LEVELLAND, Texas (KCBD) – With gas prices continuing to rise, some Levelland residents want to know whether they can use golf carts as a means of transportation.<\/p>\n
While a golf cart can be driven on public roads, it has to be done safely and legally.<\/p>\n
Erica O\u2019Bryon, Levelland\u2019s police chief, said right around the start of March is when golf cart activity began to rise.<\/p>\n
Rising gas prices prompt interest<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s when we started seeing gas prices over $3 a gallon, so people are looking for different modes of transportation and trying to do it the legal and right way, which we can appreciate,\u201d O\u2019Bryon said.<\/p>\n
These golf carts aren\u2019t the normal ones seen on a golf course.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to have blinkers, horns, mirrors on them. You also have to have a placard on the back of them and lights,\u201d O\u2019Bryon said.<\/p>\n
Requirements for operating golf carts<\/p>\n
Anyone operating a golf cart that travels less than 25 miles per hour, is also required to display a slow-moving vehicle emblem. The driver must also be at least 16 years old and have a valid driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Bryon added anyone looking to travel with these carts, won\u2019t be going very far due to Texas law.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can go two miles from where they are normally parked at night, where they\u2019re stored at,\u201d O\u2019Bryon said.<\/p>\n
And because the carts are sharing the roads with other people, it\u2019s even more important to know how fast it can go, where it can and can\u2019t travel, and when.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey cannot be on any roadways that the speed limit is over 35 miles an hour, and they cannot cross any highway intersection even though if you\u2019re on a road at 35 miles an hour, you can cross directly over it but you can\u2019t travel at all down that highway,\u201d O\u2019Bryon said.<\/p>\n
On top of those requirements, once it\u2019s dark outside, it\u2019s time to put the cart in park.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Bryon wants the public to know that these laws are put in the place for everyone\u2019s protection, and operating a golf cart in this way is something the operator has to know if they want to drive one.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re putting them in a vehicle, something that can cause damage and can cause harm, and so we want everyone to be safe,\u201d O\u2019Bryon said. \u201cThat is absolutely our bottom line is we want to make sure everyone is operating safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
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