I read the article as saying that a legislative change to Chapter 316 of the Florida Statues would need to be made in order to enforce speed limits on the MMPs. I did not read anything that would indicate that this is actually being pursued. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that to happen.
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Originally Posted by rubicon
topspinmo: I did indeed read that POA Bulletin and was left with the impression that the POA is again meddling . In that article are statement such as Statute 312 is being revised to allow LOE to police and to insert traffic devices on MMP's. It also speaks to the fact that if a golf cart is set to go over 20mph then the owner is guilty even if s/he never goes over 20mph.
so its like my car can go well over 100mph . If I exceed the limit then I can get a ticket and should accept the responsibility but not simply because it can go 100mph. I am aware of the vehicle law about the difference between a LSV and a golf cart but this is a bit much and a bit of an intentional stretch by government .
Further I am one who wants government out of my life and we have the POA promoting more oversight. So take the changes to Statue 312 to its illogical conclusions because that is where their heading.
My over view for all of this is that TVLSI designed this community to be golf cart friendly, in fact so that the main mode of transportation , replacing a car, would be a golf cart. This same TVLSI built MMP's which I believe was poor planning. This same TVLSI continues its build out.
Safety yes but not one agency has done an indepth study concerning this issue. To me its like the same argument authorities made for red light cameras (safety). Well they created more harm than good and many cities etc rigged them to collect a larger share of revenue until a judge made LOE remove them. If these changes come to pass it will have a negligible affect on accidents statistics but will certainly create more bottle necks on the MMP's. Its easy to argue safety until you find yourself behind several slow moving carts that are averaging 12-14 mph
Arguing this issue is like arguing whether government should be collecting megadata (Security/safety v privacy) concerns. I always vote the latter because I am a George Orwell fan.
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