Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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My cart is always set at 20 mph at the Villages golf carts after. If you want to get there faster drive your car! Many cart drivers can bearly handle 20mph safely
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If you get caught going over 20 mph, the fine can run over $500. Plus a whole bunch of other stuff
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My experience this year is that about half of the carts are driving around 30 mph in the cart lanes (not the paths). It probably would be more except for those only doing 20 mph are holding the speeder them up and they are afraid to pass. The law is a little lame, as ALL carts are capable of doing over 20 mph with easy throttle adjustments.
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It is correct that carts going over 20 mph are required to be licensed as low speed vehicles. Nobody has mentioned that, if you are caught going in excess of 20 mph your ticket is not for speeding but is a, albeit low grade, felony. Fines are very high and the felony stays on your record until you die. Someone who had this problem wanted to go into Canada for a vacation but was refused when the felony showed on his record.
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I don't understand...if the cart is capable of going faster, but you don't go faster, are they ok? How fast does one have to go to be considered street legal? Is there a way for a golf cart service person to put a limit on the speed so that it doesn't come under street legal?
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(9) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable pursuant to chapter 318 as a moving violation for infractions of subsections (1)-(5) or a local ordinance corresponding thereto and enacted pursuant to subsection (8), or punishable pursuant to chapter 318 as a nonmoving violation for infractions of subsection (6), subsection (7), or a local ordinance corresponding thereto and enacted pursuant to subsection (8). The fines are substantial, but not criminal. Even an E class felony can be punished by 1-3 years in state prison, can you see that. Even aggravated unlicensed operation 2nd and 3rd degree (driving a car without a license) is a traffic infraction, 1st degree is a class B misdemeanor. I'd like to hear what one of our resident lawyers think |
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I don't experience many golf cart speeders in the Villages, but I did have one blow by me a couple of days ago that had to be doing 30. I was hoping he would get caught, because that's unsafe for everyone on the paths. |
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Cart speeds etc.
[QUOTE=jane032657;1359498]OK EVERYONE!!! Hold on. I just got a call from the head of sales from Villages Golf Cars. THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR POLICY on how the 2017 's are
It it sad, the obsession so many have with speed. At 16 my friend was driving his mother's car, I was a passenger. He did a quick turn at 100 and was thrown out, the car rolled several times, and so for all of my life I have had a badly injured back, multiple fractures, lots of pain. He died instantly. It is only my view folks, but what it the hurry here? Going from Old Mill to A. Palmer my cart does 19 or 20 mph, others gain and swiz by like crazy. If I am on my bike it is a plan of many carts to see how close they can come to me, one guy, a passenger, slapped my rear view mirror as they went by, illegal for sure!!! There is a three foot law, for clearance, but how many care? Why is a moving vehicle a toy? Hey, go to some race track, watch as they fill the toys with fuel, drive at breakneck speeds, hit the wall, hit each other,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, real smart Right? How about being safe, being practical, slow down, and not being sorry??? bbbbbb |
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You know technically, most golf carts are CAPABLE of going more than 20 mph, even if they are set for 20, so under the FL code section it can be argued that almost any "golf cart" on the road does not meet the legal definition.
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