Two things not to do with golf carts: drive them in traffic with larger, faster vehicles; and drive them after drinking. HealthDay reports on research conducted at Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta, not far from the home of the Masters Golf Tournament, that found that 59 percent of accidents involving golf carts driven by people over the age of 16 were alcohol related. The study, which looked at 68 injuries, and was published in the June issue of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery, noted that golf cart riders and passengers rarely wear helmets or other protective gear and, unlike motor vehicles, golf carts typically lack doors and safety features such as seat belts, mirrors and lights. Because they are less stable than cars, sudden rollovers or ejections are more likely. Twenty-six patients (about 38 percent) sustained injuries when they were ejected from the golf cart. Rollovers caused a similar number of injuries, the study found. Another 13 injuries came from collisions with a motor vehicle, and three injuries resulted from hitting a stationary object.
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By the same token it is widely regarded as unsafe to drive golf carts on freeways with posted speed limits of 70 MPH. If driving your golf cart on safari in Africa, one should refrain from chasing rhinos with golf carts. So far it just hasn’t worked out. As of this posting, there are no live human survivors of rhino/golfcart collisions to comment on why they believe they failed in their attempt. Also, it is difficult to administer breathalizer tests on surviving rhinos to ascertain whether or not any of them were intoxicated.
Tomorrows topic: Hitting yourself in the forehead with a hammer held with both hands; does the brand of hammer used matter in the end result? Surprisingly we had far more volunteers than we were able to test in this project. Some have likened the end result as being similar to the older frontal lobotomy procedure, without the expense. (Watch for our upcoming sale on slightly used hammers.)
I wish there was something that can be done besides studying the statistics. Ignorance is bliss.