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I imagine that, at some point, safety will become a concern when injuries start piling up [1], leading to bigger, heavier, 'golf carts', with car like safety features. I drive a Fiat 500e [2], which is basically the same size as a golf cart, but won't get me killed. I have no interest in driving anything smaller, and I doubt I'm alone!

1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15389588.2020.17...

> During the observation period, a total of 875 GC-related crashes occurred, representing an average of 136 crashes, 65 hospitalizations, and 9 dead or disabled annually. Of all crashes, 48% resulted in hospitalization, severe trauma, or death. Of these, ejection occurred in 27%, hospitalization in 55%, and death or disability in 15% of crashes.

2. Random YouTube for scale: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xHh1vAGd8Uk/hqdefault.jpg




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