Regular golf carts have no turn signals, no radio, no protection from the elements other than a thin roof and rain flaps. Press the pedal down, and they can maybe accelerate to 15 miles per hour.
Still, grip the steering wheel. Feel the wind and the sun, the cart picking up speed on a smoothly paved pathway, your parent beside you, your friends in the back seat. If you’re a teen, commanding that cart feels like freedom.
“You had that little sense of adventure,” says Caroline Lawson, 17. “It’s just that little sense of, ‘Whee!’”
Lawson’s experience is par for the course in Peachtree City, Georgia.
If there’s one thing that defines the city, it’s golf carts. It has roughly 13,000 households and some 11,000 registered carts. Its logo? A peach and a golf cart.
Communities filled with golf carts tend to have older populations that flock to golf courses. But Peachtree City is different. It’s largely built around families, and carts figure prominently in the childhoods of many young residents.
Regular golf carts lack many features. They have no turn signals, no radio, and no protection from the elements other than a thin roof and rain flaps. They don’t go very fast even if you press the pedal down. They can maybe accelerate to 15 miles per hour.
Still if you are a teen behind the wheel, driving the cart can feel like freedom. You can feel the wind and the sun as the cart picks up speed on a smoothly paved pathway. Your parent rides beside you, and your friends are in the back seat.
“You had that little sense of adventure,” says Caroline Lawson, 17. “It’s just that little sense of, ‘Whee!’”
Lawson’s experience is par for the course in Peachtree City, Georgia.
Golf carts define the city. There are about 13,000 households and 11,000 registered carts. The city logo is a peach and a golf cart.
Communities filled with golf carts tend to have older populations that move to golf courses. But Peachtree City is different. It’s largely built around families. Golf carts are a large part of the childhoods of many of the young residents.