OT: Our SC Legislature has nothing more important to do

[PrestonyteParrot]

Really Dangerous and people dying has no impact on things like this action.

South Carolina Legislature Approves Nighttime Golf Cart Use on Local Roads

COLUMBIA, S.C. — On May 8, 2025, the South Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 3292, authorizing municipalities and counties to permit golf cart opera

www.wrhi.com

 

[Piscis]

As long as they have proper lights they really aren't any different than any other electric vehicle other than their top speed.

The biggest issue with golf carts on roads is people letting their kids drive them around.

 

[Dabo's Weenie]

I don't see the point of letting them on the road at night - the liquor stores are already closed by then.

I don't know why they can't stick to using a riding lawn mower. Must be a social-class motivated topic: "Oh fiddlesticks, Lovey; how absolutely gauche. I'd just die if I had to ride a mower to get a little something to wet my beak. I mean, what if the Bettencourt's saw me on one of those proletarian contraptions? They'd no doubt think I was a commoner."

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

As long as they have proper lights they really aren't any different than any other electric vehicle other than their top speed.

The biggest issue with golf carts on roads is people letting their kids drive them around.

Exactly, with 6 little ones crowded and hanging on the back.
In my area, they are not adhering to the road restrictions and are in dangerous traffic.

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

I don't see the point of letting them on the road at night - the liquor stores are already closed by then.

I don't know why they can't stick to using a riding lawn mower. Must be a social-class motivated topic: "Oh fiddlesticks, Lovey; how absolutely gauche. I'd just die if I had to ride a mower to get a little something to wet my beak. I mean, what if the Bettencourt's saw me on one of those proletarian contraptions? They'd no doubt think I was a commoner."

For some reason, it gives some great pride to drive a golf cart in a non-golf course area.

 

[Uscg1984]

The GA is leaving it up to the local municipalities to set the ordinances for their own interior roads. In the absence of any such local ordinances, it sounds like the existing laws stay in effect. If it is excessively dangerous, it sounds like people should let their local officials know before such ordinances are passed.

 

[bayrooster]

I guess golf carts are cheaper EV transportation than Teslas. Though a golf cart would be toast in a collision with a car. I've seen some pricey ones at Lowes.

 

[Piscis]

Exactly, with 6 little ones crowded and hanging on the back.
In my area, they are not adhering to the road restrictions and are in dangerous traffic.

If you've ever been to Daufuskie, golf carts are all there is on the roads down there. They have carts that will run about 20 mph. All carts have to have headlights and tail lights with turn signals (no one uses turn signals). They are pretty strict on kids driving them down there.

I talked with an EMT down there a few years ago and he said they have about three golf cart accidents a year that result in fatalities or serious injury. He said most involve alcohol and carts turning over while going around a corner.

Around here, the typical thing is a 12 year old driving with another 12 year old in the front seat with a bluetooth speaker and four 6-9 yr olds and a dog on the back seat.

 

[bayrooster]

If you've ever been to Daufuskie, golf carts are all there is on the roads down there. They have carts that will run about 20 mph. All carts have to have headlights and tail lights with turn signals (no one uses turn signals). They are pretty strict on kids driving them down there.

I talked with an EMT down there a few years ago and he said they have about three golf cart accidents a year that result in fatalities or serious injury. He said most involve alcohol and carts turning over while going around a corner.

Around here, the typical thing is a 12 year old driving with another 12 year old in the front seat with a bluetooth speaker and four 6-9 yr olds and a dog on the back seat.

 

[USCEE82]

If you've ever been to Daufuskie, golf carts are all there is on the roads down there. They have carts that will run about 20 mph. All carts have to have headlights and tail lights with turn signals (no one uses turn signals). They are pretty strict on kids driving them down there.

I talked with an EMT down there a few years ago and he said they have about three golf cart accidents a year that result in fatalities or serious injury. He said most involve alcohol and carts turning over while going around a corner.

Around here, the typical thing is a 12 year old driving with another 12 year old in the front seat with a bluetooth speaker and four 6-9 yr olds and a dog on the back seat.

John Elway's agent fell from a golf cart that Elway was driving and died.

 

[Greer]

Golf carts are all over many neighborhoods around me and you can pretty much count on the driver having a drink in his/her hand on the weekends, small kids hanging off the back or a baby on mom's lap and no seatbelts. They don't obey traffic laws and if its not an adult with a drink in their hand its the kids driving with other kids hanging off the cart. A dude drove into my son's car while cutting onto a sidewalk at night last year and he had no insurance. Imagine if someone did that in a car.

 

[IPOC]

What more to you expect from old farts older than I am in the state government? They vote according to how much $$ they can pocket.

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

Golf carts are all over many neighborhoods around me and you can pretty much count on the driver having a drink in his/her hand on the weekends, small kids hanging off the back or a baby on mom's lap and no seatbelts. They don't obey traffic laws and if its not an adult with a drink in their hand its the kids driving with other kids hanging off the cart. A dude drove into my son's car while cutting onto a sidewalk at night last year and he had no insurance. Imagine if someone did that in a car.

Living the wannabe ''Greer Thornblade Dream''

 

[bayrooster]

Living the ''Greer Thornblade Dream''

https://www.thornbladeclub.com/

 

[atl-cock]

If you've ever been to Daufuskie, golf carts are all there is on the roads down there. They have carts that will run about 20 mph. All carts have to have headlights and tail lights with turn signals (no one uses turn signals). They are pretty strict on kids driving them down there.

I talked with an EMT down there a few years ago and he said they have about three golf cart accidents a year that result in fatalities or serious injury. He said most involve alcohol and carts turning over while going around a corner.

Around here, the typical thing is a 12 year old driving with another 12 year old in the front seat with a bluetooth speaker and four 6-9 yr olds and a dog on the back seat.

As a Beaufort native, visiting Daufuskie is on my bucket list, notwithstanding golf carts.

For the unknowing, Daufuskie Island is just across Calibogue Sound, southwest of Hilton Head. It is accessible by boat only. Pat Conroy taught in the school on the island for a couple of years in the late 1960s. His book "The Water is Wide" is based on his experiences teaching there.

 

[Piscis]

As a Beaufort native, visiting Daufuskie is on my bucket list, notwithstanding golf carts.

For the unknowing, Daufuskie Island is just across Calibogue Sound, southwest of Hilton Head. It is accessible by boat only. Pat Conroy taught in the school on the island for a couple of years in the late 1960s. His book "The Water is Wide" is based on his experiences teaching there.

Imagine Fripp with even less to do. I enjoy going to Daufuskie but I always have a boat at my disposal. I don't think I'd like being there very long without a boat.

If you get the opportunity to go to Haig Point you definitely want to go. Haig may be the nicest development I've ever been to.

 

[atl-cock]

Imagine Fripp with even less to do. I enjoy going to Daufuskie but I always have a boat at my disposal. I don't think I'd like being there very long without a boat.

If you get the opportunity to go to Haig Point you definitely want to go. Haig may be the nicest development I've ever been to.

Edisto Beach reminds me a lot of what Fripp looked like 50 years ago - well before all the McMansions were built.
If one wants something to do, there's the beaches on Hilton Head, the ones around Charleston, and the Grand Strand.

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

Edisto Beach reminds me a lot of what Fripp looked like 50 years ago - well before all the McMansions were built.
If one wants something to do, there's the beaches on Hilton Head, the ones around Charleston, and the Grand Strand.

Kiawah is an outstanding development for beaches, biking and golf as long as dining out is not mandatory since options are limited without a drive.

 

[Greer]

Living the wannabe ''Greer Thornblade Dream''

Living the wannabe ''Greer Thornblade Dream''

lol, you don't know how close you are to being right on the mark

 

[Piscis]

Edisto Beach reminds me a lot of what Fripp looked like 50 years ago - well before all the McMansions were built.
If one wants something to do, there's the beaches on Hilton Head, the ones around Charleston, and the Grand Strand.

Edisto at least has a handful of restaurants and bars and a store or two. Daufuskie really only has one restaurant and one little general store at the marina. Fripp is basically a private club that takes up an island. 50 years ago you could pull up to the Fripp marina and get lunch. Now, you have to have a member card to eat there.

Hilton Head, IOP and the Grand Strand are different beasts entirely and I'd say the Grand Strand is sort of in a class of its own, one I don't particularly love.

 

[atl-cock]

Kiawah is an outstanding development for beaches, biking and golf as long as dining out is not mandatory since options are limited without a drive.

Is Kiawah gated like Fripp?

 

[PrestonyteParrot]

Is Kiawah gated like Fripp?

yes, however there is public beach/bike trail access prior to the gate entry but you have to look for it (not promoted)