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Initially gaining popularity with elite golfers in the 50s and 60s, are Golf Carts making their way into all sorts of unlikely places. The employees at airports, warehouses, movie sets and resorts have managed mobile golf carts in the last decade. Residents of communities neglected and tropical islands have been using it secretly, as a cheap way to get from A to B for years. But perhaps one of the most surprising places to find cars golf these days is on the streets of America.

Deeply contrary to the culture of speed, golf carts and people who drive them are demanding a piece of the road for themselves – and are receiving it. In many ways, the timing is absolutely right.

Designed to travel at a leisurely pace and work with electricity, golf carts leave a significantly smaller footprint than the average vehicle. The first electric vehicle available to consumers, golf carts are compact and cheap to run, quiet, easy to operate and clean. They are also painfully slow. Most golf carts top speeds 15 mph with the pedal to the metal. But if you have time to get where you're going, what is the problem?

Many communities have simply connected the dots between its warm climate, the dominance of Golf Courses and retirees, and the sheer efficiency of these vehicles by building roads and dedicated only to them. Like other cities bike paths, Golf Cart paths are occurring in communities throughout Florida, Arizona and California.

According to a New York Times article, sales of golf carts to individuals have doubled over the past 10 years, a phenomenon largely due to a change in legislation U.S.. From the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration allowed "low speed vehicles" such as golf carts to travel up to 25 miles per hour in roads with speed limits up to 35 mph TP in 1998, golf carts have been slowly moving off the Golf Course and in the garages of the people.

Of course, you have to pimp your trip before it's legal. Road worthy tanks must be equipped with seat belts, windshields, turn signals and brake lights before the legally breaking down the asphalt.

In 1999, Rancho Mirage, CA was one of the first American cities to make Golf Carts part of the municipal scene when the city adopted a program that allows drivers to travel through the streets in their cars. The city has designated golf cart lanes and paths that cross the center of the city and skirt the entrances some of the most exclusive golf course designers and country clubs in America. Carrying Golf Clubs, groceries and purse dogs, residents Cruising road name icons that invented this glamorous life of slow-moving golf: Bob Hope, Gerald Ford, Ginger Rogers, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra. With scarves in the transmission of slow desert breeze, this is SoCal at it's finest.

The city is no stranger to the ways of the golf carts. Thunderbird Country Club Rancho Mirage is said to be the first place where a vehicle is driven on the street. In the 1950s, the likes of Desi Arnez and Bing Crosby were flying around the greens Thunderbird in the first 3 wheeled Electric Golf Carts United States had ever seen. For the modern cousins of these early vehicles taking over the streets Rancho Mirage 60 years later is not really surprising. Some wonder what took so long.

About the Author:

Cyndi Gerken is a Rancho Mirage realtor dealing exclusively in Thunderbird Golf Real Estate. Visit her site to learn more about the history of the legendary Thunderbird Country Club at Thunderbird Only Real Estate or visit them at www.thunderbirdonly.com.

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