COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – South Carolina’s General Assembly passed a new law concerning children’s safety on golf carts.
The law mandates that all children under 12 who are riding in golf carts on public roads and highways must be wearing a seatbelt.
All golf cart drivers must be at least 16 years old and have a valid drivers license. All drivers must also have the cart’s registration and liability insurance on them when operating the golf cart.
The bill allows any town or municipality and the unincorporated areas within to establish their own rules and ordinances when it comes to golf carts.
In the absence of ordinances in those areas, the law establishes restrictions for golf carts.
According to the newly passed bill, golf carts can only be used during daylight hours, can only be driven on roads and highways where the speed limit is 35 mph or less, operated only within four miles of the registration address and can only cross a highway that has a speed limit above 35 mph at an intersection.
Gov. Henry McMaster signed the bill into law on May 22.
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