Are helmets required to ride a UTV’s?
Helmets are recommended but not required at this time. • Are there any distinctions made between golf carts and UTVs? Like engine size etc. Some Golf Carts have replaced high horsepower engines. Yes. UTVs are regulated under the CVC 38000 section and Golf carts are defined in CVC Division 1, section 345. A “golf cart” is a motor vehicle having not less than three wheels in contact with the ground, having an unladen weight less than 1,300 pounds, which is designed to be and is operated at not more than 15 miles per hour and designed to carry golf equipment and not more than two persons, including the driver. CVC 21716 states except as provided in Section 21115.1 and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1950) of Division 2.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, no person shall operate a golf cart on any highway except in a speed zone of 25 miles per hour or less. CVC 24001.5. Also states that a golf cart as defined in Section 345 shall only be subject to the provisions of this division which
