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Old 05-28-2015, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken View Post
LSVs and Golf Carts are not the same under the law. I wish someone could give me a reference for this 19.9 nonsense.

By Florida Statute, an LSV has a speed limitation of 25 MPH and a golf cart has a speed limitation of 20 MPH.

From the link that you posted:

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(22) “Golf cart” means a motor vehicle that is designed and manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting or recreational purposes and that is not capable of exceeding speeds of 20 miles per hour.
Because they have not designated that the 20 mph is on level ground or have mentioned wind conditions, every golf cart in The Villages is illegal. As I have pointed out, they are all capable of going over 20 mph down hill.

Again, as far as I know there are no speed limits for golf carts.

If I have a cart set up to go a maximum of 18 mph on level ground with no wind and I am driving on a steep downhill and the cart gets up to 24 mph, can I be cited for exceeding the speed limit which doesn't exist? Can I be cited for having an unregistered vehicle since the fact that my cart was going 24 downhill demonstrates that it is capable of going over 20 mph?

Whoever wrote these laws was either not thinking or intentionally made them so nebulous that the police can cite you for almost anything.
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