When did golf carts and side by sides become so common?

[Vodnik4]

I must be really out of touch. I had no idea what the heck a side by side is.

This being a gun forum, I assumed we are talking about side-by-side shotguns.

From the title, Imagined old geezers tooling around town in golf carts, with their buddy riding shotgun holding a SxS shotgun, just in case them youngsters are getting out of hand.

 

[d.kaufman]

Maybe I'm out of date but I thought ALL that stuff, golf karts and ATVs and SxS, were no-go anywhere in Indiana except private property.

Perfectly legal in my town, with a gew regulations. Can't stand it. Even dominos pizza uses golf carts and side by sides for delivery

 

[ancjr]

I remember when they airlifted this guy. I was in the yard talking to a buddy when the chopper flew over.

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[Ingomike]

Most of the rural riders are at least polite enough to pull over and let the cars and trucks pass them. (Most of them).

A good side by side will pass the cars. LOL

 

[Ingomike]

Maybe I'm out of date but I thought ALL that stuff, golf karts and ATVs and SxS, were no-go anywhere in Indiana except private property.

I believe you are out of date…

 

[Ingomike]

If golf carts and side by sides are legal in the summer, would this make snowmobiles legal in the winter by default?

Snowmobiles are legal if there is enough snow…

 

[cg21]

So…. Are we as gun owners really going to take a VERY small number of casualties / injuries and use that number to restrict other people from enjoying things………?

 

[yeti rider]

We have a Polaris ranger sxs. I have about 5 acres of mostly wooded property, with a decent length paved driveway. I use the heck out of it hauling chainsaws, using the winch on trees, and i plow with it in the winter. I go "road farming" with the kids and dog on occasion. The county roads out by me are not busy, at all.

 

[Ingomike]

I saw an interesting comparison some time back, the size, ability, and utility of most modern side by sides are similar to the old Willy’s jeeps. (Racing types excluded.)

Just like the farm equipment manufacturers forsook small tractors for a good while then Kubota and others started filling the market with smaller cool tools for smaller jobs. The side by sides are just a modern incarnation of the old Willy’s…

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

Wait until you get a look at these. Heat ac enclosed cab 60 mph ish dupm beds vans ect.

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[GodFearinGunTotin]

Maybe I'm out of date but I thought ALL that stuff, golf karts and ATVs and SxS, were no-go anywhere in Indiana except private property.

It’s up to the cities and county .gov’s apparently. I don’t think they’re allowed on US or IN highways—just city/county streets/roads.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

A good side by side will pass the cars. LOL

No doubt. Seems like most folks are just putting around, gawking.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

We have a Polaris ranger sxs. I have about 5 acres of mostly wooded property, with a decent length paved driveway. I use the heck out of it hauling chainsaws, using the winch on trees, and i plow with it in the winter. I go "road farming" with the kids and dog on occasion. The county roads out by me are not busy, at all.

I do the same with my John Deere 5303 tractor. Except my kids are grown up and my wife doesn’t care about riding on the fender.

 

[tmschuller]

It might end up like the jet ski scenario awhile back.. crazy and unsafe until.. now there are rules
Some places with golf carts rolling around and kids not seatbelted in and dont understand when it’s golf cart vs car the cart is going to lose badly. Right now I don’t see snowmobiles running around but where I am but only time they can be out is 1. Snow on the ground and 2 a snow emergency called.
I don’t get the golf cart thing on public streets. Certain exclusions can apply but not day to day. I have a side by side and live in the country and use it around here for its intended purpose.
In our county you can drive on the road if you have a slow moving sign- headlights and brake lights. I have all of that but have not gone far on the road.
Go south a bit and a side by side is used all the time and the miles they rack up is a lot.

 

[Frosty]

I do the same with my John Deere 5303 tractor. Except my kids are grown up and my wife doesn’t care about riding on the fender.

According to every country song made in the last ten years this is a sure recipe for You should be beating them off with a stick!

 

[breakingcontact]

My neighborhood statistically is much older. I've thought the golf carts here are perhaps like a reverse Florida influence!

 

[tv1217]

You guys ever seen the movie "Wall-E"?

 

[Creedmoor]

It might end up like the jet ski scenario awhile back.. crazy and unsafe until.. now there are rules
Some places with golf carts rolling around and kids not seatbelted in and dont understand when it’s golf cart vs car the cart is going to lose badly. Right now I don’t see snowmobiles running around but where I am but only time they can be out is 1. Snow on the ground and 2 a snow emergency called.
I don’t get the golf cart thing on public streets. Certain exclusions can apply but not day to day. I have a side by side and live in the country and use it around here for its intended purpose.
In our county you can drive on the road if you have a slow moving sign- headlights and brake lights. I have all of that but have not gone far on the road.
Go south a bit and a side by side is used all the time and the miles they rack up is a lot.

Come a bit farther south an Alex is chock full of golf carts, the stupidness is endless.
Infants being held by parents, grandparents and other siblings. Have yet to see a carseat in one, kids driving with zero knowledge of the road, the big crash is just a matter of time here.
Ive wondered if they have insurance.

 

[Born2vette]

Here are the regulations that are totally ignored in our neighborhood.

Golf Cart Inspections

The official website of the City of Westfield

www.westfield.in.gov

 

[femurphy77]

We bought a nicely customized golf cart from a guy in Ohio several years ago. I don't know what their laws are/were but it still had the Ohio license plate on it and I received the Ohio title for it when I bought it. Not a special license plate either but a standard one as you'd see on any passenger car.

Here in Morgan county it's legal on most county roads with a relatively short list of no go roads. I suppose I could drive it all the way to Camby (10 miles) to get my hair cut in a couple of hours.

We originally bought it due to the antique engine show that SWMBO's family is into and we attend each year. It quickly morphed into a compound support vehicle for tree trimming, weed spraying, etc. We're on 4 1/2 acres so probably the line between useful and just a toy really but it earns it's keep the other 361 days a year we're not involved in the tractor show.

I do have a 24 hp Honda Vtwin I'd like to put on it one of these days. . . . . .