What are the Rules of the Road for Golf Carts
Longtime Hatteras Island visitors Canada Goose Outlet and residents have likely noticed the rise in golf carts in recent years.
Once a rare sight just a decade or so ago, today they seem to be everywhere, and especially Canada Goose sale in locales like Hatteras village where the rules for operating golf carts are more generous and flexible. Golf cart rentals are available throughout Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, and Hatteras village even has an annual 4th of July Golf Cart parade, where dozens of decked out and patriotic carts cruise around the village in a colorful procession.
And with the rise of golf carts, there are a number of questions on what constitutes legal operation. The rules of the road for golf carts are complicated at best, and every village? and even every street? has its own potential set of guidelines on what?s legal, and what?s not.
So before we get into where golf cart operation may be headed next on Hatteras Island, here?s a quick review of where and how golf carts can currently be operated.
canada goose gilet black friday In 2010, the Hatteras Village Civic Association presented a measure to regulate golf carts to the Dare County Board of Commissioners. The ordinance was passed that summer, and since then, golf carts have been allowed on all streets and roads in Hatteras village west of and including Austin Road and Austin Lane, in areas where the speed limit is 35 mph. canada goose gilet black friday
Hatteras village is certainly the most golf cart friendly village on the island, canada goose which is also why it easily has the most carts cruising the streets. Rentals are readily available, and the inherent layout of the village, (as well as the low speed limits throughout), makes it easy to cruise from one attraction or destination to the next.
But in addition to Hatteras village, there are other areas of Hatteras Island where golf cart use of any kind is allowed. These areas include the following:
Golf carts may be operated in the Village of Avon on the followings streets where the speed limit is 35 canada goose black friday sale mph or less:
Harbor Road west of North End Road and the streets connected to Harbor Road located west of North End Road.
The streets connected to North End Road, McMullen Road, Reef Drive, Old Main Road and Williams Road. (Adopted 12 2 2013)
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Because throughout Hatteras Island, golf carts of all varieties may also be used on streets which are not state maintained.
According to Sergeant Doug Oberbeck of the Dare County Sheriff Office, state maintained roads can be identified by the local street signs.
Essentially, on the cheap canada goose uk street sign, stop sign, or other signage on the end of a street, a state maintained road will have a four digit number listed. A private road Canada Goose Coats On Sale will have no number visible on the sign, and may even have more decorative signs that indicate they are actually part canada goose coats on sale of a private community.
canada goose outlet store uk ?If you had a subdivision that was private and not state maintained, then theoretically, a golf cart could operate on that road,? said Sergeant Oberbeck. canada goose outlet store uk
And this is where it can get really complicated.
For example, in Avon, the soundside area of Kinnakeet Shores is primarily comprised of private roads, while the oceanside portion of the subdivision? cheap Canada Goose or Ocean View Drive? is a state road. Highway 12 to cross from one portion of the subdivision to another, although arguably it?s an illegal move that?s on par with minor traffic crimes, like jaywalking. It should also be noted that golf carts are not legal on federal property, (aka NPS land), like Lighthouse Road which leads to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and Cape Point. Highway 12 so long as they stay in 35 mph zones.
So suffice it to say, with the exception of designated areas which have concrete rules in place, the rules surrounding golf cart use on the island is complicated. It varies from street to street, and from cart to cart, and it can be hard to identify from a glance whether a golf cart is operating within local and state laws, or if it?s skirting the rules.
As a general rule of thumb, if you?re cruising down a state road and your cart https://www.amigosdecontreras.es isn?t licensed, (and you?re not in Hatteras village), then there?s a pretty good chance you are breaking the law.
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What?s Next for Golf Cart Operation
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?One behalf of the Hatteras Pines Homeowners Association I am writing to request the board?s consideration to allow the use of golf carts on streets and roads in Buxton Village,? wrote former association president D. Randall Jordan in a 2011 letter to the BOC.?Given the success of similar legislation in the village of Hatteras, canada goose uk outlet we feel that numerous benefits will result should the village of Buxton be granted the same permissions.?
The reasons behind the movement were varied, but appealing. Allowing golf carts in these quieter areas of the village would save money on gas, potentially reduce stop and go traffic, increase tourism and potential economic development, and allow residences in Buxton village an easier way to get from point A to point B.
The 2011 resolution canada goose uk shop quietly faded away with no action taken, but it?s being rekindled and may be up for public comment and discussion in the near future.
canada goose outlet store calgary Hatteras Island County Commissioner Danny Couch sees the benefits of allowing golf carts in certain areas of Buxton and has reached out to commission chairman Bob Woodard to address golf cart use in the commissioner business portion during canadian goose jacket the July 16th Board of Commissioner (BOC) meeting. canada goose outlet store calgary
The BOC may elect to evaluate whether to peruse the topic as an agenda item in an upcoming BOC meeting. Once that occurs, a public comment period and / or meeting will likely be scheduled to obtain feedback on the possibility of allowing golf carts in certain areas of Buxton.