Manteno Considers Golf Cart Ordinance
Anyone that spends time in Manteno has surely seen people driving golf carts around town. It is not uncommon to see several different golf carts on the same day. Manteno Police Chief and Village Administrator Bernie Thompson wants to create an ordinance that requires owners to register their golf carts with the village. Manteno has been very lax in regards to this issue. Most towns in Illinois already have similar ordinances and have been enforcing them for years. In Illinois you need to have a driver’s license to legally operate a golf cart. I know of at least five families in Manteno that use a golf cart to take short trips around town. In all of my years of living in Manteno I have never seen someone that appeared under-age driving one but that hasn’t happened in other parts of town.
I personally do not see an issue with driving them on the side streets. That doesn’t mean that I think that Thompson’s proposed ordinance is some nefarious plot to find another fee for people to pay or undermine our rights. Thompson claimed that driving a golf-cart around town violates numerous ordinances as things stand right now.
I would like to see people in Manteno using a little more common sense when it comes to driving a golf cart around town. Several times I have seen a golf cart with an unsafe number of young passengers. I’m talking about 6+ people piled on to a golf cart, typically with three kids with their feet dangling off of the back. Obviously they are not wearing safety buckles but that is beside the point. Golf carts may not be able to drive fast but that is irrelevant. What would happen if another car hit a golf cart with that many passengers?
What are your thoughts about this issue? Feel free to post your opinions in the comments below.
This is just another way for Manteno to take money out of our pockets. Golf carts are not causing any trouble. If the police chief is so concerned then why doesn’t he address the corruption and incompetence of his staff? The police in Manteno are getting paid to hit on gas station attendants all night. They let their buddies get away with everything and then go and harass law abiding Manteno citizens to pass of the time. What a joke.
The police presence in gas stations is to decrease the possibility of robbery crime in the businesses that have the most cash on hand at night or in the busy times early in the am. The police are posted in strategic spots like near the school neighborhoods when kids are walking to and from schools. I will say that I have observed two groups that are opposites. Older officers are more friendly and slightly liberal with petty issues, but are not going to let knuckleheads or speed demons ruin the neighborhoods. The young guys are cowboys and full of sheet. They try to kiss ass to fill quota. I am all for a calm, non crazy town. But the young guys are young, dumb and full of…well you know. Calm down little boys.
I agree for the most part Tim. Most of the officers in Manteno are pretty good guys. A few bad apples ruin the batch though. I once saw that black cop criminally assault someone for no reason at all. I’ve talked to some gas station attendants and they all have problems with him too. When someone steals gas and drives away he basically tells them that he has “real” crime to fight. Then he just sits around doing nothing. A single hard-ass, useless cop like him can give the whole force a bad rep.
I’ve also heard many reports about the FBI investigating the Manteno PD. I guess that they were running a prostitution ring out of one of the local hotels.
The Chief is a well known criminal too. If you visit the Manteno Topix you will find out a lot of disturbing things.
On a side note. There is an older officer who works nights. He has to be the nicest officer I have ever met.
One last comment. Some of the cops sit in the Family Video parking lot with their lights off clocking people. That is completely illegal.
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