Golf Carts Can Be Fun, But Also Dangerous

The ubiquitous golf cart is more than just a conveyance for golfers. Golf carts can also be found in residential communities, airports, universities, holiday resorts or industrial settings.

Legend has it that Florida native Lyman Beecher, who suffered from arthritis and was unable to walk long distances, created the first golf cart in 1932. It wasn't motorized; two caddies pulled him in a rickshaw-type cart. He later ditched the caddies and added six car batteries to a four-wheel cart to make it independently operated.

Across the other side of the United States in Los Angeles in the same year, J.K. Wadley observed elderly shoppers being transported to grocery stores in three-wheeled electric carts. He bought one to use on the golf course but found it didn't really work well so he had to customize it.