Ok so found this and it’s telling… also I am NOT piling on @Pippen_001. It’s clear that his practice area is a dedicated and controlled lot. No cars.
Here’s a bit from a us gov study. The fatalities occurred in the 80s and 90s in this study.
https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/pdfs/gokart.pdf
The actual fatalities support the idea that driving anywhere where vehicular traffic isn’t controlled or where there are thing to run into is a terrible idea: Also, NO KIDS IN LAPS.
Collision (27 cases)
A 3-year-old boy died of multiple chest injuries after he
was crushed against the steering wheel of a go-cart driven by his
brother when the go-cart collided with a parked tractor. He had
been sitting on his brother’s lap.
A 4-year old girl died from chest injuries sustained when a
4-wheel ATV hit and ran over the go-cart in which she was riding
with her father.
A 6-year-old girl died of severe head injuries. The victim
was driving a go-cart in a circular driveway of her parents’
mobile home trailer at approximately 15 miles per hour. She
drove the vehicle into the bottom of her parent’s trailer.
A 6-year-old girl was driving a go-cart in the front yard of
her aunt’s home when she lost control of the cart, went into the
street, and was struck by on-coming traffic. The victim expired
in the emergency room of a local hospital an hour later as a
result of a fractured neck.
A 6-year-old girl died due to massive chest injuries while
riding on the lap of her mother who was driving the go-cart. The
go-cart struck a retaining barrier head-on at 15-20 mph. The
victim was pinned between her mother’s chest and steering wheel.
A 7-year-old boy (driver) died and an 8-year-old girl
(passenger) suffered brain injuries when their go-cart travelled
down an embankment at 10 mph onto a paved highway. They went
into the path of a pick-up truck travelling at about 50 mph.
A 7-year-old boy died after a go-cart collided with a bumper
rail of the go-cart track. He had been riding with his father in
the same go-cart and his father’s body may have pressed him into
the steering wheel. The cause of death was a ruptured aorta.
A 7-year-old boy died of blunt force injuries of the abdomen
when he hit a 6-8 inch curb while driving a homemade go-cart.
The vehicle did not have any safety straps. The victim wore a
helmet.
An 8-year-old girl died of injuries after the go-cart she
was driving was hit and run over by a pick-up truck pulling a
boat. The accident occurred at dusk and the go-cart did not have
any lights.
An 8-year-old boy sustained fatal head and chest injuries
when his go-cart went out of control and struck the axle on a
tractor trailer. The victim was transported to an emergency room
and was pronounced dead on arrival.
An 8-year-old boy was riding as a passenger with a 25-year-
old male on the go-cart down a gravel road. The driver pulled
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out of an intersection and struck a car. Both the driver and the
passenger of the go-cart were thrown onto the road. The driver
of the go-cart received severe head injuries and the boy was
killed.
An 8-year-old boy was driving his go-cart about the parking
lot and grounds of an auto facility. He lost control of the cart
and crashed into a parked truck. The victim, who was under his
father’s supervision during the drive, died of cranial injuries
after hitting the truck’s steel bumper.
A 9-year-old girl was driving her go-cart near a pipe fence.
She inadvertently depressed the throttle pedal instead of the
brake. She drove the cart under the fence, received multiple
head injuries, and died.
A 9-year-old boy was riding a go-cart on private land when
he ran into the back end of a utility trailer. He died of head
and internal injuries.
A 10-year-old boy drove a go-cart from a driveway of his
home into the side of the pick-up truck moving along a rural
road. The impact with the truck broke the boy’s neck and he died
at the accident site. He was wearing a helmet when the accident
occurred.
A 10-year-old boy died from massive blunt head trauma while
driving a homemade go-cart in a high school parking lot when he
struck a 15 inch high metal chain which was blocking a dead-end
access road behind the school. The victim, who was not wearing a
helmet was driven to the hospital where he died a short time
later. A passenger on the go-cart sustained a deep laceration to
his neck.
A 10-year-old boy died from extensive head injuries when the
go-cart he was driving struck a curb on a paved street, flipped
over and landed on top of him. The victim was not wearing a
helmet.
An 11-year-old girl died after crashing her go-cart into a
parked truck. The medical official believed she may have gone
under the truck and hit her chest on the truck bed.
An 11-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle while riding a
go-cart. He pulled out of a private driveway into the path of
the vehicle traveling on an asphalt county road. The victim was
transported to the hospital where he died due to skull fracture.
A 12-year-old girl died from head injuries when a 2-wheel
motorcycle collided with the left side of her go-cart as she
attempted to make a right turn out of her gravel driveway onto
the south bound lane of a paved road. She was not wearing a
helmet and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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A 13-year-old girl was driving a go-cart on the go-cart
track when her vehicle hit the tires that were located in a turn
beside the track. The vehicle’s front end went up, threw the
victim out, and came to rest on the victim. She died of a
massive basal skull fracture. The victim did not wear a safety
belt or a helmet at the time of the accident.
A 13-year-old boy was fatally injured when the home-made go-
cart he was operating failed to stop for a stop sign on a paved
state road. His vehicle was struck broadside by a car passing
through the intersection.
A 13-year-old boy was killed when he lost control of the 4
horsepower go-cart he was driving. The victim was struck in the
chest by a broken limb. The limb transected his aorta. A
passenger friend was not injured.
A 13-year-old boy was killed when he drove a go-cart into
the path of a truck, after he had failed to stop at a stop sign
at an intersection. He died of blunt head trauma. A 12-year-old
male passenger was hospitalized for a broken collar bone.
A 13-year-old boy died from blunt force injuries to his
trunk when he drove a go-cart into the right front bumper of his
father’s parked car and got his chest caught between the high
back go-cart seat and the bumper. The victim had driven out of
his father’s automotive shop at a high rate of speed and failed
to negotiate a right turn.
A 13-year-old boy, a passenger, died from head injuries when
the go-cart struck a metal chain strung across a road. The sun
may have impaired the 13-year-old driver’s vision. The victim
died at the scene. The diver was taken to the hospital. Both
were wearing a helmet.
A 14-year-old boy was killed when the go-cart he was driving
struck a bus. He drove through a stop sign at an intersection of
two paved streets. He hit the bus on its side and was thrown
under the bus rear wheels.
If I am not mistaken, all of these fatalities with the exception of one occurred on karts driven on public roads.