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Groves police defend social-media warning on golf carts as residents urge ordinance
Summary
City staff said a social-media post was a proactive safety reminder that Texas law generally bars golf carts and similar vehicles from public streets; multiple residents asked the council to adopt a local ordinance allowing properly equipped carts and complained about enforcement and personal cost.
Groves officials told the council on Tuesday that a departmental social-media notice clarifying the limits on golf carts, ATVs and similar vehicles on city streets was intended as a proactive safety message, not a response to a single incident. Marshall (speaker 6) said the post reminded residents that, absent a local ordinance, such vehicles are not legal on public roadways under the Texas Transportation Code and that officers were instructed to enforce the law while exercising compassion.
The reminder drew immediate public comment. Hannah…
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