{"id":59,"date":"2008-10-21T01:14:25","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T01:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallvehicles.wordpress.com\/?p=59"},"modified":"2008-10-21T01:14:25","modified_gmt":"2008-10-21T01:14:25","slug":"lsvnev-and-golf-cart-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/21\/lsvnev-and-golf-cart-safety-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"LSV\/NEV And Golf Cart Safety Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While many municipalities are passing regulations allowing LSV use there is also an undercurrent of safety concerns related to the vehicles.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NEV safety concerns &#8211; A few employees working for the city of Alameda have refused to use NEVs because they believe them to be unsafe.<\/li>\n<li>Keeping with state law, Elmhurst will not allow the use of neighborhood electric vehicles on its streets.  Acting on a recommendation from the Elmhurst Police Department, the Public Affairs and Safety Committee decide Monday that the low-speed, battery-powered vehicles could pose a safety hazard on Elmhurst&#8217;s arterial roads.<\/li>\n<li>In Perry, GA the town council voted to restrict the use of LSVs to subdivisions out of a concern for safety.<\/li>\n<li>Pawleys Island, South Carolina outlawed the use of low speed vehicles on the island over congestion and safety concerns and to be consistent with a previous ordinance outlawing the use of golf cars on island streets.<\/li>\n<li>In June Connecticut passed a law outlawing the use of golf carts on public roads unless they are crossing the road to get from one part of the course to another.<\/li>\n<li>Delaware, OH City council declined to pass legislation that would allow golf carts and LSVs on their roads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many municipalities are passing regulations allowing LSV use there is also an undercurrent of safety concerns related to the vehicles. NEV safety concerns &#8211; A few employees working for the city of Alameda have refused to use NEVs because &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/21\/lsvnev-and-golf-cart-safety-concerns\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18,21,1],"tags":[737,2183,1129],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electric-vehicles","category-nev","category-regulation-policy","category-uncategorized","tag-legislation","tag-nev","tag-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}