For a long time, golf carts were just something you'd strap your clubs to and play 18 holes with. But with new carts and new technologies hitting Central Oregon shops, it's becoming increasingly likely you'll see them on city streets.
“They call it a NEV -- a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle. But really it's just meant for kind of cruising around town," said Chris DeJon, sales manager at Mt. Bachelor Carts and Parts. "It's street legal on any road 35 miles per hour or less.” golf carts gas powered gasoline
It's classified as a low-speed vehicle (LSV), and police say as long as it checks the boxes, it's allowed on most city streets.
“If they would be deemed as a safe vehicle through the Department of Motor Vehicles, it would have all the safety equipment that is required to be on our public roadways," said Cindy Ksenzulak, Bend Police traffic sergeant. "They would have to have licensed driver insurance and essentially just be driven by a safe and sober driver.”
Requirements include seatbelts, turn signals, headlights, and a reenforced windshield.
The neighborhood cart concept is new, locally, but it’s one DeJon believes will take off in Central Oregon.
“They are going to be around," he said. "You're going to see them out there.”
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