Night Driving Tips For Golf Cart Owners

If you’re driving a golf cart after dusk, whether it’s a street-legal model you’re riding through your neighborhood or a cart on the golf course as the sun goes down, you need to exercise caution and be ready to react to obstacles in your path. Here are some tips on how to safely drive your golf cart at night to avoid an accident.

Use Lights

Hopefully, your golf cart is equipped with an LED lightbar or standard headlights. If not, what are you doing driving at night? Headlights are crucial to ensure that you can see and that your cart can be seen by pedestrians and other drivers. Always promptly replace bulbs when they’ve burnt out.

Stay Below Speed Limits

The course you’re on or the road you’re using will likely have some speed restrictions, and you must follow them. Even though the fastest golf carts can’t go much more than 25 miles per hour, you still need to slow down in areas with a lot of foot traffic or other vehicles and bicycles on the road. Going at an even speed allows you the time you need to react to the conditions ahead of you.

Keep Glass Clean

If your golf cart has a windshield, you should clean it often, both inside and out. A clear, streak-free windshield is much easier to see through than one that’s covered in dead bugs, water spots, and debris.

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