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Watch Out for Golf Buggies Driven By Children

My wife and I stayed at the Fynn Valley Golf Club (Ipswich) CL site for the nights of 19, 20 and 21 April 2013. I am writing in order to provide feedback of the site and to advise you of an incident there on Saturday night, about 1900hrs. Booking the site by phone was good. There are not enough direction signs. to show you where the CL site is located. I spoke to someone who worked there and he agreed, saying that it would be rectified. Pitches are good and are hard standings. Water facilities etc are also good. On Saturday night we had a dinner engagement in Ipswich. Whilst driving out of the site the route took us behind some buildings, around which are two blind corners. Having negotiated one OK there was a straight bit of road about 50 yds long. As soon as I entered the straight I saw a golf buggy (they are substantial vehicles) racing (and I do mean going max speed) around the next corner and coming towards my car. I stopped because I did not know where the buggy was going to go. 2 seconds later it ran at full speed into the offside of my car. I could not get out as it was hard against my door. This was witnessed by the same man referred to earlier. The buggy's occupants were 2 children, estimated ages 7 and 8. They were wearing crash helmets so I did not see their faces. The witness told the buggy driver how to steer away from my car.He told the driver to say sorry. I did not see the minor damage to my car that night. At any rate, there was no way that I could claim from their insurance as they were underage. The following Monday I checked out and relayed these details to the man and woman who worked in the Pro shop (that's where CL matters are dealt with.) They expressed horror and sympathy about the incident and said that no record of this appeared in their incident book. They also said that nobody can drive the buggies without a licence.The witness referred to earlier was then fetched (he is an employee there). He asked me why I was complaining as "he had already said sorry at the time". I had a discussion with him which gradually became heated. I found out that the 2 children in the buggy were his grandchildren, further I found out that the driver was a 6 year old boy. The grandfather did not give any indication that the children really did anything wrong. I asked him did he think it was OK for a six-year old to drive one of these vehicles? Did he not realise that the incident could have been far worse. If the buggy had run into anyone serious injuries could have been caused. I ended the discussion by stating that I would take up his suggestion of making a complaint if I thought it was a serious incident. He showed no remorse. I would like the Caravan club to either put a warning in the sites directory about the possiblityof collision with golf buggies drive by children and/or write to the manager of the CL site at Fynn Valley Golf Club seeking assurances that this kind of incident is totally unacceptable and that actions ar

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