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Miami Beach · Golf cart accidents
Golf carts and low-speed vehicles share Miami Beach streets with cars, bikes and people on foot, and their riders have very little protection.
Visitors rent them, residents use them for short trips, and hotel and condo staff drive them around their properties. A golf cart has no doors and often no seat belts, so even a slow collision can throw a rider onto the pavement. Tomas Robirosa is a Miami Beach golf cart accident lawyer who helps drivers, passengers and pedestrians hurt by these vehicles in Miami Beach figure out who is responsible and which insurance applies.
Florida law separates golf carts from low-speed vehicles, and the difference often decides how a claim works.
Under Florida Statute 316.212, golf carts are generally not allowed on public roads unless a local government has designated the road for them. They are generally limited to daylight hours unless the local government allows night use and the cart has headlights, brake lights, turn signals and a windshield. A driver under 18 needs a learner's license or a driver license. A driver 18 or older needs a government-issued photo ID.
A low-speed vehicle is different. Under Florida Statute 316.2122 it may only be driven on streets posted at 35 mph or less, it must be registered, titled and insured, and the driver needs a valid license. It also must have seat belts, lights and a windshield. The first questions after a crash: what was the vehicle, and was it allowed on that street?
Many carts in Miami Beach are not owned by the person driving them. During recent spring break enforcement periods, the City of Miami Beach has included measures aimed at businesses that rent golf carts, low-speed vehicles and autocycles.
Depending on the facts, more than one party may share the blame:
Photos of the cart and the rental paperwork help show who controlled it.
Insurance is often the hardest part. A low-speed vehicle must carry its own coverage. A golf cart may be covered by a homeowner's, condo, business or rental policy, or by nothing at all. Your own auto policy may or may not help, depending on how the policies are written, so it is worth having them read before you speak to an adjuster.
Fault also matters. Under Florida's modified comparative negligence rule, a person found more than 50% at fault generally cannot recover, and anyone else's recovery is reduced by their share. Get medical care, keep your rental agreement and write down where the crash happened. You can read more on our golf cart accidents page or call (305) 600-0529.
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Tomas Robirosa is the founding attorney of Robirosa Accident & Injury Law. He built his practice around careful preparation and personal attention: when you hire the firm, you talk to your lawyer, in English or Spanish, and you always know where your case stands.
He graduated cum laude from Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law, is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, and is admitted to practice in Florida state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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