Golf cart have no lights, no signals, no seat belts, no horn, no license plates, no windshield wipers, no side impact protection or airbags. Lastly, don’t all states require insurance. If I am not mistaken, a car has to have all of these things in operational condition in order to operate on our roads. Why is a golf cart exempt? What happens when a golf cart runs over a pedestrian? If we use this logic, I should be able to use a dirtbike or a gocart to run my errands.
Think about it this way. Is the auto industry severly overregulated, driving up the price of vehicles far beyond what consumers are willing to pay? Are consumers willing to trade more risks to their personal safety in order to get vastly cheaper, more economical transportation? If they are, why does the government prefer the overregulated models, and want to force us into them?