Oh the horror.
Beach Buggys avatar
Beach BuggysBeach LoverAuthor
#39
these vehicles are legal anyway you look at it, tagged, insured, street legal, meet all of state of florida requirements and are legal by all standards. and they are no less annoying to "crawl over" than any other car or vehicle. they have every right to park these the same place you would park a car, apparantly some people have nothing better to do than sit around and figure out what to complain about next. These vehicles are a ton of fun, and more than 60% of my customers are senior citizens with mobility problems. some people, you could hand them a bag of gold and they would complain about how heavy it is.
It is not at all legal - not only is there not space to park them, in order to reach the access they have to drive a non-street legal cart on roads or down the multi-use path (where carts are also specifically prohibited) to get to the access.But "legal" and "golf carts" are 2 concepts rarely combined except by the people selling or renting the damn things.
jim, thanks for a reasonable outlook on things. Thats seems to be rare these days.
rdelong43065 avatar
rdelong43065Beach Fanatic
#40
these vehicles are legal anyway you look at it, tagged, insured, street legal, meet all of state of florida requirements and are legal by all standards. and they are no less annoying to "crawl over" than any other car or vehicle. they have every right to park these the same place you would park a car, apparantly some people have nothing better to do than sit around and figure out what to complain about next. These vehicles are a ton of fun, and more than 60% of my customers are senior citizens with mobility problems. some people, you could hand them a bag of gold and they would complain about how heavy it is.jim, thanks for a reasonable outlook on things. Thats seems to be rare these days.

Dean, again I say it is great that you are following the law and have these vehicles leagle. Again I say that you can't fix stupid. Once these people are out of your sight, all comon sense is gone. I have personally witnessed underaged children operating these vehicles and not just on side streets, but on 30A as well. Most likely these are not all of your vehicles and are privately owned, but that is not the issue. The issue is the unsafe operation of these vehicles on the streets. Someone is going to be seriously injured or killed one of these days. Sorry to say this but my opinion is the only way to stop these people form doing this is to ban these vehicles period. But as usual, the tourist is always right.

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