Dear Sir,
I find last week’s letter from Geraldine Castle-Trudel on driving golf carts exceedingly judgmental and biased.
I arrived in Mexico five years ago as a full-time wheelchair user, which is pretty well an impossible feat in Ajijic, I therefore purchased a golf cart for use in and around the village. I never venture on the Carretera, am careful around the village, and have excellent working brakes, lights, etcetera.
For longer distances I have a Mexican car and Mexican driver’s license. I pay my annual license fee and insurance, and have my emissions checked. I am also in the process of obtaining a placa (license plate) for my golf cart, so by no means can I be considered a “freeloader.”
I never reach a road junction without stopping and letting any other vehicle go first unless of course it is driven by a Mexican driver, who will insist on letting me out first.
Sue Morris
Dear Sir,
In last week’s Letters to the Editor section Geraldine Castle-Trudel wrote that golf carts are not tolerated on the roads in Canada or the United States. This is an untrue statement. In certain areas of Arizona, golf carts are all over the roads. My father-in-law even had one, and there are golf cart parking spots at the different Safeway locations.
I had an 89-year-old friend here lakeside with MS and this was her only way for her to get her groceries.
She always took the back roads. This was her way to freedom and independence.
Julie Hensley