I cruise my golf cart in my neighborhood all the time. I stay on the side streets whenever possible. If I have to go on a major street I use the sidewalk.
You must have insurance to register a cart in CA. Not a bad idea either. It is $40 a year on my policy for full coverage which covers the cart for $5000 in dammage or theft. Parks like hidden shores also require insurace to operate within the park but no registration.
According to the City of Palm Desert, all carts must have.....
Head/tail/brake lights
Turn signals
Seatblets
and, get this................a roof, so other cars can see you better.
We can only drive on pre-disignated streets, absolutley no major streets.
I figure I take my chances when I drive this on the streets. It was a lot of work to make it look authentic, ain't no way I'm putting a roof on it. Might as well put a roof on a Cobra (car) too.
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In Arizona you can make anything street legal. I have a couple of buddies who have both CR250's and Banshees licensed for street use. Anything can be made street legal here if it meets the general safety requirements. Here is the only link that I could for the differant vehicles though.
AZ Vehicles (http://www.dot.state.az.us/mvd/stati...BodyStyles.pdf)
I think for a banshee it just had to have the stock muffler, brake lights, turn signals and a headlight.
in ID, headlight (technically with hi/lo), brakelight, and a horn is all you need for anything. if its a car you need windshield wipers but a windshield in not required! i have a street plate for my dirt bike and it wouldnt even be legal offroad in CA!
Get this. Ours is registered with calif. plates and insured. We always take it to the desert and to the river. We were driving around superstition and a ranger pulled up to us and said that he noticed the licence plates. He also noticed that I was sitting in the cart with a beer(open). He went on to explain that since it had plates it was a legal vehicle.He could site me for a open container in a vehicle and if I were to drive away he could pull me over and test me!!He was way cool and didn't do any of these but told me that other rangers are not so nice so to be careful!! So just keep this in mind for all who cave carts with plates. It is a "registered motor vehicle" and all those laws go along with that.
We drive ours from Emerald cove to the Del Rio Bar on the shoulder of Rice Rd,, and a desig driver drives us back.
The SB Sheriff lets us go but will site if you have an open container,, or suspects the driver is intoxicated.
Age of driver doesn't seem to be an issue if they can see over the dash and are sober.
The CHP,, well, I haven't got their take on it yet.
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we have a 2002 FORD THINK golf cart,or neighborhood vehicle,it a 4 seater with seat belts,goes about 30 miles on a charge,tops out about 28-31 mph,it have a speedo.Its street legal here on any street up to 35mph,Im guessin you could get away with 45 streets,its fully licenced,insured(250$ a year),its still under ford warrant,if it breaks they have to come get it with a trailer...we load it in our toy hauler and take to where ever we camp we Havasu,no walking in 110 degree weather.I use it to pick my kids up at school,they love it......The only problem is the are real hard to find now,Ford only made them in 2002,so they are holding there value real well,,,,check them out,I think they have a Ford web site,,,good luck
Get this. Ours is registered with calif. plates and insured. We always take it to the desert and to the river. We were driving around superstition and a ranger pulled up to us and said that he noticed the licence plates. He also noticed that I was sitting in the cart with a beer(open). He went on to explain that since it had plates it was a legal vehicle.He could site me for a open container in a vehicle and if I were to drive away he could pull me over and test me!!
In Arizona the DUI laws apply to any motorized vehicle, anywhere in the State. Private property included. Technically, if you were drunk, driving at Havasu Hot Laps (The cart joint up there) you could be arrested.
There's been arrests for DUIs on Golf Carts, Forklifts, Dirt Bikes in the desert, etc.
As far as operating on a public roadway, any vehicle must be registered, insured, and driven by a licensed driver. The only exception is a Golf Cart, operated incidentally on a roadway, when actually playing golf on a course adjacent to said roadway.
"Knowledge is Power!"
when driving it the desert take the plates off of it if has them then even minors can drive it, obviously with safety in mind. I had mine registered here in the O.C pretty easy to do. I now have a different cart that I want to get registered just so I dont have any problems with the police and the fact that my wife was pulled over on the residential streets in our neighborhood she was just warned not to have it on the street until it was legal.
If someone here in CA is getting theirs registered DONT go to the DMV have an outside company do it for you like a co. that registers numerous vehicles.
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