Most 15-year-olds do not possess

the skills or maturity to drive a cart without direct supervision. My

kids are grown now, but they had accidents when they were allowed to drive

at 16.

I have been forced off the

paths by speeding teens numerous times and had I not been paying attention

in most cases serious injury would have occurred.

I have found on other occasions

carts turned over with teens pinned underneath bloodied and battered.

Hey, folks, there are reasons the state doesn't allow 15-year-olds to

drive on the highways, so why should the hundred miles or so of unlighted

curved cart paths be any different?

There are some kids who are

responsible to drive by themselves, but there must be a minimum age for

all drivers, carts included.

Most cart paths cross major

intersections or roads, and I have had carts with drivers of all ages

try to beat it across in front of me.

Parents who think that their

Johnny or Suzie will not misbehave or make a judgement error in traffic

while driving a cart need to pull their heads out of the sand and look

at reality.

Alan Davis

Peachtree City, Ga.