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Related: About this forumPeachtree, Georgia, Cracking Down On Golf Cart DUIs
It's a danger that is unique to one Fayette County city: drunken drivers cruising in their golf carts.
Peachtree City police shared video of a recent traffic stop in which they had to pull a Taser on a drunken driving suspect who they said had just caused a scene at a bar.
Lt. Mark Brown told Channel 2's Carl Willis the scene was just one example of how people may be getting too comfortable drinking and then getting behind the wheel of golf carts.
"We have over 10,000 registered golf carts in Peachtree City," Brown said. "It's a mode of transportation with 100 miles of cart path, so it is a public safety problem."
Golf carts were involved in nearly 15 percent of Peachtree City's DUIs in 2012.
"Unfortunately, it's public perception to some that it's not a big deal to drive intoxicated in a golf cart, but we feel it's a little more aggravating because we have intermingling of pedestrians and bicyclists and skateboarders on our cart paths," Brown said. "We've had serious injuries, we've had deaths on our cart path system in the past, so we just want people to understand those are vehicles," Brown said.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/peachtree-city-cracking-down-drunken-golf-cart-dri/nXC78/
Peachtree City police shared video of a recent traffic stop in which they had to pull a Taser on a drunken driving suspect who they said had just caused a scene at a bar.
Lt. Mark Brown told Channel 2's Carl Willis the scene was just one example of how people may be getting too comfortable drinking and then getting behind the wheel of golf carts.
"We have over 10,000 registered golf carts in Peachtree City," Brown said. "It's a mode of transportation with 100 miles of cart path, so it is a public safety problem."
Golf carts were involved in nearly 15 percent of Peachtree City's DUIs in 2012.
"Unfortunately, it's public perception to some that it's not a big deal to drive intoxicated in a golf cart, but we feel it's a little more aggravating because we have intermingling of pedestrians and bicyclists and skateboarders on our cart paths," Brown said. "We've had serious injuries, we've had deaths on our cart path system in the past, so we just want people to understand those are vehicles," Brown said.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/peachtree-city-cracking-down-drunken-golf-cart-dri/nXC78/
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Peachtree, Georgia, Cracking Down On Golf Cart DUIs (Original Post)
Initech
Apr 2013
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CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)1. Peachtree City is the town name.
And yes, everyone has a golf cart. But summa them bubbas is gonna be drunk!
MADem
(135,425 posts)2. That used to be a popular place for Delta pilots and Coke middle managers....nt
Mopar151
(9,992 posts)3. Why would anyone be so unkind
As to arrest a man for drivin' while blind??