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Golf Cart Accidents

Golf carts can now be found on some suburban streets.  It seems that some people like the cost-saving alternative to gas-guzzling SUVs and cars.  But two recent studies released this week say that golf carts have their risks.  The research found that over a four-year period, nearly 50,000 people were hurt in accidents involving golf carts.

According to the study conducted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, about 1,000 Americans are hurt on golf carts every month.  Another study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, said annual injury rates for golf carts increased 130 percent over 16 years ending in 2006. The report said falling or jumping out of carts accounted for the largest number of injuries, 38 percent.

As more and more people are looking for cost-saving alternative to cars and trucks we are going to see more injury accidents resulting from alternative vehicles such as golf carts, scooters, etc. 

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