Isle of Palms Golf Cart & LSV Rentals

Guide to Local Places to Rent Golf Carts & LSVs on Isle of Palms, Charleston, Seabrook Island and Sullivans Island, SC.

Renting a golf cart or LSV (low speed vehicle) on Isle of Palms is a perfect way to cruise around this flat and expansive beach community. Explore all of the local shops, restaurants and local businesses while soaking in the sun and sweet salty air as you enjoy a beautiful day on the coast. Golf carts and LSVs can be driven on a street or highway with a posted speed limit of 35mph or less. Be sure to read the Golf Cart Rules & Regulations before renting your golf cart or LSV. We've put together a comprehensive list of all the leading golf cart rental companies in the area, and be sure and tell them IsleofPalmsExplorer.com sent you.
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A street legal golf cart is also referred to as a Low Speed Vehicle (LSV). In accordance with South Carolina code of law 56-2-100, a Low Speed Vehicle is defined as a four-wheeled vehicle whose speed in attainable in one mile is greater than 20 miles an hour and not more than 25 miles per hour.

In order to operate an LSV, a person must have a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance. An LSV comes factory equipped with seatbelts, windshield wipers, turn signals, horn, headlights, side and rear view mirrors, speedometer, tailights, and a speedometer.

A low speed vehicle can be driven on a street or highway where the posted speed limit is less than 35 miles per hour or less. This means that golf carts/lsv’s cannot be driven on the Isle of Palms Connector because it has a speed limit of 45 miles an hour. When a low speed vehicle is operated on any highway, it must meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 500 (Part 49 Section 571.500 of the Code of Federal Regulations).