Golf carts are not designed or manufactured to be used on public streets, roads and highways, and the town in no way advocates or endorses their operation on roads. The town, by regulating such operation is merely trying to address obvious safety issues, and adoption of this article is not to be relied upon as a determination that operation on designated roads is safe or advisable if done in accordance with this article. All persons who operate or ride upon golf carts on designated roads do so at their own risk and peril and must be observant of and attentive to the safety of themselves and others, including their passengers, other motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. The town has no liability and assumes no liability under any theory of liability for permitting golf carts to be operated on designated public roads pursuant to the statutory authority of G.S. 160A-300.6. Any person who operates a golf cart must procure liability insurance sufficient to cover the risks involved in using a golf cart on the designated roads of the town.
(Code 1989, § 74.02; Ord. of 8-14-2018)