During the summer weekends, the population on Peaks Island swells from 860 people to more than 4,000. (WGME)

PORTLAND (WGME) There could be a crackdown on golf carts on Portlands Casco Bay islands.

During the summer weekends, the population on Peaks Island swells from 860 people to more than 4,000. Many of those visitors choose to rent a golf cart for transportation.

With so many people renting golf carts, safety issues have come to the forefront. Residents of Peaks Island say people are often driving them while intoxicated after weddings or riding with children on their lap.

Now, the Portland City Council is looking to increase safety.

An ordinance was introduced that requires a drivers license; right now a person just has to be 21 to drive a cart.

It would also require carts to have head lights and rear red reflectors.

They prohibit a passenger from riding on another persons lap on a moving golf cart.

The speed limit would actually increase from 10 to 20 miles per hour.

CBS 13 spoke with a manager from one of the golf cart businesses, and he says he's all for safety but he doesn't think these are the right safety rules.

The safety council says the new rules are in line with reality.

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