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Originally Posted by bbbbbb
Speed is a problem, many of us see it and know of it.
So, 30 mph is 44 feet per second. I can show you how to find the math for this or take my word for it, this is accurate. At 60 mph you are moving at 88 feet per second. When we bought a new cart, I made them certify it would not exceed 20 mph. OK that is fine, but we are passed by carts moving at twice our speed and some of them are clearly upset at us. We do not have an emphasis on this danger in the Villages.
Could we start a civil discussion on this before several persons including children are killed or severely maimed?
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I have lost track but it is upwards of 15 people killed in golf cart accidents here in TV in the last ten years. You are right to want to discuss it, and I imagine more laws could be passed, but we will still have speeding, and impatient people, and drunk people and careless people and people who need to have cataracts removed and some who need their heads removed from their heinies.
You cannot legislate morality or good common sense. So drive defensively and when it gets real busy, drive your cars. I don't want any of you to be hurt or die. AND please don't let the grandkids take the cart out by themselves. I may kill them myself if they are showing off or being disrespectful. We won't let our 27 year old grandson drive the cart alone and he did his internship in Los Angeles.