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In some areas, their is a growing issue with people driving golf carts on city streets and other areas. For example, in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, police have noticed an increase in people driving on the roads with four wheelers and golf carts. They are receiving a lot of complaints because these vehicles are causing safety issues on the streets. The police officers in Muscle Shoals are beginning to strictly enforce traffic laws related to these vehicles. People are being given a warning the first time they are caught, but if caught again, they are having their carts towed and are having to pay to get them back.

I have noticed the same thing where I live. I live on an island, called Fleming Island, and I've noticed a lot of young kids, sometimes 3 or 4 at a time on one golf cart, scurrying down the road. I have seen them dart across streets in front of cars, and race down side walks. One evening, a group of 3 kids on a golf cart came head on with my wife and I as we were riding our bikes. They missed us and went down into a small ditch area, tearing up the grass.

I'm sure that soon the police in our area will begin to enforce the same laws that Muscle Shoals is enforcing (If they haven't begun to already). Not real sure why their is an increase in this. We have a number of golf courses right here on the island, and maybe people are buying golf carts to save fuel. But I think that when the adults are not using the carts for golf, their kids are out joy riding on them. And this could get real dangerous.

Is this an issue where you are?