Jenna Kefauver/Staff Writer
The new golf cart legislation on campus has many students and faculty sighing in relief and many others growling in anger.
Personally, I understand the need for the new rules. On a daily basis, I almost get hit by golf carts at least three to five times. And I’d love to be able to call that number that asks “How is my driving?”, but the golf carts whip by me so fast that it’s impossible to regain my balance and read the number in the time it takes for the golf cart to speed away.
So yes, I agree with the new golf cart rules because I don’t want to die. But I don’t know if that’s what needed to happen. I don’t believe it’s an issue with where the golf carts go, more how the golf cart operators drive. I shouldn’t have to be afraid to leave my room.
I do not, however, agree that those carrying heavy tools are able to drive wherever they want because, in my experience, those are the golf carts that I need to watch out for most.
So here’s my proposal: we enact a speed limit and ticket those who go over that speed limit. Because there is no reason that a golf cart should be driving on a sidewalk at 15 miles an hour.
I think this could benefit everyone involved because I understand how this new legislation inconveniences those attempting to do their work by requiring them to skirt the campus. I know that it’s pretty much impossible to carry stacks upon stacks of newspaper from building to building and I doubt anyone else wants to carry whatever they have to carry from building to building as well.
It’s our job to ensure our own safety and it seems that others don’t see this as a priority.
