So, it’s only been two months since I’ve been back at The Farm and driven through Gas City’s Main Street.
But it’s hard to miss the latest and greatest addition to the downtown…a golf cart dealership. Seriously…there are mini Califoria Roadsters, Hummers and even a yellow Magic Bus that seats at least 6.
Not long ago, driving golf carts on main roads was not allowed…for obvious safety reasons. But high gas prices in the Midwest and at other small towns and suburban areas across the country has pressured a change. Councils all over are in the process or already have enacted ordinance to regulate their use or revoked all-out bans.
Don’t believe me? Check out this USA Today article, featuring, among others, Gas City.
The golf cart advocates prevailed and now it’s legal to drive these carts everywhere in Gas City except down Main Street…which is also Highway 22. The story notes that Gas City even purchased carts for police patrols and meter readers.
I’m actually not opposed to this electric-mini-car development. I’d prefer better bike lanes, but I like how golf carts slow the pace of the town drive and force more eye-to-eye contact between neighbors.
Speeds max out at less than 20mph, so it’s hard not to notice what’s going on in the hood.
Even Victory Acres, my family’s CSA has a golf cart now! I hear it was a donation.
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and for something a little bigger and protected from the elements – and it goes to 92 (electronically-controlled) miles per hour – there is the Smart car that has started to arrive in the US (finally) in March. I get 41 to 46 miles per gallon with mine, depending what kind of driving I do. I live in the country, and I love it!It’s not that much bigger than a gold cart though – but a lot safer!
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and for something a little bigger and protected from the elements – and it goes to 92 (electronically-controlled) miles per hour – there is the Smart car that has started to arrive in the US (finally) in March. I get 41 to 46 miles per gallon with mine, depending what kind of driving I do. I live in the country, and I love it!It’s not that much bigger than a gold cart though – but a lot safer!
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