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Originally Posted by twoplanekid
As we have more golf carts here than anywhere else on the planet, I am sure many would enjoy golf cart racing in The Villages. It is my understanding that law enforcement doesn’t have any authority on the multi-modal paths. And, The Village government doesn’t have any law enforcement authority at all. So, why don’t we have official racing on the paths? I believe that the suggested speed on the paths is 20 but it can’t be enforced. Racing might allow everyone to become better drivers. We will soon have striping to help us stay on the paths at higher speeds. Let’s go for it and fulfill our need for speed.
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twoplanekid: Perhaps you would have been wiser to have lived here for a while before making such ridiculous suggestions. I haven't seen a whole lot of issues with speed on multi-modal paths because irrespective of a carts speed the nature and application of the multi-modal paths keeps speed at a minimum along with the fact that most cart owners are responsible people.
I like that the Districts do not have policing powers but then I like less government and so ,and while respectively submitted, I resent your attempt to imposing more rules and regulations on the rest of us
The police can and do check for golf cart speeders on diamond lanes. I certainly do not want to waste taxpayer money for some officer to issue a senior a speeding ticket for going 21 mph.
My cart is set at 20mph so that you understand I have no self interests here
Now for some history, and since I am late to this thread surprised that another poster had not mentioned it.
The fact is for the first few years that I lived here ( moved in 2006) the local sheriff's department would periodically advertise they were sponsoring golf cart racing. Now why would a local sheriff's department sponsor racing to see who had the fastest carts? I assure you I never bit
In summary please consider a live let live attitude here because all we really want anymore is not to be managed we had enough of that while raising our families and tending to our occupational pursuits.
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