BLUFFTON, S.C. (WTOC) - Golf cart owners in Bluffton will have to abide by a new law starting next month.

The town council recently passed new regulations for golf carts in an effort to improve public safety.

Since 2024, there have been six golf cart accidents in Bluffton.

In several of those cases, people were seriously injured and weren’t wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.

A problem the police department is still seeing.

“There have been so many times where we have seen drivers with little kids on their laps or other kids hanging off the back of the golf cart,” Bluffton Police Chief Joe Babkiewicz said. “It’s just not safe for them to do that.”

Under the new law, everyone in the golf cart will be required to wear a seatbelt, and the driver must have a driver’s license.

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