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GOLF CART COMMON SENSE,
PLEASE!
August 17, 2017

Common sense goes a long way when driving any vehicle, including golf carts, and particularly here in Cedar Key.   A great thing is that you can legally drive a golf cart around this city if you stay completely off State Road 24. 

GOLF CART OPERATION ON CITY STREETS IS A PRIVILEGE
Few, if any, other municipalities allow this opportunity, afforded us by the Laws of Cedar Key.  Simpler, smaller, gated communities allow driving golf carts, but here, we drive them on city streets, with big trucks, more big trucks with even bigger boat trailers, delivery semis, and so on.   We’re fortunate.

It’s not just common sense that is required, but a set of laws governs golf cart operation and ownership. The set of laws are both city-generated and state-generated and may be easily found: 

These governing laws are intended to keep you and your passengers safe.   Failure to follow the simple rules will earn the driver a citation from the Cedar Key Police.

Cedar Key’s atmosphere is so easy and comfortable and golf carts seem so informal, we sometimes forget that we are on city streets with other, sometimes huge, motor vehicles which have the right- of-way.

WE CAN GET TOO COMFOTABLE
We get so comfortable that we make some blunders, for sure.  We:
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE
We need to remember:

Let’s remember that we can’t suspend our common sense in Cedar Key.

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