Golf carts and YOU

[TooFarTampa]

bdub, if I see you puttering on your not-golfcart from Watersound to Rosemary I will wave. You sound responsible. Just don't head west!

As for too many of the rest ... why the heck are there even rent-a-golfcart businesses on 30A? Where are such vehicles truly useful? Grove by the Sea? Watersound? Seacrest? Rosemary? Doing donuts at Chateau de Paris?

It just sounds boneheaded and, as aggieb so nicely illustrates , like a recipe for disaster.

 

[Matt J]

bdub I actually looked for a "vehicle" that fit the description you gave. I was going to honk and wave hi.

It probably is just the end of season "puck 'em all" stress, but since the local law doesn't go after speeders, motorized vehicles on the bike path, or any number of other infractions I don't see them suddenly waking up and going after golf carts.

As for a separate path for golf carts, sure I'm all for it. However the golf cart owner would have to purchase a permit to use it to offset the cost. Cost of building, land acquisition, and maintenance. Shouldn't be more than $80-$100 thousand per owner*.

*per year

 

[Desso]

First of all, you just look silly riding around in a golf cart. Further to the point, stay of the bike/walk path, don't allow your children to drive, and stop boozing and endangering the public and your family with your toy. No exceptions. I see it all the time and I am just amazed at the reckless and arrogant nature of these people, Is it going to take a tragedy to get something done about the problem? Probably. Griping and hand-wringing about it doesn't help. The Us vs. Them mentality seems to work both ways,with people thinking just because they spend money here on vacation, it allows Them to do as they wish. I vacation in other places quite often, and conduct myself as a visitor with respect of the law and local customs. It isn't difficult.
And to bdub, keep on truckin', you have the right idea

 

[tistheseason]

Personally I'd rather see people bike or walk the few mile radius that the golf cart would allow them to go. . . .but I have to commend bdub for making his points so articulately!! I wouldn't boot him off of 30A. And I'd rather his not-golfcart than a car. But what I love about the area is how easy it is to get around on a bike or walking!!

 

[tsutcli]

Going home last night at 11PM after a 10 hour stint at work and got into a line of cars going east at 10-15 mph around Wheelhouse. This kept up till the Tom Thumb, where a golf cart ( not the legal kind ) loaded with kids turned North onto the road next to TT. I was not amused and demonstrates why all carts should be banned from rental co. on 30a. I would have followed it if I wasn't so tired and wanted to get home. Calling the police does no good since they give you the story that they, personally, have to observe the infraction before they can act. Another case of police acting "stupidly".

 

[RiverOtter]

Now don't get me started on bicycles that want us to believe "We are traffic, too," when in reality they are traffic impediments, too. But then again, that's just me.....hehehe

I can't believe it took this many posts before you started busting on the cyclists.

The hostility of this thread makes me think some of you do not belong on 30A - chill out - life is short. Live and let live - I'm begging you!

Typical. Just do a search on the Biking and this will look like a love fest.

The NEV is a new idea -- but an idea with great merit. Why do you need a full-blown SUV to run errands in your immediate neighborhood? Clean ... green ... and for the moment, a heckuva tax break.

You have to understand that most of the folks that claim to be "Green", Enlightened, All About the Environment, are until something delays their commute by 5 to 30 seconds.

 

[Here4Good]

Went to get cigarette's from the store this afternoon. I saw 3 golf carts on the road. None of them had license plates.

So, no use asking you how that quitting thing is going, huh?

I was hoping maybe since you hadn't mentioned it in a while, it had worked.

 

[Desso]

My wife just called and told me the same idiot and his kids were wheeling around Redfish Village on the bike/walk path, daughter possibly 8-10 years old driving, in and out of the street, and Pop with his brew. The situation I spoke to earlier, replayed today. This dear, old Dad needs a ticket for numerous traffic infractions, embarrassed in front of his children, and an earful from his wife.

 

[Matt J]

So, no use asking you how that quitting thing is going, huh?

I was hoping maybe since you hadn't mentioned it in a while, it had worked.

Yeah, still smoking. I'll quit one day.

 

[sunspotbaby]

Way to get that big government swipe in. Right now if I have to be at a meeting in BMB from Seagrove I can make that in 10 minutes during the winter, but wait I have to leave an additional 5 minutes early to account for snow birds. Once in season I have to automatically leave 15 minutes to make it on time and if it's a holiday or busy period I have to add 5-10 minutes to that depending on the majority of states liscense plates I've seen recently. So now I've got to add another 5 minutes to that to account for golf carts. I'm now up to 30 minutes for what should be a 10 minute drive.

Now I can avoid all of that by going up 395 to 98 and then back down 83, but now I'm at the same amount of time, a long distance, and the possibility that I'm going to get stuck behind an accident at 331.

Why do I, as a full time resident, have to keep making adjustments and compromises for tourists?



Actually you would be wrong. The minority of 30A is over 35mph. For instance it does not begin to be 45 mph until after the main entrance to Water Sound and that only continues just past Deer Lake. The next 45 mph zone isn't until after you cross Western Lake as the bridges are restricted to 45 mph. There is then a small stretch from Grayton to Grayton Preserve. From there you won't find a 45 mph zone until after Butler Elementary.

To me, this is akin to saying:
"why should I have to keep making adjustments in my morning commute just because everyone else has to be at work at 8 a.m. too" If you've ever lived in a city of millions, this is a common occurance on a daily basis.

we have to make adjustments no matter where we live or what roads we travel. :roll: