As golf carts zip their way off the golf course and into places like national parks, college campuses and gated communities, the number of people hurt in them has more than doubled, researchers say.
Part of the problem is that the carts are faster than they used to be. But they are also being used in ways they were not necessarily intended for and are carrying people — like children — they should not, the study said.
Writing in the July issue of The American Journal of Preventive Medicine, the researchers said that from 1990 to 2006, the injury rate had doubled. The lead author is Daniel S. Watson of Ohio State University.
Over the period studied, the researchers counted injuries in almost 150,000 people ages 2 months to 96 years.
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