Golf Carts - Utility
Vehicles - 4
Wheelers
on the beaches
of Crystal Beach and Bolivar Peninsula
Golf
carts are allowed on
the
beach.
UTVs (side-by-side) and ATVs (straddle seat) are not allowed.
UTVs were allowed until recently, but there has been a new ruling. Click
here for
handout
from Galveston County Sheriff's Department.
Update 9/5/11: UTV drivers
might get reprieve for beach usage. (News
article)
.
Golf Cart Rules
1. A golf cart is a motor vehicle. All
rules that
apply to a car or truck also apply to golf carts, including
traffic laws. All rules apply on the beach also.
2. You must have a valid
driver’s license to operate a golf cart.
3. You may only operate a golf cart on a
roadway
(including ditches) that has a speed limit of not more than 35 mph. YOU
CANNOT OPERATE ON A HIGHWAY. You may cross the highway at a traffic
control device but only go straight across.
4. You can only operate a golf cart
between sunrise and sunset.
5. You must have a Slow Moving Vehicle
Triangle on the rear of the golf cart.
6. Neither the driver nor passenger of a
golf
cart may have an open container of alcohol, even if it is not
moving.
7. If an unlicensed driver is operating a
golf
cart, the parent or person in charge of the cart may be charged
with “allowing an unlicensed driver to operate a motor
vehicle".
