Street Legal Golf Cart
Requirements
Golf carts must be tagged and licensed, just like any other vehicle, to be legal in Kure Beach. Carts must also be driven by a licensed, legally of age individual.
According to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 500 (49 CFR 571.500) the list below defines the standard features of street legal golf carts:
- Headlights and tail lights with turn signals and brake lights
- Third brake light
- License plate light
- Four sets of seatbelts
- Speedometer
- Horn
- DOT Approved Tires
- DOT Approved Windshield
- Windshield Wiper
- Amber reflectors on all corners of the vehicle
- Minimum speed of at least 21 mph
- Maximum speed of 25 mph
- One drivers side external mirror
- One internal mirror
- 17-digit Vehicle Identification Number, V.I.N.