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Golf carts aren't street legal in Tennessee. Only registered low-speed and medium-speed vehicles may use public roads, and since April 2025 they follow the utility terrain vehicle law: licensed driver 16+, insurance, helmets unless exempt, daylight only and 35 mph max. Here's what changed, what the clerk needs and where you may drive.
If the cart drives but the lights, horn, signals and backup alarm died after a battery swap, the 12V accessory feed got left off. Here's how to find the lead, meter the right post, check the fuse or reducer, and avoid burning out your bulbs.
Alabama has no statewide golf cart road law. Only towns in Baldwin, Butler, Covington, Dale and Marengo counties may open designated streets posted 25 mph or less, with a city permit, insurance, a licensed driver and basic lights. Here are the amendments, real town rules from Gulf Shores to Opp, and the LSV alternative.
Which electric DS you have decides the test: a PowerDrive System 48 cart hides its lockout in the onboard computer, an IQ cart reports faults and needs pack voltage on five controller pins. Here are Club Car's own procedures and readings for both.
Georgia calls a street-driven golf cart a personal transportation vehicle. It may only use streets or paths your city or county designates, and under the state rules only streets posted 25 mph or less, with a licensed driver and a set equipment list. Here are the statutes, the pre-2012 exception, real town rules and the LSV alternative.
The resistor across the big solenoid posts keeps the controller's capacitors charged so the contacts don't arc. The diode across the small posts eats the coil's off-spike, and its band must go to coil positive. Here's how to wire, size and test both, and whether a solenoid that has them fits a cart that didn't.
North Carolina lets each city and county decide whether golf carts may use its streets, but only streets posted 35 mph or less, and never with a driver under 16. The DMV can't plate a golf cart, so the permit comes from your town. Here are the statutes, real town rules and the LSV alternative.
An E-Z-GO TXT that won't move is usually Run/Tow, the charger interlock or a weak pack. If not, PDS carts beep out fault codes and every TXT can be tested pin by pin at the controller. Here's how for each drive system.
California keeps standard golf carts off most public roads. They may only use roads a city or county designates near a golf course, marked crossings, or a city golf cart transportation plan like Palm Desert's, with a licensed driver. Here are the Vehicle Code rules, the LSV alternative and the official links.
