{"537811":{"#nid":"537811","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Low Speed Vehicle and Golf Cart Policy Improves Safety on Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGolf carts and other types of low speed vehicles (LSVs) have been used across Georgia Tech\u2019s campus since the 1996 Summer Olympics. Currently, 145 of these vehicles assist in ferrying employees, guests, and supplies across Tech\u2019s 400-acre campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the campus has grown both in infrastructure and population, the need to improve safety for pedestrians and drivers has prompted the introduction of policies to ensure compliance with the Institute\u2019s regulations and state law. This spring, the new \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.policylibrary.gatech.edu\/campus-use-facilities\/low-speed-vehicle-policy-and-golf-cart-policy\u0022\u003ELow Speed Vehicle and Golf Cart Policy\u003C\/a\u003E was approved and will impact the purchase, safe use, and operation of all LSVs and golf carts on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe policy specifies that, effective July 1, any Georgia Tech unit owning or purchasing LSVs or golf carts must ensure these vehicles are street legal and register each of them with Georgia Tech Fleet Services. All registered vehicles should display a state registration decal and Campus Fleet Vehicle permit; otherwise, they will be cited by Parking and Transportation Services. Additionally, Fleet Services will only perform maintenance on registered LSVs and golf carts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDrivers of LSVs and golf carts must obey all traffic regulations or be subject to ticketing by the Georgia Tech Police Department. LSVs must not be driven on high-speed streets (above 35 mph), and golf carts must not be driven on streets with speed limits above 25 mph. For example, a golf cart cannot be driven on North Avenue \u2014 where the speed limit is 35 mph \u2014 but an LSV can. Other streets on which golf carts are prohibited, but LSVs are allowed, include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMarietta Street - 30 mph\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETech Pkwy - 30 mph\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENorthside Drive - 35 mph\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E10th Street - 35 mph\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESpring Street - 35 mph\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a reminder, driving and parking LSVs and golf carts on sidewalks and pedestrian walkways around campus are prohibited; the only exception is on occasion when they are being used for tasks involving sidewalk and grass areas for official operational and business functions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther points of the policy include the planned phasing out of non-street legal golf carts and motorized vehicles by July 31, 2016. Landscape and maintenance utility vehicles are not affected by this new policy; while these are not street legal, they are still permitted for use on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about this policy, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ehs.gatech.edu\/contact\/general\u0022\u003Econtact Environmental Health \u0026amp; Safety\u0027s General Safety group\u003C\/a\u003E at \u003Ca href=\u0022tel:404-385-0263\u0022\u003E404.385.0263\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEffective July 1, any Georgia Tech unit owning or purchasing LSVs or golf carts must ensure these vehicles are street legal and register each of them with Georgia Tech Fleet Services.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"As the campus has grown both in infrastructure and population, the need to improve safety for pedestrians and drivers has prompted the introduction of policies to ensure compliance with the Institute\u2019s regulations and state law."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2016-05-19 16:44:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:42","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"538281":{"id":"538281","type":"image","title":"Golf Carts","body":null,"created":"1464703200","gmt_created":"2016-05-31 14:00:00","changed":"1475895326","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:26","alt":"Golf Carts","file":{"fid":"89503","name":"hires.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hires.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hires.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":406845,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hires.jpg?itok=1B1jCe-5"}}},"media_ids":["538281"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.policylibrary.gatech.edu\/campus-use-facilities\/low-speed-vehicle-policy-and-golf-cart-policy","title":"Low Speed Vehicle and Golf Cart Policy"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.facilities.gatech.edu\/fleet-services","title":"Fleet Services"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ehs.gatech.edu\/general\/vehicles","title":"Vehicle Safety"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/hr\/manual\/motor_vehicle_use\/","title":"BOR Motor Vehicle Use Policy"}],"groups":[{"id":"383831","name":"Facilities Management"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"35921","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"172047","name":"fleet management"},{"id":"170300","name":"golf carts"},{"id":"170317","name":"low speed vehicles"},{"id":"767","name":"Policy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022xmsonormal\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jerel.harris@ehs.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerel Harris\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeneral Safety Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003EEnvironmental Health and Safety\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}