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Stafford County Tragedy: How Golf Cart Street Legalization Could Lead to Deadly 18-Wheeler Accidents The recent death of a Haysville driver in Stafford County, Kansas, serves as a grim warning about the unintended consequences of mixing slow-moving vehicles with high-speed commercial traffic. While the incident itself didn’t involve a commercial truck, the proposed ordinance in nearby Great Bend to allow golf carts on certain city streets creates dangerous conditions that could easily lead to catastrophic 18-wheeler accidents on Stafford County’s highways. At Attorney911, we’ve seen firsthand how size and speed disparities between vehicles create deadly collisions. An 80,000-pound truck traveling at 65 mph needs 525 feet to stop - nearly two football fields. A golf cart traveling at 20 mph presents an impossible stopping scenario when these vehicles share the same roadway. The Great Bend Ordinance: A Recipe for Disaster The proposed Ordinance No. 4467 in Great Bend would permit golf carts, micro-utility trucks, and work-site utility vehicles on designated streets with speed limits of 30 mph or less. While the ordinance includes safety provisions, the reality is that these vehicles would be sharing roadways with commercial trucks that routinely travel through the area. Key Provisions of the Ordinance: Prohibited…